I'm grateful to the Dewdrop and honored to be a featured poet in this issue. The Dewdrop features reflective and thoughtful writing, loosely based on spiritual themes, from both classic and emergent writers. Stop by, if you might.
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Vincent Hostak - Two Moon Sutras - The Dewdrop
In his poem, "Two Moon Sutras", poet Vincent Hostak offers a pair of sequences focused on the moon as an object of contemplation.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm grateful to the Dewdrop and honored to be a featured poet in this issue. The Dewdrop features reflective and thoughtful writing, loosely based on spiritual themes, from both classic and emergent writers. Stop by, if you might.
thedewdrop.org/2025/11/02/v...
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I've lived in Chicago and two Texas cities. I appreciate Mayor Brandon Johnson's comment: "the governor of Texas should be worried about Texas. Why are you all up in my business? Focus on Texas." Texas could start with its "unacceptably high maternal mortality rate (Dallas Morning News)."
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've lived in Chicago and two Texas cities. I appreciate Mayor Brandon Johnson's comment: "the governor of Texas should be worried about Texas. Why are you all up in my business? Focus on Texas." Texas could start with its "unacceptably high maternal mortality rate (Dallas Morning News)."
The Herons, the D*ath Metal practitioners of the avian community.
July 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Herons, the D*ath Metal practitioners of the avian community.
...and while our populations of unhoused persons may include those suffering from addictions & mental illness, this country never recovered from Reagan's mass closures of psychatic care facilities.There's no "there" to recieve them. Goldstone's is the clearest explanation for another poor policy.
July 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
...and while our populations of unhoused persons may include those suffering from addictions & mental illness, this country never recovered from Reagan's mass closures of psychatic care facilities.There's no "there" to recieve them. Goldstone's is the clearest explanation for another poor policy.
Here is a useful list US Senators considering their vote regarding H.R. 1. Some may have declared, some have stated they are still considering their position. Consider letting them where you stand.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-se....
www.newsweek.com/full-list-se....
June 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Here is a useful list US Senators considering their vote regarding H.R. 1. Some may have declared, some have stated they are still considering their position. Consider letting them where you stand.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-se....
www.newsweek.com/full-list-se....
Released sixty years ago this week, Alphaville, Jean Luc Godard
May 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Released sixty years ago this week, Alphaville, Jean Luc Godard
I'm heartbroken. Sobule was wonderfully talented. Her partnerships with Richard Barone, Tom Morello, John Doe and others were precious. My heart goes out to her family, friends and the musical community at large. The organization I work with was preparing to host one of her very special shows.
May 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I'm heartbroken. Sobule was wonderfully talented. Her partnerships with Richard Barone, Tom Morello, John Doe and others were precious. My heart goes out to her family, friends and the musical community at large. The organization I work with was preparing to host one of her very special shows.
reck·less
1: marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences
Subheading: A woman says armed federal agents stole from her family and left their home trashed. “I know it was a little rough this morning,” one of them later told her.
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1: marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences
Subheading: A woman says armed federal agents stole from her family and left their home trashed. “I know it was a little rough this morning,” one of them later told her.
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ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves
A woman says armed federal agents stole from her family and left their home trashed. “I know it was a little rough this morning,” one of them later told her.
newrepublic.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
reck·less
1: marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences
Subheading: A woman says armed federal agents stole from her family and left their home trashed. “I know it was a little rough this morning,” one of them later told her.
newrepublic.com/post/194557/...
1: marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences
Subheading: A woman says armed federal agents stole from her family and left their home trashed. “I know it was a little rough this morning,” one of them later told her.
newrepublic.com/post/194557/...
Happy Terry Pratchett Day
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter." -Going Postal, Novel, 2004
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter." -Going Postal, Novel, 2004
April 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Happy Terry Pratchett Day
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter." -Going Postal, Novel, 2004
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter." -Going Postal, Novel, 2004
I just signed up for Immigration 101: What You Need to Know ! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/immig...
Immigration 101: What You Need to Know
When: Tuesday, April 22nd
Time: 5:30pmMST - 6:30mMST
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April 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I just signed up for Immigration 101: What You Need to Know ! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/immig...
Another fifty for the journalist who asks if we can expect pay more for Spice Melange from Arrakis.
April 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Another fifty for the journalist who asks if we can expect pay more for Spice Melange from Arrakis.
Two poems in the April 6 TPA Quarterly. One asking questions of the oligarchy, another (Drama School) on memorizing words gone rogue from their ancient burrows. TPA supports the efforts of Feeding Texas. Image: from the First Folio, Shakespeare, 1623. www.texaspoetryassignment.org/texas-school...
April 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Two poems in the April 6 TPA Quarterly. One asking questions of the oligarchy, another (Drama School) on memorizing words gone rogue from their ancient burrows. TPA supports the efforts of Feeding Texas. Image: from the First Folio, Shakespeare, 1623. www.texaspoetryassignment.org/texas-school...
From Gwendolyn Brooks:
The good man.
He is still enhancer, renouncer.
In the time of detachment,
in the time of the vivid heather and affectionate evil,
in the time of oral
grave grave legalities of hate - all real
walks our prime registered reproach and seal.
Our successful moral.
The good man.
The good man.
He is still enhancer, renouncer.
