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Scream Poetry, Scream! ( For Juarez)


Don't let my poetry be like a Chinese painting of chrysanthemums, delicate water lilies, nightingales. Don't let it be mystically sublime like Zen thought. Instead, let it scream raw and uncut. My canvas is not one of pretty pastels, lavenders and pinks praising beauty. I acknowledge beauty yes, it exists but while there is too much ugliness murder torture rape I will color my poetry with the shocking red of blood and clothe them in the somber black of mourning.
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Annette M Velasquez
Yes, He is... Always!
Jan Wienen
<p>There seems always a blooming orchid in my presence.</p><p>Before I go to sleep and when I wake up in the morning.</p><p>My wife is so gifted in her love for flowers.</p><p>It brings true reality to me. God is so good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jan</p>

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