PITfalls of the English Language: BIG means FAT

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Haiku for Ronald Raegan

Hate grew against you Mandela, free, forgives all Giant Lotus blooms (c) Raegan supported the white, fascist government in South Africa simply because they mouthed anti-communist rhetoric. America's people and Representatives spoke louder than Raegan and overruled his VETO over the Sanctions Act... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 20, 2004

Haiku Inspired by You (and Tremacc, Blogit's Ace on the genre)

Trees in storms today We cringe, writhe or break - yet seek The sun tomorrow (c) Punster, 05.20.2004 PSD-New Zealand Sign in to see full entry.

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If U R living the American Dream, Do Not read Langston Hughes, a genius

"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes the Great Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- Let it be that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Most powerful & sweet "America " metaphor is "DREAM".Hughes, a master w/ it

"I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek-- And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak." ----Langston Hughes, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance. "PUNSTER"S POEM, 2004" Writing is a haven A mode of self-instruction I brandish my pen No weapon of mass... Sign in to see full entry.

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Most powerful & sweet "America " metaphor is "DREAM".Hughes, a master w/ it

"I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek-- And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak." ----Langston Hughes, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance Sign in to see full entry.

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"Inalienable Rights" - for immigrants and resident aliens too?

Writing is a haven A mode of self-instruction I brandish my pen No weapon of mass destruction Do not, therefore, silence me When I express my life's instruction I simply prod the presidency When it digresses from our Constitution I will write what happens to me You may write whatever suits you I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Langston Hughes; African-American Renaissance Man calls Whitman to aid US

OLD WALT: Old Walt Whitman went finding and seeking finding less than sought seeking more than found every detail minding of the seeking or the finding. Pleasured equally in seeking as in finding each detail minding, old Walt went seeking and finding. (c)Langston Hughes. Sign in to see full entry.

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Those wonderful words of the US Constitution: Fell out of the thin air?

John Locke talked about rights we humans enjoy as creations of a Providential being. These rights precede civil government and are "inalienable." Thomas Hobbes focussed on power. He saw power as absolute and humans engaged in endless battles for domination. Locke would have countered that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 16, 2004

Forgive and Live - OR WE"LL KILL YA!

So many black and brown peoples turn to humor because this NEW WORLD and New World Orders are as hard to accept as the Old World and Medieval abuses of human rights. Here are poems that may be seen in a more serious - and complete - form elsewhere on Blogit. "FORGIVE AND LIVE, or we'll kill ya!"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 15, 2004

Origins of the language in the US Constitution? Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau?

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