Author Archives: thepensmight
Only Later
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Hanging the Moon ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Who was the very first revolutionary? Not politically, ideologically, but basically. It was a performer, artist, author, scientist, poet, philosopher who changed our world. Even if their truth was only understood later. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
Wait and See
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Fried Egg on the Ocean ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Waiting for this strange device to startle me and tell me, my order’s ready, hold the ice, How good the food is, wait and see. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite […]
Slaked and Sated
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Falling Water ~~~~~ The water descends in trickling rills.Light plays on the surface as it turns,flows together into a deepening pool.Sunlight strikes brief, bright sparks.Separate, anticipated yet unexpected.Their beauty from light sweet treasureWhere next will we discover lifegivingwater which we can never quaff. Still, We perceive our thirst has […]
Say It Isn’t So
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Talking Trash ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ I always get corrected no matter what I say. You think I’d be protected but it doesn’t work that way. Neither time nor love temper, but distance quiets my whimper. I am reconciled, although it hurts. I lie to say it isn’t […]
Tag, You’re It
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Zwilling Rabenburg ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Out in the world again, on an unseasonably hot day. In the car watching cactus bloom after torrential rains. So, we live day to day, learn to take what comes as it may. No reason to ruin our time together, over the […]
The Time Has Come
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ And now the time has come, he said, to wisely wonder where we are. When few have all, many beg for bread, it appears we have gone far too far. Does anyone now even remember where we thought we were going? Did we start this trip one December? […]
Me, Myself and Why
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Wings ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ I’m a clever fellow, if I say so myself. I make green from blue and yellow When I pull paint from off my shelf, I paint pictures, then some I’d sell Must market better if I am to win. Something I’m not doing […]
I Will Begin Again
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Duplicity Times Two ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ I wish I had more stamina, so much more than I possess. Like athletes in the cinema, I’d compete with all the rest. Any reason to worry now? I near three score and ten. Days hurry; I’ll not kowtow At the […]
The Spaces Between Redux
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Fire Seeks Surface ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Shall we talk then, shall we sing, discuss Rachmaninoff, analyze Proust, remembrance of future things? Will you tell me no one knows what tomorrow brings? As musicians fingers fly, over strings, along the keys; quickly, quickly, come listen. Not only notes, […]
Nor Any Other
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I know the truth. You know it, too. And so does everyone we know. As children unlearn what they knew. The connections deep within them which recognizes infinite possibility. They know miracles mere party tricks and magic is the norm; in no way evil nor any other manufactured […]
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