Friday, May 3, 2024

 


MAY TANKAS – MAY 4, 1970

(IN MEMORY OF THE KENT STATE MASSACRE)

 

Yin and Yang of May

Maypole dancing, then mourning

Long ago Kent State

Seems like only yesterday

Shocked by innocents’ murders

 

May flowers will grow

We will laugh and sing again

But what comes this month?

This month of beauty and love

No holiday for violence…

 

© 2015, 2024 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

IMAGE: Iconic Kent State Photo taken by John Filo (Mary Ann Vecchio, kneeling, age 14)

 

YouTube Video, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, OHIO

https://youtu.be/TRE9vMBBe10

 

 

another great song: Put A Little Love In Your Heart

 

 


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