by John | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
by John Omaha Copyright, 2022 by John Omaha All Rights Reserved I read with appreciation an article by Steven Biggs “Is Humanity Destined to Self-destruct” in today’s (10/17/22) Counterpunch. Biggs accurately reports that climate change is a casual...
by John | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Grieving the Death of All Singers by John Omaha © 2018. All Rights Reserved. I’ve been listening to the outpouring of songs sung by Aretha Franklin that have appeared in the days following her death, and I’ve been thinking how hers is not the only voice...
by John | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Death Song of the Arctic Ice by John Omaha © 2018. All Rights Reserved. I feel lonely. For aeons I was known by polar bear and fish and krill and seals and Inuit. These friends and companions held me in their awareness and mattered me with their awareness and I...
by John | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Bannon and Trump: Car Bombing Democracy by John Omaha © 2018. All Rights Reserved. Car bombing has been perfected in the Middle East. A dissident faction that is powerless to take over a government legally by winning elections or militarily by war uses the car bomb...
by John | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is schadenfreude anyway? by John Omaha © 2018. All Rights Reserved. A poem after watching “The Late Show” What is schadenfreude anyway? Oh, America! It is so much fun to laugh at you. Until you realize it’s like laughing at your aged father when he pisses...
by John | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I First Realized I was not Black by John Omaha © 2018. All Rights Reserved. I had always loved the movie theater. Going to the movies for the Saturday matinee was the high point of my 9 year old week. It meant freedom from the emotional oppression at home, from...
