Bamboozled No More! Every Time
Politics, social commentary and the occasional humorous aside from Janet Cormier.
Poem by Jacques Fleury
Haiku: For Ferguson Wisteria gathers Tinged boys die as mothers cry Flower pickin' time... Photography © Rachel Copans Jacques Fleury is the author of Sparks in [...]
Bamboozled No More! Justice and Heart Break
I hoped the headline was wrong. But there it was, the New York Times reported that the US Justice Dept. planned to release Darren Wilson of any wrongdoing regarding the [...]
Bamboozled No More! The Shot Heard Round the World
Unarmed black man shot and killed by an armed and trained white Police Officer happens far too many times in the United States. The scenario has been repeated so often, [...]
A Twist of Lime #4: Grand Fury
Oddball Magazine is proud to welcome our friends at JP Lime Productions and introduce the hard hitting and well crafted talents of the JP Lime crew. We hope that bringing [...]
Poem by Matthew Parker
Maybe maybe...this is the poem that shouldn't even be written maybe it's not even a poem and... maybe I'm not even a poet maybe poetry ain't real maybe this is [...]
Poem by Secret Genius
Recognize fourth quarter announcement bold half time over stadium rumble crowd roars protest score ejected system yet this twisted game plays on... who is gon make it to the [...]
It’s All One Thing #56: 6th Great Mass Extinction
We all feel it. At the meeting to plan to protest the evacuation of hundreds of Boston’s homeless Citizen’s because of the derelict bridge from Long Island the push was [...]
Bamboozled No More! Ferguson Isn’t Just a City, It is a Way of Life!
I wasn’t surprised when by the Ferguson jury found Officer Wilson innocent of killing Michael Brown. The verdict wasn’t based on concerns about justice; the jury had one mission to [...]
Poem by Secret Genius
Freedom Tower you may have choked the child but this family's voice aint never gon drown strip us of weapons made for death sentence still we bear our [...]
Poem by Adrian Ernesto Cepeda
Missouri Goddamn Nina Simone is turning over in her grave— no longer a Midwest Mind just like Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee your state is stuck rewinding back to a Southern reality [...]
Poem by Secret Genius
Poster © Secret Genius Forget Me Not pigs placed on paid vacation after foulin out playin racial extermination prejudice dispostion backed by bogus basic instinct silenced [...]
Poem by Milind Padki
The Black man is an Island The Black man is an island, entire in himself; No black man Is a piece of the American continent, a part of the main. [...]
Poem by Donal Mahoney
The Ferguson Apocalypse Missouri, U.S.A. 2014 From shimmering oil of ebony still will come flailing of limbs will come hacking quick slashing of hands now untied tattooing no pattern not [...]
A Photo-Diary of Ferguson, Part Two, by Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown's day in Ferguson, Missouri this past Monday, November10, anticipating a Supreme Court ruling on the Michael Brown case. Photography © Hannah Brown A local protestor [...]
A Photo-Diary of Ferguson, Part One, by Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown, an Oddball Contributor, joined the activist front at Ferguson, Missouri, anticipating a Supreme Court ruling on the Michael Brown case. While she was only able to stay for [...]
Poem by Colin Killick
A gun is not a hammer. Not a tool to be left in its box, Collecting dust until needed A gun won't let you forget where you put it. A [...]
Poem by Adrian Ernesto Cepeda
Another night in Ferguson I saw some strangers marching like the drumbeats of the blues; all I hear is gunshots they said the rainbows fading from the bleeding on their [...]
Poem by Donal Mahoney
Ferguson Will Roll Ferguson will roll until we turn the volume down and have no need to seek concussions in the street. Now we joust to prove that black and [...]
Bamboozled No More! Keep Our President and The First Family Safe
Barack Obama is the First African-American President of the United States. Concurrently, historians should note that he has been the Most Unprotected President in US history. Liberals viewed his Presidency [...]
Poem by Deta Galloway
Thank You August 26, 2014 Thank You. Thank You. It is so good to stand here before you It is so good to speak to you of love thank you [...]
A 3TV Extra: Lewis Morris
No Angel No Angels are buried here. But, if they were, would their wings be taken, and saved, and placed on top of their unmarked graves like [...]
Poem by Hannah Brown
Mister America --on white privilege, white allyship, and the fact that acting on the latter rests on a recognition of the former-- Mister America Your fingers are long and thin [...]
Bamboozled No More! Ferguson Missouri History Repeats Itself Again and Again
On August 9, 2014 Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old young black man was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting was followed [...]