Monthly Archives: June 2020

No More Futures “We are running out of futures”-Brian Eno Used to be, don’t that sound like a crochety old man, like “what will the Village Blacksmith do if we all drive flivvers” Used to be that we all saw … Continue reading →

The Real “Lost Cause” The real “lost cause” has nothing to do with plantations or states rights or Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind or any of the other lies that white men say to make themselves feel better … Continue reading →

  Why in 2020 Inspired by Elie Mystal’s article in The Nation shared by Rich Conti   Why are my and other’s poems from the nineteen sixties still too damn relevant and why is it still a curse in this … Continue reading →

It was not a sense of loss It was not a sense of loss not here not now not here not now the loss had been many months before when the person I had grown up with started to slip … Continue reading →

The last time I saw her she was in the process of dying and didn’t really notice us  we had driven the hour to see her as there would be nobody to see in another day  The last time I … Continue reading →

While in our Swarthmore Yard  I heard a man speaking to his son in a language I did not know and I thought how wonderful it was

From The Museum of Police Brutality 14th and Oak Sts.  Philadelphia, Pa. 19101   The Museum of Police Brutality, in it’s ongoing efforts to highlight icons of Police Brutality, is proud to announce that it will soon have the Statue … Continue reading →

August 29th and more   Michael Coard “Oppression has never changed as a result of civil and orderly discussion”    August 29th, 2020 a Saturday in our time and I tell myself all the reasons a 71 yr old shouldn’t … Continue reading →

The Third Poem Tonight  Is it possible to fashion a new world without all the hates we’ve been taught Is it possible to have a tomorrow and lose the yesterdays Is it possible to have a new page and write … Continue reading →

It’s not the kind of time  It’s not the kind of time when you want to think what happens after it is the kind of thing, I mean time thing, I mean time  when your mind leads you to think … Continue reading →