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re are roses and rain a rambling rush of scent redolent recalling the past there are geese and goslings a gamboling few fewer than last year later there will be parades and cookouts drumbeats and drumsticks hotdogs children roasting marshmallows perhaps there will be parties and graduates and a party celebrating its efforts to erase history there will be flags waving and proud flag wavers who march over what it truly represents somewhere there will be drones bombs civilians killed children murdered spouses disappeared and deported there will be hunger and hunger strikes i look at myself in mirrors in photos through time s infinite reflections caught in infinite light so many me s there are there will be echoes of history there is always then and now there is always remembering and doing there is always hate there is always love today there are roses and rain transitory and a river of time flowing onwards good morning well it s been another week again i can t keep up with it all the present regime is attempting to erase history while rewarding treasonous and convicted criminals well look at our felon president i m wondering if he will recognize that today is memorial day and what lies he might spout and what rants and ai slop he might post ballroom bunker and golden arch like mcdonald s seem to be what he s most focused on perhaps he ll simply spend another day golfing i can t ever forget melania s i don t care do you jacket that should be his regime s slogan there were protests at delaney hall an ice facility in newark nj over the weekend those detained there have apparently launched a hunger strike though ice officials deny it there hasn t been much coverage that i ve seen senator andy kim and rep rob menedez toured the detention center prior to the strike i watched senator kim describe the horrendous conditions there i hope to hear him talk at a town meeting later this week gov mikie sherrill is trying to get access the weather continues to be crazy we had extreme heat early last week then a cooler cloudy day before a cold rainy weekend on our rainy saturday we watched a movie and i made homemade pizza with enough to put two in the freezer we saw miroirs no 3 a new film by christian petzold and starring paula beer the name of the movie comes from a ravel piece that you will most likely recognize if you hear it beer s character a piano student plays some of it in the film you probably won t know the director or actor s names if you don t watch german films i ve seen and enjoyed several of his films and beer has starred in several of them his movie transit has stayed with me but i want to rewatch it because my husband doesn t remember it so this is another merril movie it s not an action film it plays with the idea of mirroring i read that petzold is kind of obsessed with hitchcock and vertigo yesterday sunday we went to a graduation party for our great niece college and great nephew high school his graduation hasn t taken place yet hers has both of them will be starting summer sessions she in grad school for social work and he beginning university it had stopped raining for the party and there were tables outside but it was chilly so i parked myself on a sofa between my brother and sister for most of the afternoon there was a lot of food and many people and i hope the graduate and soon to be graduate were pleased thank you to those who have given their lives for freedom and democracy don t let their sacrifices be in vain on a positive note heather cox richardson is launching series of short videos to honor the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence we decided to launch a series of one minute videos that highlight the people places and events that have helped to move us toward a more perfect union https heathercoxrichardson substack com p may 24 2026 look for the helpers and be one if you can some random cat photos posted in photography poetry tagged 1984 cats diane seuss history literature memorial day miroirs no 3 movie pizza poetry resistance is not futile sylvia plath 38 comments new published poems posted on may 24 2026 by merrildsmith happy sunday it s pouring rain here right now but i hope it will be ending soon i have poems out in two anthologies i m waiting to receive both of them my poem the cure is us is in these poems kill fascists compiled by fin hall available here https www lulu com shop fin hall these poems kill fascists paperback product kv7q5nk html q these poems kill facists page 1 pagesize 4 fbclid iwy2xjawr_v3rlehrua2flbqixmabicmlketfnz2ixwjnzqwi3n3bin204c3j0ywzhchbfawqqmjiymdm5mtc4odiwmdg5mgabhjwfjit6mq7hufezeeim844t2mglg3n2g7dprablh2blldihyfssmefgzxta_aem_4xpeqyr3srd3dk8igdsciw i have three poems in unhoused from prolific pulse press here s the trailer it s available on amazon or through the prolific pulse website posted in poetry publication tagged poetry political poetry published poems these poems kill fascists unhoused 37 comments bearing witness poem and video posted on may 22 2026 by merrildsmith bearing witness by merril d smith bearing witness i write of masked men zip tied children liam with his bunny hat the schoolgirls i write of kidnappings deportations and renditions concentration camps though no yellow stars sewn to coats not yet i write of billionaires getting richer the hypocrisy the corruption a ballroom the slush fund a supreme court only in name not quality the failing healthcare system the lack of oversight loyalty to one man ignorance cleavage with a cross i write of wars as distraction disinformation of epstein files and predators of follow the money of coverups but i think of trees older than me and the nearby river bearing witness too robins mockingbirds sparrows singing of love for love there is still love under fresh washed blue bees buzz roses bloom a couple holds hands but there will be no cherries nectarines peaches or apples this year freak heat and freak frost our climate lost a little girl plays hopscotch dogs bark and wag from yards a cry in the dark words into cyberspace i write too much not enough something this is a poem i wrote for poems about on bluesky and this is my first attempt at a video i ll get better i thought this was a poem that should be heard and i thought i d try to give people something to look at too sharing this with dverse open link posted in photography poetry video tagged bearing witness dverse poem resist video 61 comments book review scrap by luanne castle posted on may 20 2026 by merrildsmith scrap salvaging a family by luanne castle from the back cover scrap salvaging a family is a hybrid flash memoir tracing the long shadow of childhood fear and the complexities of forgiving a dying parent as a daughter uncovers her father s painful origins she begins to understand the man behind the anger and reclaims pieces of herself in the process this is a long overdue review i ve admired luanne castle s writing for a long time and i was eager to read scrap scrap is beautifully crafted with the word scrap in imagery and metaphor throughout the book s epigraph from umberto eco states we are formed by little scraps of wisdom although i knew the book detailed castle s troubled relationship with her father the way both parents treated her as a child affected me after starting the book i had to put it down for some time but not because it s not good i simply was not in the right frame of mind to read it then so soon after my older sister s sudden death