This is the new COINTELPRO

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

Like OP said, the fun is in the journey. How does the fiction aithor get to their destination? What does the destination say about the world and the characters? The point of reading is the act of reading, not whatwvwe happens on the final few pages.

So many folks who thought Born in the USA was a pro-America song are suddenly worried about not understanding lyrics.

I’m focused on the rapes, not the apes.

during the moment we don’t speak blackbird’s shadow #haiku

#haiku grandma’s quilt Makers Mark

Welp!

Special shout out to all the haijin who competed in the Nick Virgilio Writers House 2025 Invitational Head to Head Haiku Death Math hosted by Tazuo Yamaguchi. One of the toughest haiku slam fields ever assembled. If you missed it you can still donate to help Camden kids learn more about poetry.

Here is my colorpuntal “ghost poem” technique applied to haiku. A double helix as poem.

A few minutes relief from tinnitus— crickets Evening rain— the bagpiper fills an open grave #haiku

Passing Fire truck- The leaves of the Flame Maple ripple Call to prayer- kneeling at the corner transit bus #haiku

poker game the gunman asks to see our hands #haiku

on the river— the queen of spades in crescent light #haiku

GOOOOOOOAL ! Congrats to Os Tubarões Azul for being the 2nd smallest nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Nu Bai!!!

a hole in the clouds— in the Gaza sand a yellow barrette #haiku

What about— a trace of the moon in the midnight sky— almond blossoms #haiku

The moon drops one or two feathers into the field. The dark wheat listens. Be still. Now. James Wright

sun shower we make ramen noodles with Fiji water #haiku

Nuff said.

flashing lights in the cop’s aviators fireflies #haiku

after the shooting the sound of my son’s voice on a cell phone #haiku

evergreen even round midnight the pine #haiku

abandoned church— the cast off shell of a cicada #haiku

Welp!

These exhibits spotlight 600 female artists in DC area

THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE PURCHASE FOR ME!!!!!

There are very few things that can't be made better—at least temporarily—by a bowl of cheesy grits.

HBD to WCW

Was walking across Pitt’s campus and saw some beautiful people taking a selfie, so I photobombed them.

Her poem “Conversation” haunts me to this day. www.poetrynook.com/poem/convers...

baseball game how easily I catch popcorn in my beard #haiku

in the clearing dharma becomes dragonflies #zen #haiku #poetry

when you're Autistic & thirsty but the good glass u like to drink water out of is in the dishwasher so u have to wait

ghost prints in a lavender dawn a dove’s cry #haiku

sin thesis the escalation of erasure #vss365 #senryu

This book comes out in February, I can’t wait!

Clemente Day 2025 at PNC Park.

what red and green leaves freshly made pesto roasted tomatos #haiku

all night long a breeze rustling the trees cicada song #haiku

Mary sweet mother of Jesus in a blue onsie.

a bent man draws the Fall sky through a horn #haiku

That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.

There is an unrelenting honesty that's needed to have a democracy, but very few folks that aren't Black folks want that type of honesty about this country.

Welp! Life ain’t the only thing that comes at you fast.

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