stephen t berg
@growmercy.bsky.social
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Disappointed Hippy, Approximate Monk, Blue-collar Poet, still churn out a blog @ growmercy.org
Tattoo
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Tattoo
It was the year my heart was just beginning to store plaque, packing it away in the load-bearing wall running through the middle of my house; and I was spending too much time in my attic, thinking abo...
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Learning to Say Transgender
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Learning to Say Transgender
A personal reflection in the wake of Trans Awareness Week, and Alberta's anti-trans legislation
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When I hear the stock market has fallen, I say, "Long live gravity! Long live stupidity, error and greed in the palaces of fantasy capitalism!" I think an economy should be based on thrift, on taking care of things, not on theft, usury, seduction, waste, and ruin.
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“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.” (Susan Crawford, overcoming Elon Musk’s attempt at buying a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court.) Glimmers of light in America
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Point Thirty-three Percent of our Population
I’ve eyed the inland surge of a heavy surf, and shuddered at the thought of its undertow. I’ve shivered in a late-summer prairie scene:bronze waves
https://growmercy.org/2025/03/31/point-thirty-three-percent-of-our-population/
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What every other authoritarian regime could not achieve has been accomplished by Trump. He has silenced America's 83-year-old service of media support for democracy. RIP Voice of America.
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American Spring? Uphold Freedom of Speech on American Campuses
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American Spring? Uphold Freedom of Speech on American Campuses
Protect the First Amendment!
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Read these poems out loud, for the music. Or read them for the joy of language, the phrasal bouquets, the precise enlightenment of a line, and the pleasure of the whole. Or read them as radiant offerings on the art of seeing, or take them as “second mothers,” who “wring light / from dark.”
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RADIANT WOUND — Unsolicited Press
RADIANT WOUND is both an anthem and a lament, a poetic exploration of life between cultures, languages, and the landscapes of CĂ´te d'Ivoire. In this debut collection, Cara Waterfall captures the vibrant textures and deep dissonances of life abroad after the Second Ivorian Civil War, navigating the c
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Cyborg Prayer
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