PB Poem This fine city of Vallejo is giving us a choice in the way things go with a budget that is of the people. We get to choose where our taxes get spent, making for more efficient government. If you want to help our...
Category: Poems from the book Barefoot in the Sanctuary
The Freedom to Love
posted by: D.L. Lang
07/08/2016
I joined the Stonewall Democratic Club of Solano County, marching and dancing across Vallejo for the 4th of July parade. This is the poem it inspired. The Freedom to Love Dancing downtown, amid a proud parade of people and partisans, arising in a righteous rainbow,...
Souls Aflame #wearorange
posted by: D.L. Lang
06/02/2016
I joined a group of about 20 menschy folks from my synagogue as part of the #wearorange march across the Golden Gate Bridge, protesting against gun violence. This is the poem that it inspired. Souls Aflame It is good to march. To keep your spirit...
Bernie on the Waterfront #BernieinVallejo
posted by: D.L. Lang
05/17/2016
Bernie on the Waterfront It started as a whisper, a rumor, skepticism. “Was he? Would he? Here? Really?” And by evening it became a wild roar, a joyous cheer, with excitement surging through the town, shouting, “Bernie is coming! Bernie is coming here!” Folks...
#BernieInSacramento
posted by: D.L. Lang
05/12/2016
Bernie in Sacramento Standing sunbaked for hours, achy feet, people in the streets. collecting buttons, lazing in the grass, getting sunburned, hiding cross legged in the shade of the masses, waving signs about revolution and a better future. I think I found the hippie vote....