In the time of detachment,
in the time of the vivid heather and affectionate evil,
in the time of oral
grave grave legalities of hate - all real
walks our prime registered reproach and seal.
Our successful moral.
The good man.
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
From Gwendolyn Brooks:
The good man.
He is still enhancer, renouncer.
In the time of detachment,
in the time of the vivid heather and affectionate evil,
in the time of oral
grave grave legalities of hate - all real
walks our prime registered reproach and seal.
Our successful moral.
The good man.
The good man.
He is still enhancer, renouncer.
In the time of detachment,
in the time of the vivid heather and affectionate evil,
in the time of oral
grave grave legalities of hate - all real
walks our prime registered reproach and seal.
Our successful moral.
The good man.
We will too, Governor!
March 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We will too, Governor!
When Pete Buttigieg, public speaker with the restraint of a Buddhist monk, says it this way, you know it's bad. Of course, you know it's bad. For a start: Hegseth should resign.
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When Pete Buttigieg, public speaker with the restraint of a Buddhist monk, says it this way, you know it's bad. Of course, you know it's bad. For a start: Hegseth should resign.
Reposted
Grocery workers are on the frontlines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures, writes Ella Fanger. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers.
Workers are on the front lines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures.
www.thenation.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Grocery workers are on the frontlines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures, writes Ella Fanger. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
Reposted
NEW: Colorado's best known immigration advocate, Jeanette Vizguerra, has been detained by ICE, according to her family and supporters. Vizguerra famously spent years living in a church to avoid deportation. www.9news.com/article/news...
March 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NEW: Colorado's best known immigration advocate, Jeanette Vizguerra, has been detained by ICE, according to her family and supporters. Vizguerra famously spent years living in a church to avoid deportation. www.9news.com/article/news...
When you are sent to bed without dinner in Colorado (after you've just stepped out of jail). This GOP gala was also previously cancelled at the Marriott Denver Tech Center due to a highly vocal citizen response.
www.westword.com/news/steve-b...
www.westword.com/news/steve-b...
Steve Bannon Speaking Event in Colorado Springs Cancelled
The far-right pundit was supposed to speak at the Antlers Hotel on March 28 before plans were nixed amid public push back.
www.westword.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
When you are sent to bed without dinner in Colorado (after you've just stepped out of jail). This GOP gala was also previously cancelled at the Marriott Denver Tech Center due to a highly vocal citizen response.
www.westword.com/news/steve-b...
www.westword.com/news/steve-b...
Prayers of many summers come
to roost on a moment
until it sinks under them
and they resume their journey-WS Merwin, from Migration
A minute of a journey of thousands of Great Sandhill Cranes in image and sound I collected 5 days ago in the San Luis Valley, CO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zH...
to roost on a moment
until it sinks under them
and they resume their journey-WS Merwin, from Migration
A minute of a journey of thousands of Great Sandhill Cranes in image and sound I collected 5 days ago in the San Luis Valley, CO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zH...
Evening Roost Sandhill Cranes
YouTube video by Vincent Hostak
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March 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Prayers of many summers come
to roost on a moment
until it sinks under them
and they resume their journey-WS Merwin, from Migration
A minute of a journey of thousands of Great Sandhill Cranes in image and sound I collected 5 days ago in the San Luis Valley, CO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zH...
to roost on a moment
until it sinks under them
and they resume their journey-WS Merwin, from Migration
A minute of a journey of thousands of Great Sandhill Cranes in image and sound I collected 5 days ago in the San Luis Valley, CO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zH...
What we do every day matters, in every state. 5 bills stopped in Colorado which sought to damage health protections for transgender youth/adults & reproductive care, including allowing insurers & medical providers to deny these life-saving services. They will keep trying, but We Won't Go Back.
March 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What we do every day matters, in every state. 5 bills stopped in Colorado which sought to damage health protections for transgender youth/adults & reproductive care, including allowing insurers & medical providers to deny these life-saving services. They will keep trying, but We Won't Go Back.
Denver 8 March 2025
March 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Denver 8 March 2025
Soundcheck for the Handsome Family tonight. And they are. In Denver? Come on by to Swallow Hill before 7pm. Big house, but some tickets available. Link example to a song you may remember from True Blood.
youtu.be/TRJ_s2G76Hg?...
youtu.be/TRJ_s2G76Hg?...
March 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Soundcheck for the Handsome Family tonight. And they are. In Denver? Come on by to Swallow Hill before 7pm. Big house, but some tickets available. Link example to a song you may remember from True Blood.
youtu.be/TRJ_s2G76Hg?...
youtu.be/TRJ_s2G76Hg?...
Reminded today of Ariel's quote,The Tempest. Gathered some trolling takedowns relevant today:
Hell is empty & all the devils are here/
While you here do snoring lie, Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take/Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains/
Deal? Uh, more like 'Art of the Spiel'
Hell is empty & all the devils are here/
While you here do snoring lie, Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take/Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains/
Deal? Uh, more like 'Art of the Spiel'
March 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reminded today of Ariel's quote,The Tempest. Gathered some trolling takedowns relevant today:
Hell is empty & all the devils are here/
While you here do snoring lie, Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take/Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains/
Deal? Uh, more like 'Art of the Spiel'
Hell is empty & all the devils are here/
While you here do snoring lie, Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take/Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains/
Deal? Uh, more like 'Art of the Spiel'