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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Forty Five Years Ago – Kent and Jackson State
This Monday, May 4, marks the 45th anniversary of the Kent State shootings involving the killing of 4 unarmed university students by the Ohio National Guard. Jeffrey Glenn Miller was 20 years old. He was 265 feet from the National … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged antin-war movement, history, Jackson State, kent state, Mississippi, National Guard, Ohio, protests, student deaths, student strikes, University of New Mexico, vietnam
8 Comments
Forty Years Ago – The Fall of Saigon
This Thursday, April 30, will be the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. On that day in 1975 the North Vietnamese Army rolled into Saigon and the last helicopter carried the last evacuees from the roof of … Continue reading
Magi in America
Did the Magi follow the star across the seas to the new land, to America seeking God that will reveal himself again in a cave? God in a cave; now so difficult to find for the star is obscured by … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged amon the poor and humble, bankers. souless America, church riches, God in a cave, hypocrisy, Magi, poetry, seeking god in America, wealth
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“Green” Capitalism – an Oxymoron
How close are corporations to acquiring de-facto nationhood? In this country they have already acquired “personhood”; a corporation, a legal; construct, can now have religious beliefs and political views. Don’t ask me how. Corporate money can be contributed to support … Continue reading
20,000 Hits
Yesterday I reached 20,000 views on this blog – a pretty nice milestone for an old retired guy living in Florida who tries to write poetry (not very well) and sundry other posts. Half of those total views, some ten … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 000 hits, 105 countries, 20, blog traffic, no facebook page, no twitter account, social media, thank you for reading
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African Sight
Women of dignity with regal deportment wrapped in cloth of pulsating hues heads and bodies clashing geometric senses scream as splashes of color emerge from smoky haze billboards peeling in the heat congratulating the President on his birthday Women delousing … Continue reading
Refugee
We left our home in novecento left padrone and prominenti ‘Ndrangheta and the priests the almond trees for golden streets. I wasn’t born with dreams like yours; tending trees I would never own; almond butter, a crust of bread before an … Continue reading
Posted in family, Poetry
Tagged almond trees, boat people, coming to Italy, dreams, happy children, Hope, Italy, Lampedusa, Libya, old age, Palermo, poetry, refugees, rescuing refugees, Sicily, small house, syria, Tripoli
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Shameless Self-Promotion
A collection of my poetry written in the last 18 months or so. Now available on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sun-City-Poetry-Aging-Man/dp/1511418818/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429489743&sr=1-1&keywords=sun+city+scarangello . ——————————————— Pimp yourself! (smiley face)
Riding a Bike in Tampa – While Black
Well Tampa, my adopted home town, must have the worst bicycle riders in all of Florida. “They don’t use lights at night. Don’t ride close enough to the curb. Can’t manage to keep their hands on the handlebars. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bike riding, police harassment, racial profiling, riding while black, Tampa, Tampa Bay Times
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Fields of Gold
A re-post on the eleventh anniversary of her passing The world changed not one whit the day she left me all alone. The sun still rose the birds still sang the radio in the car still played. Boys still ogled … Continue reading
Posted in family, Poetry
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