Originally posted on Roth Poetry: On our bus tour of the city of Strasbourg, France, we passed the headquarters of the Council of Europe. It was founded on 5 May 1949 by the Treaty of London. After experiencing the atrocities of WW II, Sir Winston Churchill had a vision of the nations of Europe coming…

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Pinterest tornando indietro l’estate una promessa senza memoria leggera ero una volta e ti volavo accanto going back the summer a promise without memory light was I once and I flew besides you © A.M.

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: Today tanks roll through the nation’s capital, and jets fly over a divided country, but I remember another Fourth of July where people came together to witness a union. Outside fireworks boomed and flared, but inside, love lit up the room. No excess displays are needed…

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: There was a time when I was proud to call myself an American, but that has changed. I’ve never cared much for politics, or organized religion. To me, they are both ways to try to control the masses and keep us in check to further line greedy pockets. Don’t get…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 山彦となる木苺を口にして　　　有馬朗人 yamabiko to naru kiichigo o kuchi ni shite             I become an echo             putting wild strawberries             into my mouth                                                             Akito Arima from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, August 2014 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? blackberry moon the clench of his fists ? dream-eater her nibbled down nails have nothing left to give ? woodpecker he picks at my faults ? ? black-eyed Susan I should have left him the first time ? Previously published: Failed Haiku Senryu Journal, September 1 2016 ? the…