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Poet, Writer, photography dabbler. LeighHerrick.com ©️ All art mine unless noted. 🚫DM RESISTING by direct, non-violent action. DOING to help Nature. Living smaller. Co-Facilitator (Alzheimer's Association), Dementia Caregiver Support Group .
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It's embarrassing to think #President #Trump doesn't know about the Anschluss. Didn't he get to see The Sound of Music or hear Julie Andrews sing: Strength doesn't lie in numbers or wealth but in nights of peaceful slumber, & "When you #wake up, wake up! It's healthy!"? Alas! Such deprivation....

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amerIcan #haiku variation 18 to leave it never stated-- or stated again-- there--all language in the trees #micropoetry #resist #BlueSkypoetry #poet #poem #environment #poetry

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amerIcan #haiku #16 women are dying-- children also are dying-- sounds of grave diggers #micropoetry #genocide #poetry #measles #sepsis #BlueSkypoetry

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#Democrats to #resist & #change please start #talking about #climate "because #we will never build champions by pretending the world isn’t burning...it’s about**climate and** ”Climate and economic growth. Climate and public health. Climate and energy security." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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#resist #protest #oligarchs #dictators #billionaires #barons www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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little #poem for #movement to keep moving as if thru mist as if the mist promises clarity #micropoetry #resist #BlueSkypoetry #poet #SkyPoets

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Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

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This coming week: Join us for a webinar to learn about our new report, Wetlands in Peril, and how scientists and advocates can take action to protect our country's wetlands. Thursday, February 27, 1.30 pm CT.

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amerIcan #haiku variation 15 Murders of Crows are calling-- Why are they flying? Foxes gather on The Hill-- #micropoetry #poem #BlueSkypoetry #Skypoets #poet

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What is CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE? If you are a #dementia or #Alzheimer's #caregiver this site might be of interest to you: www.americanbrainfoundation.org/diseases/cer...

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amerIcan #haiku variation 14 in the afternoons of drift-- when sunlessness falls-- hold to the song under snow #photography #art #poem #BlueSkypoetry #nature #woods #environment #resist #poet

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Way to #resist, MapQuest.

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We have two new roles available at the GRI Editorial Manager - Edit and project-manage the delivery of high-quality, high-impact policy reports and other outputs. Design Manager - Manage the typesetting and design of publications for the Institute and our sub-centres. www.lse.ac.uk/granth...

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amerIcan #haiku variation #13 Water drops on Rosemary-- Outside, Crows fly up-- In the distance, woodcutters. #BlueSkypoetry #poem #micropoetry #poet #SkyPoets

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"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember...." #Shakespeare #Nature #Herbs #photography #garden

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🚨The Trump administration has illegally seized power not granted to it by the US Constitution and is actively disregarding the rule of law.

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amerIcan #haiku #12 is this the breadline or a dream of shared language-- snow falls on cut wood #micropoetry #poem #poet #BlueSkypoetry #SkyPoets

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amerIcan #haiku variation 11 *you don't have to*, the statement-- but for birds calling hold against emptying skies #micropoetry #Blueskypoetry #poem #vss365 #poet #writer

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amIrican #haiku variation 10 Trying to think of a poem settled in moon snow-- shadow of the gliding owl #micropoetry #Blueskypoetry #poem #vss365

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Need a break from politics or #caregiving? Try a #Zen #poem. Here's a free book of Ryokan's #poetry, Dewdrops On A Lotus Leaf. Don't forget to #breathe.... ebook-full.com/get-ebook/re...

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What a lovely bird, the Nightingale. Enjoy. youtu.be/IvgKsXObQNI

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Join UCS at #AAASmtg #AAAS2025 in Boston Feb 13-15. Stop by our booth to learn about our #SaveScienceSaveLives campaign, fighting back against anti-science action by the new admin. (And to pick up your pro-science swag!) Plus join us for panels on equitable science policy advocacy on Fri & Sat.

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The draft of a 1st-of-its-kind study of nature across the US was weeks from completion when President Trump issued an EO that ended it. The project leader called it “too important to die.” The experts who worked on the Natl Nature Assessment are figuring out how to publish it outside the govt.

