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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Hiatus
Image from Dzinepress.Hiatus The plazas are empty, swept clean of debris,smug analyses already written.Elections are coming, everyone run to see:is it Newton? or El Ron? or Mittens? But out of the glare of the media stare,the knowledge unerringly spreads:the old … Continue reading
BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Jonah Raskin’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Women’
Portraits of a Generation:Jonah Raskin’s Rock ‘n Roll WomenBy Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 14, 2012 [Rock ‘n’ Roll Women: Portraits of a Generation, by Jonah Raskin (Santa Rosa, CA: McCaa Books, 2012); Paperback, 40 pp.] … Continue reading
VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : I’m Not Down With Jesus Anymore
“Republican Jesus.” Painting by Brett Bretterson / Uncyclomedia Commons. I’m Not Down With Jesus Anymore a response to “The Response” O I’m Not Down With Jesus Anymore – They say He votes Republican and leads us into war, and He … Continue reading
VERSE / Felix Shafer : hey, marilyn
hey, marilyn From august through Black august the drum beat us all black and blue and back again where we live inside shadows with you * Here on the sad fuming planet comes a laughing ghost beloved fugitive our first … Continue reading
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Tagged Felix Shafer, Marilyn Buck, Mario Benedetti, Poetry, Political Activists, Political Prisoners
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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Fire in the Hole
Cartoon by Dan Piraro / Bizarro. Fire in the Hole The powder keg is fulland the fuse is lit. Daily before our eyesmen and women speak truth to power,power crushes them,they rise up again and again – the powder keg … Continue reading
VERSE / Verandah Porche : REVOLUTION
Graphic from Rafftrax. REVOLUTION Lo, no virtue? Root, unveil our novel It O, live no rut. Rev unto oil. Our violent into velour, Rune to viol, ruin to love. Verandah Porche / The Rag BlogMarch 14, 2011 [Verandah Porche is … Continue reading
VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Egypt-Land
Image from Egypt Web. Egypt-Land “Freedom breeze, makes me feel fine;blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind!”1 Before Greece, you were the home of scholars.Before Rome, you were an empire.Before last week, you were slaves. The birth of your society … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry, Tahrir Square, World History
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Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Slay the Beast
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Political cartoon and verse by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / February 20, 2011.The Rag Blog
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Tagged Conservatives, Poetry, Political Cartoon, Scott Walker, Unions, Wisconsin
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VERSE / Mike Davis : A R I Z O N A
Arizona’s Sheriff Joe. Image from The News Junkie. ARIZONA 1. Cochise, son of the oak,(Guchiish)AriseThe desert cries for justice (We must scalp Sheriff Joe) Lt. Bascom hung your brother and nephewsFed their eyes to the ravensAnd their feet to the … Continue reading
Thorne Dreyer : Journalist, Author, and ‘Investigative Poet’ John Ross (1938-2011)
The late great John Ross.Farewell to our great friend John Ross See “Los Muertos,” a poem by John Ross, Below. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2011 Yesterday I received an email with the following message: … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Cancer, Deaths, John Ross, Journalists, Mexico City, Poetry, Poets, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Data Overload
Political cartoon and verse by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011.The Rag Blog
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Joshua Brown, Military, Poetry, Political Cartoon
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