Category Archives: Anti-War

This poem is about the tragedy of applying great human know-how to war. No How How fright Fully billed War ships Fighter jets Arms of every sort As craft As fly As crack aims As wreckin’ as kill As wack … Continue reading →

I can see how people find opposing all wars as problematic, and see situations where they would organize mass killings of their enemies. Frankly, from an international law and human rights perspective, I think that it is impossible in practice … Continue reading →

In the era of Team Cruel, life can be in hospitable. At Last Picked There is allot Of blood sports In the schoolyard of life And death Teeming with God’s children A lot Left wanting To be picked Last

Thank you, Ziad, for sharing your father’s story with me. I am inspired by his deep connection to the land and people of Palestine. Drinking a cup of olive oil each morning and valuing the olive trees as more than … Continue reading →

It’s a bout the bought ensouled. We are not merely bouncing meat. Meat Our Future Violence is unacceptable Accept when we do it That soul exception As we meat Our future

War is a failure of humanity at so many levels. Certainly, mass violence favors authoritarians and constricts and degrades all things progressive in the body politic. The Biggest Flail Ever With ravenous waist Warmongers Gut it out A triumph of … Continue reading →

Violence begets violence. Violence begs violence. Violence gets violence. The Problem with Violence To every axing There is an equal And opposite axing It only takes A wile

Today is another good day to end the U.S.-Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. This poem goes out to the Palestinian people. Unentitle Fight U.S.-Israeli genocide Round nein! The bell He of the beast Verses people of awe … Continue reading →