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JoAnn Early Macken
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Author of Grow; Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move; Waiting Out the Storm; and more. Sewist of upcycled clothing and Boomerang Bags. Collector and planter of seeds, baker of pies, fan of springtime and waterways and creatures that fly. www.joannmacken.com
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#NoKings Shorewood, Wisconsin!
Protesters line pedestrian bridge and both sides of Capitol Drive in Shorewood, Wisconsin.
October 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#NoKings Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Protest sign: "Immigrants make America great" Protest sign: "Imagine being afraid of diversity but not dictatorship" Protest sign: "The fascist always comes disguised as a patriot"
October 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Homemade stencils: print on cardstock, cut out with exacto knife, apply chalk. Hint: sans-serif fonts are easier to cut out. Canva has several options.
2 homemade "NO KINGS" stencils, box of multicolored sidewalk chalk, and "NO KINGS" stenciled on street in yellow and orange
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Tomorrow!
No federal crackdown on Chicago! Ice and the national guard are not welcome here! Saturday, September 6th, 12:00 p.m. Sheridan Road and MLK Drive corner outside Naval Station Great Lakes.
September 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Excellent turnout for No Kings rally and march in Milwaukee!
me with my sign: Arise! Unite! Resist! in colorful fabric letters crowd of marchers carrying signs in Milwaukee protest sign: "If Kamala won, we'd be at brunch right now"
June 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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My sign is ready for tomorrow's No Kings rally and march in Milwaukee! Where will you be protecting democracy?
front of sign with colorful fabric letters spelling out "Arise! Unite! Resist!" sewn on white fabric back of sign with colorful fabric letters spelling "Vote!" and fabric flowers sewn on white fabric
June 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Weeds! Wild Strawberries! #PoetryFriday! www.joannmacken.com/blog/posts/4...
five small wild strawberry plants in a tray on a picnic table in front of a shipping box labeled "Live Plants"
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Periwinkle & protests for #PoetryFriday!
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blue periwinkle flower among green leaves and leaf litter
May 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Hands off our courts! Milwaukee stands with Judge Dugan!
Protestors in front of Milwaukee Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse. Large red sign says, "Stop Trump's War on Democracy."
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Today's #PoetryFriday #haiku: What Then Must We Do?
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male rose-breasted grosbeak on a tray full of birdseed, seen through a window
May 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Milwaukee Mayday March!
Sign from Milwaukee Mayday March: Voces de la Frontera: Immigrant - Worker - Student Rights Seen from behind, a crowd of people carrying signs marches underneath a freeway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
May 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Solidarity
gathers, marches, chants, and sings.
We shall not be moved.

#HaikuSaturday
#BetterLateThanNever
#JudgeDugan
A crowd of protesters carrying signs (Hands off!, Neutrality always benefits the oppressor) marches in front of the Milwaukee FBI office.
April 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A little bit of cheer for #PoetryFriday
two bees shelter inside a daffodil with scilla blooming in the background
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Dear litterbugs, please
aim your trash at waste baskets,
not thorny bushes!

#EarthDay #TrashPickup #haiku
park in springtime with trash scattered among emerging greenery
April 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#PoetryFriday! #haiku www.joannmacken.com/blog/posts/4...
view of trees through rain-soaked window
April 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Springing Back into Writing--It's #PoetryFriday!
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#haiku
Purple crocuses blooming through leaf litter on our front hill--plus a bee!
April 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Madison, Wisconsin #HandsOff
State capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin surrounded by protesters carrying signs
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! It's April, but let's march!
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handmade letters cut from assorted fabrics to spell "Resist!" on a white cloth with embroidery thread, a scissors, and a pincushion
April 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Today's call to Senator Ron Johnson: Rein in ICE's appalling arrests and detentions of legal residents and citizens! Also, judges who rule against Trump's unlawful behavior should be protected, not targeted.
#callfromanywhere #DoYourJob
Protest sign: the needs of the many outweigh the greed of the few
March 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Busy week!
Sunday: Post Office rally
Tuesday: GOTV, UWM
Thursday: GOTV, UWM
Saturday: Milwaukee #TeslaTakedown
plus Susan Crawford GOTV Rally at Humboldt Park. Putting my feet up now!
Early Persisters with protest signs at #TeslaTakedown: Nobody voted for chainsaws, No one voted for Elon Musk, Bad doge! Keep your paws off our rights! Protester at Humboldt Park Susan Crawford GOTV Rally in Milwaukee with sign: I will not go quietly back to the 1950s. Sign at Milwaukee #Tesla Takedown: Tell Elon Stop LootingAmerica
March 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Getting Out The Vote* yesterday at UW-Milwaukee. Look what flew over!

*Susan Crawford for Wisconsin State Supreme Court, Jill Underly for Superintendent of Public Instruction, No on the constitutional amendment!
small plane pulling a banner: "Go Home Elon. Vote Susan"
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of Possibility, selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters and illustrated by Olivia Sua, inspired me to write my own Poem of Possibility for #PoetryFriday. Enjoy!
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cover of If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of Possibility selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters and illustrated by Olivia Sua: two children running in a field with kites
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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U.S. Mail? Not for sale! Rally at the downtown Milwaukee Post Office. Stand up! Fight back!
Crowd of protesters outside downtown Milwaukee post office carrying signs: " My grandfather fought Nazis. So shall I," "Hands off USPS," Fight Like Hell!" Sign: "USPS: We will stay and protest." Billboard: "USPS under threat. Take action now! Call 844-402-1001"
March 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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#PoetryFriday! Could You? www.joannmacken.com/blog/posts/4...
view of icy Milwaukee River between banks covered in wintry brown bushes and trees. If you look closely, you can see a can in the bushes.
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Milwaukee International Women's Day 2025 Rally and March: Stand up! Fight back!
three sisters in pink hats carrying signs: "I'm part of the persisterhood," "Stop the save act! Protect our votes!", "Love trumps hate." crowd of protesters marching down Milwaukee street carrying signs crowd of protesters gathered at rally in downtown Milwaukee park
March 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM