Poetry With A Purpose

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Two Poems!

Bob Blue, Presente (thanks to Mary Kate Small, for the title and Erin Fitzgerald for transcribing the rough draft. In memory of Bob Blue - musician, educator, father, and friend.) I learned more from you than I ever told you or anyone. Over countless games of Scrabble that you nearly always won on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

World AIDS Day Poem

Author's Note: This is going to be a bookmark at the Winter Festival. I'll charge 50 cents and give the money to HampshireCare, our local AIDS service organization. 12/1 (a poem in honor of World AIDS Day) W orld O f those left behind R emembers the L oss of 25 million. For more than a D ecade many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Bring It On, Fred!

Bring It On, Fred! (Dedicated to the Reverend Fred Phelps and his rest of misguided followers at the Westboro Baptist Church who in Topeka, Kansas. He operates the websites godhatesfags.com, fodhatesamerica.com, godhatescanada.com, as well as godhatessweden.com. The group has picketed my former town... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

First Do No Harm

First Do No Harm (Dedicated to the amazing men and women of the International Justice Mission, a nonprofit devoted to ending human trafficking in Cambodia and other places and inspired by watching Children for Sale, a documentary on MSNBC and learning about Dr. Jerry Albom, American citizen and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

For Richard:

(Written in honor of Richard Jenne, the last disabled victim and probably last general victim, accept for the Jews who died later after liberation because they were to ill to recover, of the Nazis.) Authors Note: I need to edit this piece a lot, but what do you think? I wrote in about two hours.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 30, 2004

In Your Honor

a poem written to celebrate the life and work of fellow disability rights activist Colleen Fraser, who died on flight 93, composed after the World Trade Center bell ringing ceremony that I attended on August 28 th as part of RNC No Welcome I ring a bell tonight and wish for a rose to lay on soil... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

An Untitled Poem, Written in Honor of Matthew Shepard

Watching HBO, I realize that you are no longer Matthew. They’ve made you a movie, a play, a symbol, a project- The Laramie Project. I never met you, of course, but I know you were more than a martyr. Know your parents loved you and your friends called you, “choo-choo”. I have memorized your face:... Sign in to see full entry.

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