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Dancing in the Eye of the Storm – From the Archives – 2014

Tired of my old poetry?   How about some history with pictures! Alexander Ulyanov  – executed by Tsar Alexander III in 1887 Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 by an organization known as The People’s Will. Instead of hoped … Continue reading

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Dancing in the Eye of the Storm – a Re-Post

A re-post from last Halloween Alexander Ulyanov  – executed by Tsar Alexander III in 1887 Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 by an organization known as The People’s Will. Instead of hoped for reforms his successor Alexander III imposed … Continue reading

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“Freedom”

You will knead enough dough for dozens of loaves but will taste not a morsel for you are free to slave for others while your children stare in store front windows hungry.   From the day you are born they … Continue reading

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Dancing in the Eye of the Storm

Originally posted several years ago Alexander Ulyanov  – executed by Tsar Alexander III in 1887 Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 by an organization known as The People’s Will. Instead of hoped for reforms his successor Alexander III imposed … Continue reading

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On Ferguson

  . W. E. B. Dubois .   “I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color-line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out … Continue reading

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Gaza Town

. The children played a jumping game out in the street on market day the children played a jumping game until they came to Gaza town. Their father always looked his best on market day in Gaza town selling fruit … Continue reading

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