Category Laughter
Grow Silent, Listen, Hear
~~~~~ From the Minor musings of Phileas the Lesser I wonder if I shall ever find Wonder, magic, all together? Not bits and bobs, flotsam Scattered through my life, Apprehended by my perception. Expressed through my creativity. In our world, our universe, Put together just so, Where life rises and life falls, Each in proper […]
Come Away
~~~~~ To the storytellers Sky writers Mud pie makers Sand diggers Castle builders World painters Moviemakers Deep sea divers Wise women Learned men Lore keepers Truth seekers Winsome weepers Promise breakers Liars, libertines Singing suns Dancing atoms Once and future Past and gone Now Plaintive notes Fraught phrases Bird song Feet set tapping Mind set […]
Also Already
~~~~~ Now, it has long since begun, No matter what you were told. It’s also already over and done, Portends nova hot, biting cold. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings […]
By and By
Sick for over a week and it has been difficult to stay focused on anything. Starting to come back. ~~~~~ Could I ever write something so new That I can never ever explain it to you? Paint images you cannot comprehend, That offend you, tell you I’ve sinned? Could I conjecture a world so strange, […]
Being
~~~~~ Now, I would begin again, If I could only figure how. Begin but once, no refrain, Being it is only ever now. Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings and opinions […]
In the Key of E – Energy
~~~~~ Sad to say, you’ll wonder, the prince of darkness has lost his place The world outside informs me the king of darkness wears that face Or is it only me who is lost, despite the daily horrors we are shown Only me and only I who believes that humanity’s sanity has flown Choices and […]
But
~~~~~ Seems as if my mind’s gone numb And the words I want don’t come. It’s enough to make me feel dumb. Found just a few, not all, but some. Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See […]
Ad Infinitum
But who’s to know what tomorrow holds? It’s not like it’s only dictated by the past. Silly as it sounds, fabled ETs might land, Or crazy leaders start the final war at last. A war no one wants, but most won’t say; Stakes are too high, even fat cats will lose. They don’t understand any […]
In Conjunction
~~~~~ I guarantee, it is a simple concept, truthfully The mode storytellers turn form into function Basics below, transitions between noted duly Problem, challenges, solution, in conjunction Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my […]
The Swansong of William Theodore Peacock
~~~~~ Stop up my ears and cover my eyes. Redeem me from the nightly news, From their blatant, calculated lies. To the men behind the curtain, pay, Pay no attention, So-called leaders, smoke and mirrors, Sleight of hand, misdirection and distraction. Shall I evoke the message, style From an earlier era? A man, a poet, […]