Culture In A Nutshell

The very existence suggests it came from some other form - therefore it has a history. That is the essence of culture.

Courtney's Poem

The other day, I blogged on the Rio Rancho High School Principal Gary Tripp that with a heavy hand eliminated the poetry program at his school and terminated a teacher over poetry presented by a student. The student at the eye of the storm was Courtney Butler and a portion of her poem can be found here.

Wear It On Your Sleeves

Cynthia Rowley Designs T-Shirt to Benefit Poetry

1000 Words (rev.)

Photo image projected
Backside of my mind
At cerebral drive-in

Theater of horror.
Subtitled screams of pain,
Humiliation amid

Barked orders from
Military mongrels
Gone mad with power

In this silent movie
That echoes still in
Recesses of my recollection.

Speech is free unless it's critical

Rio Rancho High School in New Mexico it seems is a quite a piece of work. It seems the principal there has a very jaded view of what exactly America is all about.

Check out this story by Bill Hill. I will be most interested to follow this story and keep readers updated.

Wow

While I only wrote a poem about a thousand words, Stephanie after a bit of an absence actually wrote about a thousand words.

1000 Words

Photo image projected
Backside of my head
At cerebral drive-in

Theater of horror.
Subtitled screams of pain,
Humiliation amid

Barked orders from
Military mongrels
Gone mad with power

In this silent movie
That echoes in
Recesses of my mind.