Category Laughter
Recall Recalled
Singing softly A nonsense lullaby Sweet wordless tune Recalls us all To our earliest days Before understanding To ancient singing Before we invented Language, words See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items
At Last
Come, admit we’ve made our world absurd We but scurrying ants guarding our anthills Playing make-believe, as kings of our castles Not worthy to be jesters, only play the fools I will happily tell you that I’ve got your nose You have cut off your nose to spite your face My taunt is only used […]
Truth Finds a Way
A hall of repeating patterns revealed Lines, squares, columns and capitals Straight, undulating, solo, combined Define our world in shapes and lines Like Booker’s seven basic story plots Shapes and line are limited and finite Until magical combination, creation World shown new, never seen before A secret we search for throughout life Our imperfect combinations […]
Listen
Simple words Can mean Or modify So much more Than we imagine Shall I explain? Just one word Only please, Don’t complain It’s my view Agree or not Encourage me Play the snot All the same To me So, I appeal Everyone Gather near Listen See if you can Guess My single word Will […]
Expansion
Taiko drumming Vast energy I feel it Through the floor Below me Hear it, too Though I sit A floor below I hear it Filtered through Talk and chatter People passing Brief snippets To interpret As if my own Piercing shrieks Children Laughter, love After nothing Nothing after For artist, writer Creatives all Seeing […]
These Moments
All of the things we do and say All the places we choose to play If working or not, stand or fall All these moments define us all
Either One
We all know deep in our heart Some will stay and some depart Either one you might wish well Conversely, tell either go to hell
Marketing People
I see walking billboards everywhere Logo clothing, a true marketing coup It seems people neither know nor care It is a trend the rest of us should rue
Whether Stranger or Guest
The firmament piles dark on dark in the east Dark clouds harried by storms from the west If we are stranger at the feast, honored guest All will stand equal when we are laid to rest
Chances We Take
Lotto, street crossings or driving at speed Chances taken for what we think we need Neither going faster, slower or in between I cannot express exactly what that means We should choose to travel deeper inside To determine all the places where we hide Frightening, yet more rewarding than lotto Still some get stoned, spend […]
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