and as i was approaching the anniversaries of my parents deaths i never experienced any cold behavior or harsh treatment from my parents of course they were flawed beings as are we all but i was never spanked had my mouth washed out with soap or forced to sit at the table till i cleaned my plate i was pleased that castle states at one point that despite everything she never doubted her parents love for her and she and her father reconcile once i returned to scrap i read it through in one afternoon i couldn t stop i was so caught up in the story the book begins with the revelation that her father was a bastard castle explains the several meanings of the word and how in the time and place in which her father grew up it was a stigma that left him shamed and angry to me it seems that secrecy more than illegitimacy produced generations of suffering castle s father s father was a well respected doctor who not only had this secret family but who also doctored his own past the book is written mostly in brief impressionistic flash stories each is a moment a memory filtered through time just as the collage on the book cover is made up of individual words and images to make one possible whole so do the stories in scrap castle s brother is barely mentioned and she explains he had a very different relationship with their father castle s writing is lyrical imagistic and assured as it should be after years of honing i don t think castle could have written this book earlier like a good stew it needed to simmer the flavors had to blend over time a little of this and that had to be added scrap is a book to be savored for its originality and perspective luanne it s cat approved scrap can be purchased through the publisher or amazon https elj editions com scrap salvaging a family posted in book review tagged book review books luanne castle memoir reading scrap 63 comments bridging posted on may 18 2026 by merrildsmith monday morning musings commodore barry bridge bridging like a bridge over troubled water i will ease your mind paul simon simon and garfunkle bridge over troubled water what side of the bridge are you on signs seen at the protest in selma al this past weekend may 17 2026 state troopers violently beat the civil rights protesters led by john lewis when they attempted to march over the edmund pettus bridge in selma in march 1965 it avails not time nor place distance avails not i am with you you men and women of a generation or ever so many generations hence just as you feel when you look on the river and sky so i felt _walt whitman crossing brooklyn ferry we ll cross that bridge when we come to it or burn it we ll find a bridge to the past to understanding bridge the gaps and find new ones perhaps a bridge too far or one to nowhere what do you feel when you look at the river once only birds flew and only animals swam the expanse before dugout canoes gave way to ships and war and ferries transported people and cargo ghosts wandered the shores now drifting over the litter here are roses fresh with dew blooming bright where soldiers fell fighting against a king but progress can be turtle slow civil war reconstruction jim crow history echoes hear the rhyme one step forward two steps back every citizen has the right to vote but watch out for the turkeys what will you tell your children and friends so many generations now cloud reflections ripple sun sparkles dance the morning moon tips her smile what side of the bridge are you on hello again the weekend weather was lovely warm but not too uncomfortable but it s heating up now the humidity is rising and we have a heat advisory with perhaps record setting temperatures for may then mid week we will cool down and it will rain so it goes once again every week has so much going on that i can t even remember it all the approval rating of the present occupant of the white house has sunk way down not even most republicans approve of his handling of the economy and the totally unnecessary and illegal war he started with iran that means the only way the republicans can win is through more dirty tricks it just keeps getting uglier i am horrified at how the supreme court whose majority should be wearing white robes and peaked caps has gutted the voting rights act and approved gerrymandering for the republicans only there were protests on saturday in selma and other areas of the south i didn t see too much coverage about it though there was also some sort of gathering in washington d c which i also didn t see much coverage of i imagine it was on fox news though heather cox richardson covered it in her letter today as she wrote the rededicate 250 a national jubilee of prayer praise thanksgiving event is part of the trump administration s attempt to use the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence to rewrite america s history turning it from one that champions the enlightenment values of natural rights equality and self government to one that requires americans to accept that some people are better than others and to defer to their leaders the united states is not and has never been a christian nation and though they present him as a god the orange one played golf instead of attending this fascist christian rally the whole thing makes me want to vomit for those who don t know i often walk along the delaware river at a park in my town in southern new jersey the land had belonged to a quaker family who had a plantation there there was an american revolutionary war battle fought there in october 1777 and the american soldiers defeated the hessian troops sent to fight them although the british still occupied philadelphia the united states is set to celebrate our 250th anniversary in july of this year of course the felon has coopted that celebration as he has everything else he will probably be setting up gold plated statues of himself everywhere there will be the biggest crowds ever and it will be the most perfect something thank you for your attention to this matter but on the bright side we went to the asparagus festival in mullica hill nj again this year the weather was perfect and the food was delicious a goofy photo for derrick on sunday we paid a long overdue visit to my mother in law we went over one bridge to get there and a different one to get home our daughter was also there we went out to lunch and sat outside a pizza photo for steve i made her lemon bars we ve watched the first four episodes of the new show widow s bay it s on apple it s a horror comedy with matthew rhys he plays the mayor of this fictional new england island town who is trying to bring in tourists to make it the next martha s vineyard but strange and scary things are happening there are a range of quirky town characters as well keep fighting the good fight look for the helpers and be one if you can posted in photography poetry tagged photography writing poetry walt whitman resistance is not futile roses poem asparagus festival selma voting righst no jim crow family and food 34 comments glimmer posted on may 14 2026 by merrildsmith vincent van gogh starry night over the rhone 1888 glimmer synonyms for stars or star adjacent sidereal glittering constellations scintillating shapes points of light swan bear hunter milky way silver river stelliferous star like a field of dandelions lion teeth aglow asterisk a little star a child pointing asking why van gogh s starry night over the rhone that couple in the right foreground so inconsequential less than specks in the vast universe ...