You, Me, and the DNC
jam-packed with promise
Democratic Convention
keepsake forever
registered to vote?
check to make sure that you are
ballots the gold mine
let’s try some haikus
relaxing focused sunbeams
spontaneous you
tap five-seven-five
seventeen syllables beat
three-lined poetry
speeches songs poem
DNC plans push forward
haiku trip with me
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Joe Biden’s heart sings
from “American Anthem”
that “I gave my best”
as she beams amazing strength
trailblazer’s glory
waited nine years then kaboom!
“one of those Black jobs”
Stevie Wonder rocks
“no one’s gonna bring me down”
dance on “Higher Ground”
hands playing accordion
smiles at felon’s crowds
Gus cheers “THAT’S MY DAD!”
teacher/coach in flannel shirts
Tim Walz for the win
the world we create
leave “Better Than We Found It”
sings Maren Morris
photo: Todd Heiser
her great-niece looks up
presidential nominee
exults “in the most
extraordinary story
ever told”—this country
watch “This Sacred Scene”
Amanda Gorman’s joy in
“love that frees us all”
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now 5-7-5
counting fingers, tap-tap toes
wings for your rhythm
Told with McCarty’s characteristic wisdom, marvel, exuberance, and good will, Leaving 1203 is about navigating that way through. The author draws on all available resources—friends and strangers, food and laughter, life lessons learned in the very house she now empties, and, not least, her newly-inherited West Highland terrier, Billy. McCarty simultaneously learns and deftly teaches the fine arts of remembering, letting go, and holding on to what matters most. She not only finds the way through, she shows the way.
the greatest gift an author could give a reader… lessons of a universally philosophical and existential kind… a touching journey… a welcome, upbeat ride
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