I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face. (Franz Kafka)
WE CALL IT VISION
Sometimes poetry speaks truth better than lines of fact. The first haiku carries 5, 7, 5 syllables. The next five lines, a tanka, delivers truth in 5, 7, 5, 7, 5 syllables.
SCENE OF THE HANGING OF BLACK MEN
” I don’t see color,” says a white man to lynchings as he leaves the room.
COMMUNITY
The flower sees bees coming and opens petals. Possibilities. Plant and insect share alike. Even as the stem stands still.
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