A Book for Me to Read -- a Poem for Friday Writings
My Christmas tree blog is up now
I Hope to Find
When I read the book I checked out
I hope to find some of the things
Things that were not told of others
Others you and I voted for
They denied the fear and torture
that came their way, afraid to tell
They may loose their job
We wouldn't vote for them again
But one brave police officer
Officer dared come with truths
Truths of their ill treatment given
to them by the insurrectionists*
My mind is made up
I'll go with the author**
"Standing My Ground" by
Harry Dunn, police officer
Full title,
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Magaly for the prompt idea at Friday Writings #106, see below for information on the prompt
- Magaly has invited us to write poetry or prose which includes the full title of a book we are reading or plan to read this December.
- Notes:
*Insurrectionist defined:
Time Magazine, https://time.com/6137604/history-insurrection-jan-6/
An “insurrection,” by definition, is a “violent uprising against an authority or government.” It is clear that Capitol stormers who dissented against the election outcome, or even sought to obstruct Congress’ certification of the election, were rising up against the government. The crux of the contention among commentators, though, lies in whether the crowd was truly violent—an attribution that has faced resistance. This distinction determines whether those who breached the Capitol are to be accurately described as “rally goers” or “rioters,” “patriots” or “terrorists,” “peaceful protestors” or “insurrectionists.” (Time Magazine,
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Labels: Books, Friday Writings, Poem, Story, Story Poem
posted by Jim @ 12/08/2023 12:29:00 AM
14 comments
14 Comments:
Interesting phrase "good trouble". This appears to be a very polarized debate in the US, and still going on!
Sounds like an important and telling read to me, Jim - by someone who was there on the ground... Good that you are giving it some publicity here, because, whatever their individual political standpoint, the whole world found the events of the day pretty startling...
There's a perception that when people join the police force they've asked for what they get...often unfair.
Some of the rally goers will become celebrities because they were treated unfairly. One older woman I'm quite sure was arrested, and has been physically injured we are told, for no crime worse than being the complete stereotype of a tourist...every tourist everyone in Washington has always wanted to send home.
Others at the rally-turned-riot clearly were insurrectionists, troublemakers, and some clearly were violent so it's hardly a surprise that they took advantage of the occasion to attack police officers.
The whole debacle was sad. I'd stay away, though, from any line of argument that goes "Ashli Babbitt? What price Harry Dunn?"
All casualties are to be regretted...but what we need to remember was that Twitter's efforts to censor Trump were what actually kept people from seeing when Trump thanked them for coming out and advised them to go home, BEFORE the riot started. If we learned anything on 1.6.21 it should be that censorship is not a good thing.
Trump may have, I don't doubt maybe he couldnt message on Twitter. But he was suposed to be the most powerful man in the nation. And couldn't give orders to stop it. You don't give orders on Twitter. I watched it real time on TV, the video shot showed him also watching TV.
Remember fivr people died because of the antics that day. A milatary general would have been court marshaled had permitted like this.
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One more thing, I (Jim) am a Republican, I don't get political about thongs like this.
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Another book to put on my to-read list. Thank you.
And Jim I agree with you 100% The Commander in Chief was absent.
Thanks for this intriguing poem and putting the book out there. The whole event of Jan 6 was quite shocking to me as an outsider.
It certainly must be a fascinating read, and I'm sure would be a point of view worth taking into consideration.
I remember how horrified I was that day, watching as it happened. Wondering how we, as a free nation, a democracy, could have sunk to the lowest of levels.
I am the anonymous one!
To know the truth we must see the light In different backgrounds . And standing ground seems a strong point to face.
It sounds like a very compelling read. I remember the fear and frustration of the time... It will be interesting to read it from a police officer's point of view.
This sounds like a book worth reading.
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