Photograph by Kim Stapf
There is another Valentine’s
Day lost in Vermont
Teddy Bears and heart
Shaped boxes –
A year ago
We saw it take
Away the lives of
Fourteen students,
Three adults –
Gunned down like countless others
We don’t mention
Because they were too black
Or too poor for sympathy –
Today we see a generation
Kept in cages, stolen
By a forced adoption
while we enjoy white privilege
with dead flowers.
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Ben Ditmars (C) 2019
Photograph by Helle Gade
Photograph by Kim Stapf.
Photograph by Helle Gade
Photograph by Jacqueline E. Smith
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Photograph by Helle Gade
Photograph by Kim Stapf
I heard there was something called “The Super Bowl” on last night. Now, I don’t get into professional sports, because they have money and I just can’t relate to that. BUT I do like the idea of eagles winning. So I wrote these haiku.
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Moons are super bowls
Of fish they cannot reach
Beyond the horizon.
Saffron sunsets set
The mood for aerial displays,
Nocturnal courtship.
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© Ben Ditmars 2018
