Category Laughter

One Percent Lament

Peace is never profitable The killing must not stop If the world grows stable We will never stay on top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my opinions &creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niumee The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items

Long and Short

Saw a young lass at the café Heels as high as her legs long Skirt short as a liar’s promise My younger tongue drooped Far enough to mop the floor Now my hair’s grey and long Gone ere she clears the door ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent […]

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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Question: Do you want a President who mocks the disabled?   Save

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