Waxy & Poetic

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Another Morning in America and

another shooting in America and
another murderous cop on trial in America and
another plan to rebuild in America and
another hate crime committed in America and
another uptick in infections in America and
another milestone in vaccinations in America and
another mask removed in America and
another variant strain moves in America and
another day of kids in cages in America and
another way to vent rages in America and
another way to suppress the vote in America and
another way to lose hope in America and
another way to find hope in America and
another fight for justice in America and
another protest for rights in America and
another day in America seeking
another chance in America seeking
another America in America and
another and 
another and
another and

©David Siller – 2021

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For the first 100 days of the Biden administration, this website will feature a new poem of What’s Next!? These pieces can be calls to action, calls to attention, or calls to anger. They will light the way and guide the fight. They will get us moving and keep our momentum. They will be filled with hope, with anger, with sorrow. They will get us into good trouble and point out the trouble we need to stop. They will be polished gems, or rough-cut drafts of rage, or in-process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered.

#100Days100Poems of What’s Next!? wants your poems, your prose, your visual art (photos, drawings, sculptures), your music, your short films and animations. Interpret the theme as broadly as you’d like.

If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with your visual art (as .jpg or .pdf) or your poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. Include a short bio (2-3 sentences) and social media/website information. All rights remain with the author. Please address any formatting preferences in your email. Waxyandpoetic.com will post submissions time permitting, with at least one per day beginning 20 January 2021.

Read, follow, share, submit, live, love, spread light! Don’t forget to use #100Days100Poems !

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Which One Gives Us Malice and Aforethought?

1.	I can’t breathe.
2.	I can’t breathe.
3.	I can’t breathe.
4.	I can’t breathe.
5.	I can’t breathe.
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15.	I can’t breathe.
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17.	I can’t breathe.
18.	I can’t breathe.
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23.	I can’t breathe.
24.	I can’t breathe.
25.	I can’t breathe.
26.	I can’t breathe.
27.	I can’t breathe.

©David Siller – 2021

*****

For the first 100 days of the Biden administration, this website will feature a new poem of What’s Next!? These pieces can be calls to action, calls to attention, or calls to anger. They will light the way and guide the fight. They will get us moving and keep our momentum. They will be filled with hope, with anger, with sorrow. They will get us into good trouble and point out the trouble we need to stop. They will be polished gems, or rough-cut drafts of rage, or in-process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered.

#100Days100Poems of What’s Next!? wants your poems, your prose, your visual art (photos, drawings, sculptures), your music, your short films and animations. Interpret the theme as broadly as you’d like.

If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with your visual art (as .jpg or .pdf) or your poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. Include a short bio (2-3 sentences) and social media/website information. All rights remain with the author. Please address any formatting preferences in your email. Waxyandpoetic.com will post submissions time permitting, with at least one per day beginning 20 January 2021. Read, follow, share, submit, live, love, spread light! Don’t forget to use #100Days100Poems !

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If Math Were a Protest Poem

Boulder: AR-15
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Orlando: AR-15
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Parkland: AR-15
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Las Vegas: AR-15
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Aurora, CO: AR-15
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Sandy Hook: AR-15
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Waffle House: AR-15
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San Bernardino: AR-15
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Midland/Odessa: AR-15
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Poway synagogue: AR-15
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Sutherland Springs: AR-15
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Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15
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Two hundred thirty-nine lives lost
We do not calculate the injured
We do not calculate the trauma
We do not calculate the shame or the inaction
two hundred thirty-nine

©David Siller – 2021

*****

For the first 100 days of the Biden administration, this website will feature a new poem of What’s Next!? These pieces can be calls to action, calls to attention, or calls to anger. They will light the way and guide the fight. They will get us moving and keep our momentum. They will be filled with hope, with anger, with sorrow. They will get us into good trouble and point out the trouble we need to stop. They will be polished gems, or rough-cut drafts of rage, or in-process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered.

#100Days100Poems of What’s Next!? wants your poems, your prose, your visual art (photos, drawings, sculptures), your music, your short films and animations. Interpret the theme as broadly as you’d like.

If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with your visual art (as .jpg or .pdf) or your poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. Include a short bio (2-3 sentences) and social media/website information. All rights remain with the author. Please address any formatting preferences in your email. Waxyandpoetic.com will post submissions time permitting, with at least one per day beginning 20 January 2021. Read, follow, share, submit, live, love, spread light! Don’t forget to use #100Days100Poems !

They Don’t Even Hide It Anymore

White supremacy works its will
(which is actually a won’t)
behind locked doors,
under plantation paintings
flanked by six klansmen of the
coronapocalypse.
And though the black woman
who came knocking,
curious and concerned, 
was taken away,
callously cuffed,
your conniving con
broadcast clear 
through glass walls.

We see you.
We see your shuffle and shift,
your bait and switch,
and these knocks will be answered,
one way
or the other.

©David Siller – 2021

*****

For the first 100 days of the Biden administration, this website will feature a new poem of What’s Next!? These pieces can be calls to action, calls to attention, or calls to anger. They will light the way and guide the fight. They will get us moving and keep our momentum. They will be filled with hope, with anger, with sorrow. They will get us into good trouble and point out the trouble we need to stop. They will be polished gems, or rough-cut drafts of rage, or in-process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered.

#100Days100Poems of What’s Next!? wants your poems, your prose, your visual art (photos, drawings, sculptures), your music, your short films and animations. Interpret the theme as broadly as you’d like.

If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with your visual art (as .jpg or .pdf) or your poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. Include a short bio (2-3 sentences) and social media/website information. All rights remain with the author. Please address any formatting preferences in your email. Waxyandpoetic.com will post submissions time permitting, with at least one per day beginning 20 January 2021. Read, follow, share, submit, live, love, spread light! Don’t forget to use #100Days100Poems !