They had to cut down a huge old tree that grew in front of the local gay/lesbian/queer/trans/etc. community center, where I am teaching a poetry class. It makes me a little sad every time I walk past there because I used to enjoy seeing the rainbow flag peeking out under the branches. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beliefs’
trees
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged beliefs, loss, moving, planting, treehugger, trees on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
a litany. just so you know where I’m coming from.
Posted in my poetry, tagged activism, beliefs, litany, my poetry, poem, poetry, politics, silence on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
sometimes I feel that I have no right to speak, having never been silenced
I have never been beaten with a shaft of metal.
I have never been raped.
I have never had my skin torn open with an explosion of rusted nails.
I have never been splattered by another person’s blood.
I have never pumped my blood into another’s [...]
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