Category Laughter
What and Why
What? In a nation founded On the genocide of One people and fostered By the enslavement Of another Why do we still need to ask this shit? First Question: Do you want a President previously inducted into the celebrity wing of World Wrestling Entertainment’s hall of fame, not only for providing venues for wrestling events, […]
Lies and Truth
What ways We wander Wonder why Search, seek Twisted trails Tall tales Following fools Meaning morsels Broken breadcrumbs Mired meanders Wide walkways Paved pathways Rural roads Long lanes Dusty drives Graveled grades Sleek superhighways Cacophonous cities Electronic expressways Digital dead-ends Exploring escape Though terrified Buffaloed by Trying times Failing physiques Alliterative advertising Risible rhymes Nonstop […]
Still Today
Still today I plan and dream Long years Past, forgotten Perhaps forgiven Rent, riven Rendered mute Memory shifts Slips, loose pebbles Hold your breath Rattle, clatter Hope, pray Quaking, trembling Shifting sands Cease moving Sound silences No babies laugh No ancient sages Share ignored wisdom Until they Themselves Ignore their own Truth and meaning Realizing, […]
Oh Yeah!
(note: The map above show the areas we, the immigrants, divided a land already lived in by the Native American tribes overlaid.) What Donald Trump’s campaign has in common with World Wresting Entertainment and a possible clue to his popularity. I’ve scattered a half dozen quotes below. See if you can guess who said […]
Whew!
When you can stop yourself from acting dumb Not pursuing that insane idea that came to you You could count that as gaining a bit of wisdom You should mop your fevered brow, say, whew! See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume […]
Let Them Sing
Oh how wonderful, wonderfully odd Our setting for this intimate concert Flute, harp and viola sing and dance In an immense, stone museum gallery Plain, but artful to the towering walls White dressed blocks of quarried stone Above a darker gray stone wainscoting A marble floor, patterns within patterns Stark, modern chrome and resin chairs […]
Saving Grace
Life, all life, seeks to grow and continue. To do so, some other life is on the menu. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items
In Conjunction
I guarantee, it is a simple concept, truthfully The way storytellers turn form into function Basics below, transitions between noted duly Problem, challenges, solution, in conjunction See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items
I’ve Heard
Certainty, it’s said, is fleeting It may vanish upon meeting Or offer you a warm greeting You hope it will last a lifetime Pray that it will be your lifeline Most lose it, such a rife crime It’s ephemeral, so it’s precious Though it can turn you vicious Believe it, it’s gone, suspicious Belief is […]
Or Just Perhaps
Still, the phone’s come out In the briefest of interludes As if earth-shattering events May have changed the world During this brief interruption Or just perhaps, Aunt Tilly Posted cute pictures of her cat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume […]
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