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. r a n t s • & • r e f l e c t i o n s • . . . . haiku is poetry, here in Western style, with 17 syllables, on three lines: 5.7.5

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now's a good time

obama orders ~ combat troops to uganda ~ our peace prize winner

Posted by Don Shall at 10/14/2011 06:48:00 PM No comments:

Labels: Africa, al jazeera. aje, haiku, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, permanent war, poverty, Uganda, world's cop

transform the future

each one teach twenty ~ ethiopia shows path ~ out of poverty

Posted by Don Shall at 8/15/2011 10:29:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, al jazeera. aje, bootstraps, co-op, credit union, Ethiopia, haiku, poverty, self-help, transformation, wise women

ethiopia shows path

our barren lands are ~ returned to fertility ~ transform the future

Posted by Don Shall at 8/15/2011 10:23:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, al jazeera. aje, bootstraps, co-op, credit union, Ethiopia, haiku, poverty, self-help, transformation, wise women

self-help africa • women's co-operatives

men get drunk, fall down ~ only women can borrow ~ stand-up for yourselves

Posted by Don Shall at 8/15/2011 08:29:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, al jazeera. aje, bootstraps, co-op, credit union, Ethiopia, haiku, self-help, wise women, women

encouraging AIDS news

we used to say, "go ~ prepare for your funeral" ~ today, you can LIVE

Posted by Don Shall at 7/19/2011 08:56:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, AIDS, death, epidemic, funeral, haiku, life, live, medicine

justice delayed

hutu v. tutsi ~ finally some convictions ~ war crimes tribunal

Posted by Don Shall at 6/24/2011 09:57:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, civil war, first female, genocide, haiku, justice, mass murder, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda, tribunal, war crimes, World Criminal Court

genocide unleashed

order was issued ~ "let's get rid of the rubbish" ~ they butchered them all

Posted by Don Shall at 6/24/2011 09:30:00 AM No comments:

Labels: Africa, civil war, first female, genocide, haiku, justice, mass murder, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda, tribunal, war crimes, World Criminal Court

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Don Shall: Peoples' Republic of Burlington, , Vermont, United States

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A few words about this haiku stream

☞ Since early February 2011, starting with the wave of uprisings leading to the fall of the dictators of Tunisia, Egypt, recently Libya, and soon Syria, with yet more to follow – in what was first called the Arab Spring, and now gone global with OccupyWallStreet and its echoes – I have been closely following these, and more local, Current Events. ∞ I have been harvesting phrases from the full range of media and content outlets. ∞ These haiku are 99% built from actual quotes of news-makers, reporters, eye-witnesses, analysts, observers, iconoclasts and occasional quacks.