Jack Lorts

Poet, pragmatic liberal (Hillary delegate '08), retired educator, The Love Songs of Ephram Pratt (Uttered Chaos Press 2019) Tweet politics poetry cats baseball

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Potential Twitter Friends--I tweet 80-90% RESIST politics; 10-20% Poetry, the Arts, BASEBALL & cats; occasionally ANYTHING!

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HAIKU
In the distance was
a mountain--slowly being
shattered by a cloud.
--Jack e Lorts

[Jack Lorts @jlorts]

Twitter Friends--I tweet 80-90% RESIST politics; 10-20% Poetry, the Arts, BASEBALL & cats; occasionally ANYTHING!

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Watching @CBSMornings . You know these guys must waste at least 28 hours a day keeping up with pop culture. What a waste of time!

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HAIKU
The burgeoning of
the wind slowly drives silence
headlong through the gorge.

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"Silence is the best response to a fool."
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Another 124 Americans will die today IN OUR COUNTRY from gun violence. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY! That's just the way OUR COUNTRY IS. THAT'S AMERICA!

And a reminder, gun violence is the LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGES 1-19 IN AMERICA.

YES IT IS TRUE!! This is America!

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Books still burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit, and book burning is practiced widely today in the US...especially in Virginia, Florida, Texas & Indiana.

DON'T LET THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN OR COUNTRY!

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Birthday of Michelangelo:

"I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David."
--Michelangelo (1475-1564)

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HAIKU
The thunder of the
river echoes through the gorge--
chasing the sunset.

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Lightly still winter here in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon. Cloudy today with temperatures in the mid-20's to the mid 40's. Sounds pretty nice to me! Hope the crazy duo of Donnie & Kevin keep to their cages and let us enjoy the day!

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It is sadly tragic, but because of Trump's actions during the COVID-19 Pandemic, there are considerably more Republicans who've died of COVID than Democrats, Just another one of the FACTS that Trump followers refuse to believe. But facts are facts!

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Welcome to the day where approxiately 124 Americans will die of gun violence. Why today? How do I know. Because statistics show us that on the average 124 American DIE EVERY DAY IN AMERICAN FROM GUN VIOLENCE. That's just the way things are in our county.

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Academy awards—just saw “The Whale. Great! Also saw “”Top Gun—Maverick,” a couple months ago. Piece of shit!

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HAIKU
The thunder of the
river echoes down the gorge--
chasing the sunset.

[Jack Lorts @jlorts]

A Midwesterner (from Wichita), I spent 6 weeks living in Central Alabama during the summer of 1957. It was a revealingchanging experience. We spent time at Tuskegee Institute & meeting w/ Black & White Christian leaders. This was part of the early civil rights movement.@

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Why are there literally millions of homeless people, living in tents, cardboard boxes, shelters, sidewalks, etc., in our country? What is wrong? Why is this happening? This is absurd!

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Ron DeSantis really is censoring the books he wants Floridians to read. CENSORSHIP IS CENSORSHIP. He's running for President so he can tell ALL of us what we can read. The man wants to be our FASCIST dictator.

Books still burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit.

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HAIKU
First, calm down.
Next, stay that way
for the rest of your life.
Ron Padgett

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If you have never read any of my poems, you may find this one of interest. "How Can You Lose A Granddaughter?" by Jack e Lorts https://t.co/UhPXAvso4a via @rattlemag

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124 Americans will die today from gun violence? Why do we allow this to keep happening day after day? One of these days, sooner or later, is gonna be among our family or friends. The law of averages will catch up with us. 124 per day. Every day.