#Haiku of the day (March 22)

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Raconteur – Simply a vessel/ The world tosses and saves me/ I try to describe

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#Haiku of the day (March 21)

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Randomness – Learned to trust the dice/ Not quite getting what I planned/ I found so much more

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#Haiku of the day (March 20)

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Rain – I listen in bed/ Sky bursting to life outside/ Somehow gives me peace

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Viola: A brave mother’s last seconds of life

The following poem, ‘Leroy and Viola,’ was written after I read a newspaper article about a white woman named Viola Gregg Liuzzo, who sacrificed her life for the American Civil Rights movement, and her companion on that fateful day, African American freedom fighter, Leroy Moton. I had the honor and privilege of speaking with Mr.

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