Silent Tragedy
A Haiku Reflection on the Pain of School Shootings
Chalk dust in still air,
a backpack waits by the door—
names carved into grief.
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Book Review: "American Poetry: A Very Short Introduction" by David Caplan
Help me, I'm stuck in the Very Short Introduction series and I can't get out! No really, this is becoming the same problem I had a few years ago when I got my limbs caught in the British Library Crime Classics series and ended up reading almost 100 of those books in perhaps a few months. Now, I've managed to find one on American Poetry, I have to say it is probably one of my favourites so far. I mean The Beats is good, but American Poetry has Phillis Wheatley and Emily Dickinson so it is, by default, better. The writer doesn't only display his knowledge of American Poetic History, he also provides some historical accounts of the people who wrote them, commenting on where they fit into the greater American landscape.
By Annie Kapur7 days ago in Geeks
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This was haunting!
nice
Wow, no words.
Mic drop...every word hits hard!👍🏾
This event is way tragic and should not ever happen, but it does. School is supposed to be a safe place and even when I was in school one seemed to cross their fingers to be safe and survive the Blackboard Jungle.
My mind instantly goes to places like Dallas reading this one. heartbreaking and haunting.
Awe lovely makes one think for sure ♦️♦️♦️♦️