I debated within myself whether I'd share this poem, I Still Believe in Rainbows and Stars, for multiple reasons. It's multilayered with connections to Corrie and other topics, and like several of the poems I'm currently writing, deep in processing what the US is witnessing as a nation.
Category: Politics
Three and Thirteen
By Rebecca T. Dickinson
Thoughts on the American Revolution and Women
Everyone has different opinions about the Declaration of Independence just as ... they have different opinions about people's roles during the American Revolution. This has to do with two things: (1) the United States is trying to grow more diverse in all people's history during the American Revolution and (2) the history of the American… Continue reading Thoughts on the American Revolution and Women
Painted Blue: When you Call us Freeloaders
Courtesy of http://some14me.blogspot.com/2010/03/sick-man.html A man goes to get his MRSA spot treated. He has no insurance and is considered by some to be a non-entity. Two years ago, the doctor prescribed medicine for which he paid for out of his own pocket. Today the doctor refused to look at the man's records. "I'm not concerned about… Continue reading Painted Blue: When you Call us Freeloaders
Pens In, Guns Out
In fifth grade, my teacher selected my short story about a town in the middle of nowhere, Bamberg, South Carolina. I won an award for writing: the Lieutenant Governor's Writing Award. I chose the image of Mizpah Church in Bamberg County, and that story inspired my manuscript Sons of the Edisto. Two stories inspired by the book… Continue reading Pens In, Guns Out
Friday Night Lights: The Thing about Why
Shots echo. Not many. Just enough. Congress votes down new gun law. Children dead – six year olds remebered from Sandy Hook. Once smiling faces not enough to move men and women in big boy and big girl suits. Yesterday, an armed man threatens the school where I used to substitute. The police… Continue reading Friday Night Lights: The Thing about Why
The Man who Started it All
He was a man of faith. He was a man of science. He was the man who stood at the train station in Alabama one day after being fired. This man saw the manager who let him go. "Did you come to see me off?" he asked the manager. "No," he replied. "One hour after… Continue reading The Man who Started it All
The Aftermath
PART III of the Bannister Histories By R.T. Dickinson July 1876, Bamberg, South Carolina Men on dust streets walked past stores, restaurants, and banks with green awnings. They spoke in hushed voices about when Union Army occupiers would leave. Soldiers had stayed in towns around the Low Country, and restaurant owner Joey Langston—the man from Minnesota—welcomed… Continue reading The Aftermath
Child Custody Bill Sparks Debate, Part II
Written by Rebecca T. Dickinson Edited by Emily Weaver Supported by Jeremy Walters Courtesy of http://blog.lib.umn.edu/nich0185/ Bills H. 4095 and S. 373 stirred more conversation in the state. Organizations such as the SC Association for Justice, SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the SC Bar and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers pressed… Continue reading Child Custody Bill Sparks Debate, Part II
Child Custody Bill Sparks Debate, Part I
Written by Rebecca T. Dickinson Edited by Emily Weaver Supported by Jeremy Walters Photo courtesy of Modernmom.com The controversy behind South Carolina joint custody legislative bill H. 4614 inspires arguments more complicated than A.P. Calculus and more emotional than a heart-grinding epic film. The bill and its predecessors, H. 4095 and S. 373, have inspired… Continue reading Child Custody Bill Sparks Debate, Part I
Corrie's Season 