The slaying of unarmed teen-ager Trayvon Martin has shed light on the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council, which dreams up pro-corporate legislation to peddle to the states and as with the gun-toting “Stand Your Ground” law can inflict suffering and death on innocent people, Bill Berkowitz
Vanessa Hua December 10, 2020Updated: December 10, 2020, 7:53 pm
A Hannukah menorah at Table and Teaspoon in San Francisco. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle 2016
In her poem “You’re Invited,” Lynn Axelrod reflects upon 2020 as “
kintsugi mending time” referring to the Japanese art in which broken pottery gets repaired with lacquer, mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum. It highlights and honors the cracks as a part of its history, not something to be replaced or covered up.
“We’ll sprinkle gold dust/ between ghost hugs/… celebrate reconnecting and the impermanence/ of our present malady,” the Point Reyes Station resident wrote.
The poem was among many I received from readers following a recent call for submissions. Thanks for giving me a chance to read your inspiring verses, whose common themes reflect gratitude toward nature and essential workers and hopes for brighter times ahead. Let these words offer solace while coronavirus cases