Lisa Marie Simmons

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Multi-disciplinary storyteller. #Poet #Singer #Songwriter #Essayist #Adoptee She/Her
Display photo: Headshot of me leaning on the arm of a golden olive sofa with my face on my fists, my black dreadlocks up in a braided side do, smiling. 
Header: My band on stage, far left young man blowing his saxophone, young woman drawing her bow across her violin, tall bass player watching them, me center stage smiling (again!) turned towards the sax solo to better listen, young man playing drums.
All the stuff (Writing Music Interviews Reviews)https://linktr.ee/LisaMarieSimmons
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Bandcamphttps://lisamariesimmons.bandcamp.com/follow_me
The Bluebird Apphttps://twitter.com/hippietend
Many Xmases ago, when I had left academia and was supposed to be figuring out what to do with my life, I put everything on pause and made these

The last days and weeks are been so brutal. It’s hard to have anything like hope when there’s ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide and the most powerful people on Earth are trying to deny it.

But that means we must, absolutely must, push harder.

Link: https://www.jphilll.com/p/when-hope-is-hard.

When Hope is Hard

Today I saw a tweet from Jennine, a Palestinian woman, that said it all, “No time to mourn no time to grieve, the occupation turning every Gazan into a reporter, documenting their last moments, the decimation of everything they lived and cherished, for the world’s idle, cruel, distant, curiosity.” It is hard to have anything remotely akin to hope now. Yesterday the world saw Israel murder the family of Palestinian journalist

New Means

I appreciate the hell out of my state's Lt Governor getting proactive about banned and challenged books and going on a Banned Books Reading Tour so people can have conversations about these books. And today the tour hit the AP! #bannedbooks #gaypenguins

https://ltgov.vermont.gov/banned-books

https://apnews.com/article/banned-books-tour-vermont-zuckerman-1c116df096f1909da2ed8408adf8e4d0

Banned Books Tour | Office of the Lieutenant Governor

The ruling class always kick down.
Fender Ice Bass. Birthday gift from my son

Male Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus) looking a bit forlorn in the rain at Tapir Valley.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #birdphotography #costarica

When Josie Wells graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1904, she was both the first female graduate of Meharry and the first practicing female physician in Nashville, black or white. #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth

Good morning good people.

How about we establish goodness, kindness and decency as the goals for humanity. For this planet?

Take it back…
From the edge.

Why not?

#goodness #kindness #decency
#planet #nature #bees #beesanctuaryireland
#savingbees

Such an important, smart, alarming piece by @ruchowdh. Clear explanations and prescriptions.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/02/elon-musk-twitter-ethics-algorithm-biases/673110/
I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight.

The Atlantic
Very VERY excited to share our newest baby. We’ve just released #NoteSpeak12 I hope it stirs your heart. @Ropeadope. lisamariesimmons.bandcamp.com/... #jazz #spokenword #poetry #newalbum #activistmusic #musician #writers