Tag Archives: peaceful civil disobedience

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100: The Long and Winding Road ~

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King Jr. While at the University of Washington in 1970, my husband and I joined the student protest that closed I-5, on May 5. Along … Continue reading →

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~ American Apartheid ~ A Poem ~

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

American Apartheid–Lindy Le Coq – June 3, 2020   Four hundred years of suppression, black men and women raped and murdered for being.   Jim Crow still alive in red-lined housing, unfunded schools, three strikes – you’re out, stop & … Continue reading →

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~ Report From the Edge of a Continent ~

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

“A calm will descent and there’s peace at the end of the darkest night, sometimes I cry sometimes I fly like a bird.”  Boz Scaggs The Darkest Night The Worst Hard Time Grapes of Wrath The Day the Earth Stood … Continue reading →

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~ Caligula Haiku ~ 5/11/17 ~ Take Two ~

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

Guess I was a bit upset this morning (also in a hurry) when I posted my caLLigula haiku! Sorry about that, but somehow striking the L twice made me feel more powerful — more in control — an illusion.   grandstand … Continue reading →

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~ Haiku ~ Caligula is not America ~

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

caligula fears subterfuge disintegrates denial backfires ***** feeble and flabby caligula fires false hoods shoots himself in foot ***** stonewall excuses stumble crumble turn to dust we provide strong wind

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~ The New Caligula ~

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

The New Caligula all flashy and foul immersed in self- admiration promotion satiation needy greedy sordid vile vulgar vicious demented impeachable

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~ We Walk Our Talk! ~

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

Tom McCall Waterfront Park On the Willamette River ~ A rainy day! On the march, we passed a small dragon-float representing none other than Big Bother himself! Attendance at this rally and march is estimated at between 75,000 and 100,000. … Continue reading →

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