Category Archives: Social/Political Commentary

Blue Upon Blue

Posted on May 23, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

The world may be your oyster, I am swallowed by it until every sigh or sullen wish becomes a nebulous sign in a foreign sky. It is in that world, blue upon blue, that light dazzles only briefly, spent as … Continue reading →

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Real or shut

Posted on July 28, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

“Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?” – Kurt Vonnegut Say something real or shut the fuck up. (That last sentence was … Continue reading →

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roots and chances

Posted on July 4, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

who will teach impossibility to the roots of a tree gently lifting the concrete over sweet, sweet time? © Tina Zabielski 2011-2019

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What if every day is Judgement Day? What if the End Time is Every Time? DinosaurTheBlackPlagueHolocaustAIDSEpidemicRwandaUgandaBosniaNigeriaTsunamiHurricane What if Jews were not The Chosen Ones for serial genocide Women were not the punching bag for the world There was no Heaven … Continue reading →

Posted on June 29, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel | 6 Comments

I’ve known him 15 years

Posted on June 26, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

it was decades ago, a party at my brother’s house. food booze, conversation and a friendly face. she was enthusiastic like a well fed puppy and I was glad for someone to talk to. somehow it came up.  “I live … Continue reading →

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banned by default

Posted on April 20, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

No, they haven’t banned assault weapons. What they actually did away with was common sense. Oh, and Democracy. That went straight down the crapper, too. Now that Walmart is a person and Congress cast votes in the hopes that they … Continue reading →

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Bruce Cockburn’s If A Tree Falls music video

Posted on December 8, 2012 by theminstrelscitadel
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don’t be bamboozled!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by theminstrelscitadel

If money translates into power, and big money translates into big power, and really big money translates into enormous power, then ask yourselves this: who’s running your show? When the multinational corporations pad the pockets of politicians, it isn’t you … Continue reading →

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Be there minstrels among us?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by theminstrelscitadel

”Ring out, ring out thy mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in.” – Alfred Tennyson Be there minstrels among us, equally adept at both stirring the cauldron of contemplation and promoting civility in discourse;  loathe to succumb to partisanship and … Continue reading →

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