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To read posts to my blog, "Dementia Notes for Caregivers," please visit my website, leighherrick.com/dementia-not... There is also a SIGN-UP FORM to get on the mailing list to receive new posts directly to your inbox. Best wishes to All! #dementia #Alzheimer's #caregiver #Skywriters

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amerIcan yada #haiku (just found out "yada" in Hausa means "or" in English, and "ya" means "how"...& according to Strong's Hebrew, "yada" encompasses meanings related to knowledge/understanding) yada yada ya yada yada yada ya yada yada ya #BlueSkypoetry #poet #poem #dada #language #micropoetry

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No violence please but Wilder bio w description of certain Dakota peoples brings a smile: Sisseton (the medicine people who live by the water) & Wahpekute (the warriors who protected the medicine people & could shoot from among the leaves). Protection-yes. #resist #organize #demonstrate #boycott

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KEEP THIS IN FRONT OF YOU... Do not believe them. Do not get used to this. Keep your focus. Stand your ground.

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‪amerIcan #haiku variation 9 i am speechless now i was speechless yesterday-- what then tomorrow? #poet #BlueSkypoetry #poem #micropoetry #resist #oppression #oligarchy #poet

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Will the Endangered Species Act survive Trump? TLDR; probably not We can expect language changes that weaken the ESA, species delistings based on political pressure instead of science, + eliminating species specialists who would inform ESA decisions.

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amerIcan #haiku variation 8 pour mes amis #francophone s Je ferai des cookies aux bananes mûres disant Eh, adieu les petits œufs! (I will make cookies with ripe bananas saying Eh, adieu little eggs!) #bilingual #poet #micropoetry #BlueSkypoetry #poem

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amerIcan #haiku variation 7 we might say goodbye innocent avocados-- dream of fairer trade #poet #BlueSkypoetry #poem #micropoetry #trade

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WaPo lists these #DEMOCRATS who #VOTED FOR Chris Wright, head of fracking co. Liberty Energy, as America's new Energy Secretary. Lovely. Michael Bennet Colo. Ruben Gallego Ariz. Margaret Wood Hassan N.H. Martin Heinrich N.M. John Hickenlooper Colo. Ben Ray Luján N.M. Jeanne Shaheen N.H.

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amerIcan #haiku for discomforting #truth to know is to know how class is economy-- outside the barren landscape #BlueskyPoetry #poet #poem #Skypoets #micropoetry

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Blue Sky Trilisy #Poem That blue sky-- O, tell me, Universe! #BlueskyPoetry #poetry #SkyPoets #poet

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#Poetry #Couplets for #Corruption The Chorus is singing its Siren Song as ships go crashing into shores They're singing how it won't be long before Sailors know that less is more.... #Blueskypoetry #Skypoets #micropoetry #poem

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amerIcan #haiku variation 6 after Sunset fades beneath the vast horizon implication dawns #poet #poem #BlueSkypoetry #micropoetry #Skypoets

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amerIcan #micropoem for #beginning again i will put my faith in repetition for repetition is the sign of spring for repetition sweats sweet song into the prayer of #poem for repetition is revolution and revolution is the swirl of tongue | excited electron | o revolution | is | the throat of singing

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amerIcan #haiku variation 5 so many words fall across the lip of sunset -- on the lake a lone coyote #poet #micropoetry #Blueskypoetry #Skypoets #poem

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amerIcan #haiku variation 4 the pine in its outreaching green of symmetry and cones like hope still dropping #poem #micropoetry #Blueskypoetry #poet

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Thanks, Everyone, for liking my #haiku. I appreciate you.

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amerIcan #haiku variation 3 the path to follow the land lingers longingly between meadows' birds

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amerIcan #haiku variation #2 the weather-worn blight on the gray decaying wood recalls all passing #poem #poetry #writer #Blueskypoetry #poems #Skypoets

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american #haiku variation 1 I have no sunset for you but the rays of daze hidden openly through clouds #poem #poet #Blueskypoetry #Skypoets #writer

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#poem for reflection on reflection w/out reflection outrage then #rhetoric then more outrage then more outraged rhetoric & then more rhetoric about the outrages that land like outages in the home of mouths that talk with fingers instead of tongues & walk with fingers instead of limbs #poetry

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ONE SCHLEP, TWO SCHLEP RESIST HUMAN GOOSE STEPS #politics #resist #oligarchy #fascism #photography #art #corruption

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And now for something completely different. Because. #nature #photography #dragonfly #insects

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Ben & Grace sing about #deportation (apologies to Winehouse). #art #political #schnauzers #photography #dogs

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Gracie Talks Bloated Toady #politics #art #dogsofBluesky #philosophy #photography #schnauzer #corruption #oligarchy

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