In the Year 2025
January
California wildfires
a fascist re-elected
things are heating up
America
February
Chinese tariffs
Eagles beat Chiefs
games that we play
winning?
March
Trudeau resigns
wrongful deportations begin
Burma earthquake kills thousands
unavoidables?
April
”Sinners” premiers
NZ seismic threats
Russia bombs Sumy civilians
destruction
May
Midwest tornadoes
NPR PBS axed
first American Pope elected
hope?
June
Astronauts return
No Kings Protests
National Guard invades L.A.
humans
July
USAID shuttered
TX flash floods
Colbert announces 2026 cancellation
disintegration
August
Newsome’s push
Maxwell prison transfer
National Guard attacks Americans
machinations
September
Kimmel (un)canceled
Pakistan flash floods
America attacks fishing boats
miscommunication
October
Sudan landslide
Palestinian genocide continues
White House demolition continues
chaos
November
Mamdani Wins!
Hayli Gubbi erupts
James’ 23rd NBA season
expectation
December
Daltrey knighted
Gonia hiking fundraiser
Bondi Beach, Reiners, Brown
seasons
2025
time circles
blind dogs chasing
tails to the grave
pray
A Didactic cinquain chain, where the count is on the words–1,2,3,4,1–not on syllables.
Tao Talk 
So much tramua in just one year
May the hope of Christnas bring us peace
MERRY CHRISTMAS
🎄much love
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Amen to that, Gillena. Merry Christmas.
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WOW! It really HAS been a GREAT year, eh?
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Yes, so many things make up this year, and most of them bad. I was thinking of this song, too, or the Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. :)
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That one fits well, Barbara!
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As soon as I read your title, the song by Zager and Evans popped into my head, Lisa! I love that you wrote a stanza for each month of 2025. I must admit, I couldn’t remember much about this year but can’t say I envy your memories of it.
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I wanted to find a good thing and a bad thing about every month but this is what I ended up with. It’s been a sh*t show all year afai am concerned. One bright spot was Mamdani’s election to Mayor of NYC.
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You have laid out the year very well, Lisa!
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Dwight, thanks. I tried to do a global highlights that pulled political and environmental into it. I would like to do another one with more positive, micro aspects.
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:>)
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A beautifully composed and poised summary of the year – gives much food for thought – Jae
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Jae, thanks very much. I was hoping it would be food for thought.
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A comprehensive poem Li. You’ve listened most good and bad things of 2025.
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Sadje, every list I found focused mostly on bad things. I really need to do another one with mostly good things.
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I know! Only if we focus on personal lives, we can only good things- maybe
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::thumbs up::
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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When is the bottom reached
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Isn’t it strange that this year packed in more horror than healing! I like how you summarised each month. One can only hope that we have touched the bottom and now the only way to go is go up!
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Yes, it is. We seem to be hurling towards the bottom, don’t we. Yes, let’s hope upward begins soon.
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👍🏼🙂
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This is very good, Lisa. I am doing something a little similar.
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Robbie, thank you.
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What a freaking year, Huh?
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With an emphasis on freak, and not the good kind. My older son and I were talking on the drive over to GR about doofus and his cabinet of freaks.
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I would change America/American to USA. Technically Pope Francis is American 🙂
I didn’t know about Daltry being knighted. Not really important in my world but it is kinda fun to see the rebels being rewarded!
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:)
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bravo Li :-) this was amazing, so much happened this past year!
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Thanks much, CA. Indeed!
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