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“souls and human beings”. . . and other responses to the last Wednesday Writing Prompt

“Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people have always known this.” Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam International Executive Director These responses to the last Wednesday Writing Prompt, which was “poverty,” September 19th demonstrate sensitivity, observation, conscience, compassion and skill. Clearly, these are more than good poets. They are the most decent human beings. Thanks Irene Emanuel, Paul Brookes, Irma Do,… Read More

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THE BeZINE, Vol. 4, Issue 2: Poverty, Hunger & Working-class Slave Labor

November 15, 2017 In the four-year history of The BeZine, this is the most significant edition. All of our concerns – peace, environmental sustainability, human rights, freedom of expression – depend on a more equal distribution of wealth, on making sure no one goes hungry and on breaking-down barriers to employment, healthcare, education and racial and gender equity. This pyramid (courtesy of Wikipedia) reveals that: half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top… Read More

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We have a goal . . .

Behind the scenes at The BeZine we’re working to pull together the wealth of insight and artistry shared for 100,000 Poets (and friends) for Change into a commemorative page, the content of which will also be archived at Stanford University, Stanford, California. Thank you to all who contributed, read, commented, shared links and supported this worthwhile effort at The BeZine blog as a virtual event or in one of some 500 cities around the world. While… Read More

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The Mission …

Reblogged from: The BeZine blog, 26 September 2015.  This is our mission for our 100TPC event, which is still open to submission from you. Much appreciation to Michael Dickel for this and for MCing the day … Welcome to the 5th year of 100,000 Poets (Musicians, Artists, Mimes…) for Change, and the 2015 edition of The BeZine Online 100TPC Event! If you’ve done this before and you know the score, skip to… Read More

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New Year

Same Rivers, New Waters … Last year passed the golden glove You know, the one with a fist of iron. She wanted no more of it. Nor I. Those glossy, glittering, glistening, shining products of a golden age had lost their sheen and the age of growth and worshipping at the alter of God. Demands. […]

sister of the moon

Originally posted on Gretchen Del Rio's Art Blog:
watercolor aceo 4/2018 ‘Mother Earth, from you and to you all life flows nourishing us with all hat yor are. We are all family. We are all children of the Great Goddess of the Earth Mother. As you thrive, so shall we.’ purchase this painting

The Protagonist

I am a beacon of hope, on a wet and rainy day. While forming a shelter from heaven’s tears and clouds subject to decay. I am always on hand, where ever droplets can be found, so take me for granted because I’ll always be around. excerpt from sunburst published by xlibris © 2005, Laura Minning […]

O Jerusalem

I run from your city streets where the Laws are too bright and hot, the Shadows too hard, sure, possessed. I run into the cool shade of your forest, taking refuge like the birds. (There are no knives in the forest. Blood is shed here only as it must be shed.) Not for bathing, drinking, […]

Waging Peace, On a Fairy Tale Wall

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” so wrote Robert Frost the great American Pastoral Poet. He thought about the great dividers between neighbors and nations. Are walls really so important, I have often wondered. In fact the very word fascinates me.It resounds with great historical significance- Walls! Oh ! No, not the Great […]

The Bax

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Gypsy Rose Grandkitty

 

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Dahlia is a Ragdoll

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