Susan Antolin
@susanantolin.bsky.social
Poet. Editor. Mother. Artichoke Season (2009), The Years That Went Missing (2020). Editor: Acorn (acornhaiku.com). Co-editor: The San Francisco Haiku Anthology: Volume Two (2024). Publisher: Spare Poems Press. she/her
The fall issue of Acorn is on the way to subscribers. Poets in 20 countries contributed to this issue! Sample poems are posted as well. Enjoy! www.acornhaiku.com/sample-poems
Sample Poems | Acorn Haiku
A selection of quality haiku from the pages of Acorn.
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BREAKING: A 43-year-old has died in ICE custody, marking the 19th death in immigration detention this year and at a pace on track to exceed last year’s deaths in detention.
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
May Day will be a nationwide day of economic disruption, as we flex our collective power to demand an end to the oligarch-enabled Trump regime. The central action will be to engage in little-to-no economic activity on May 1 — that means no work, no school, and no shopping: maydaystrong.org
Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽
Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached. When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?
Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.
🇱🇺Luxembourg has enshrined abortion rights in its constitution, the second country, after France, to do so.
Luxembourg becomes second country worldwide to enshrine abortion rights in constitution
Large majority in parliament backs amendment to Luxembourg’s highest law, with ‘freedom’ to have an abortion added to constitution
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A poem for today. From Kevin Young's Book of Hours: bookshop.org/a/862/9780375711886 #poem #booksky #writing
Taking the only thing she could to her grave family secrets -Sylvia Forges-Ryan https://tinywords.com/2026/04/02/49701/
Convicted Felon Donald Trump attending today’s birthright citizenship arguments at SCOTUS is such a transparent attempt to intimidate the justices. But it just makes him look WEAK and PATHETIC. Trump reeks of desperation.
The SAVE America Act is a disaster for democracy and I'm not going let it get passed into law. Are we seriously going to ask rural seniors to buy a $165 passport and drive miles and miles to register to vote in person?
Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began" "We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created" "This is insanity"
Born in the streets. Shouted by millions. Carried on posters and chants. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Dictators. This isn't a slogan. It's a promise. And March 28 is when we deliver. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/cGaWdYVD
The corruption is so brazen it’s almost comical.
Bill Leibenguth@bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 8mo agoThey knew before the announcement.
Bay Area friends! I'll be in conversation with poet Crystal Simone Smith on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at City Lights Books in San Francisco about her new book, Common Sense (1776) Addressed to Today's Citizens of America: An Erasure. Join us! citylights.com/events/cryst...
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"Like any good lie, an envelope strives to conceal sensitive language folded in thirds inside." From "Hollow Body" by Ted Mathys
Ted Mathys: “Hollow Body”
A poem by Ted Mathys: “The hard-shell case for a hollow body / takes the shape of the guitar.”
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When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?
Oh, I would be all in on an AOC presidential run! With all the country has lost with the current administration, this is not the time to go back to the way things were. It’s time to truly move forward with a new vision for our democracy.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 9mo agofrom the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract. I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone. Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting. Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
Moulton: This is state-sponsored terror. This is what you would expect to see in North Korea or Iran or the old Soviet Union. We’ve got to crack down on the government before they crack down on the American people.
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agohappening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.