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Turning the Turning Tables Iran called up the other day,Said they’re concerned about our wayOf handling folks who march and shout:The tear gas, guns, the sorting out. Russia phoned to say they’re worriedAbout our…

When the world's worst actors become credible critics, perhaps we've become what we once condemned.

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In the mail, mentally-enriching new issue of @readliberties.bsky.social , featuring my meditation on The Poet as Seer: Miłosz and Merton 👁️

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🌊 "Archiving these stories for the next generation to read, for me, stands as a lasting legacy." 📚✨" 📚✨

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#JosephFasano ’s “Lorca (after Neruda)” reminds us that repression may silence a body, but it cannot extinguish what that body carried.

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A minimalist literary layout featuring white serif text on a black background presenting the complete poem “For Renee Nicole Good” by Amanda Gorman. The title and subtitle appear once at the top, followed by the author’s name. The poem unfolds in multiple stanzas reflecting on loss, collective grief, anger, remembrance, and the possibility of transformation through love and shared responsibility. The stark black-and-white design centers the language itself, underscoring the poem’s elegiac and activist tone.

A minimalist literary layout featuring white serif text on a black background presenting the complete poem “For Renee Nicole Good” by Amanda Gorman. The title and subtitle appear once at the top, followed by the author’s name. The poem unfolds in multiple stanzas reflecting on loss, collective grief, anger, remembrance, and the possibility of transformation through love and shared responsibility. The stark black-and-white design centers the language itself, underscoring the poem’s elegiac and activist tone.

#AmandaGorman ’s #ForReneeNicoleGood is an #elegy that refuses #erasure.

It names #grief, names #violence, and insists that #mourning itself can become a #moral #force.

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#LiteratureAsResistance
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White sans-serif text on a black background describes a school lockdown drill from a child’s perspective, listing instructions such as turning off lights, locking doors, silencing phones, and staying low. The text contrasts childhood memories of drills with present fear, ending with the line “You’re not giggling now.” The piece is credited to Human Archive and dated December 15, 2025.

White sans-serif text on a black background describes a school lockdown drill from a child’s perspective, listing instructions such as turning off lights, locking doors, silencing phones, and staying low. The text contrasts childhood memories of drills with present fear, ending with the line “You’re not giggling now.” The piece is credited to Human Archive and dated December 15, 2025.

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They’re brigading.
They want this buried.

But it’s not just a poem —
it’s a witness.

If you feel it:
Like. Retweet. Speak.
Let’s make the silence loud again.
#TruthTelling #PoetryAsWitness #SignalBoost

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THE SIXTH DAY
—a requiem where bullets outlived vows

#TheSixthDay #PoetryAsWitness
#NoToTerror #GriefInInk #OutliveTheBullet #HumanBeforeAll
#VoiceOfTheFallen #WidowOfSixDays
#ElegyForTheInnocent #NotJustAnotherHeadline

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King Covfefe
-	Earl David Freeland

He says
he couldn’t care less
if the prices rise—
foreign cars, domestic wages,
eggs, insulin, rent,
he couldn’t care less.

He means it.

He says it between swings.
While the Dow freefalls
he adjusts his grip.
Asks if the cameras
are catching the swing.

This is how
a king behaves
when the peasants burn.
Not with fire
but overdraft notices,
mothers counting pills at the sink,
mildew blooming
where the crib used to be.

Marie said cake.
Nero played while Rome burned.
This one posts,
then tees off.

Covfefe.

Let them eat Red Hats
and stock tips,
let them eat
lead pipes
and broadband outages.

We funded the cart.
We painted the staircase.
We watched the match get lit.

He couldn’t care less.
He says it out loud.
We laugh
or we don’t.
He’s not listening.

He’s halfway to the green.

King Covfefe - Earl David Freeland He says he couldn’t care less if the prices rise— foreign cars, domestic wages, eggs, insulin, rent, he couldn’t care less. He means it. He says it between swings. While the Dow freefalls he adjusts his grip. Asks if the cameras are catching the swing. This is how a king behaves when the peasants burn. Not with fire but overdraft notices, mothers counting pills at the sink, mildew blooming where the crib used to be. Marie said cake. Nero played while Rome burned. This one posts, then tees off. Covfefe. Let them eat Red Hats and stock tips, let them eat lead pipes and broadband outages. We funded the cart. We painted the staircase. We watched the match get lit. He couldn’t care less. He says it out loud. We laugh or we don’t. He’s not listening. He’s halfway to the green.

Another morning of reading the news, another poem for you.

#Poetry #PoliticalPoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #NewPoem #EarlDavidFreeland
#KingCovfefe #PoetryAsWitness #Reckoning #PoetryOfResistance #ContemporaryPoetry

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