Category Laughter
Please Tell Them
Genesis of Silliness Too many years ago for me to actually remember when, At a party I was attending, I saw a message written on a board near the kitchen door. I thought about how it would sound set to music, and even developed a chorus I sometimes sing in my head. It’s been around […]
Your Mother Should Know
Writing and art are my ways of sharing my views with the world I admit I often write about social issues and our need to change My dearest, darling one thinks I should write less and do more I have considered this; perhaps some time my life I’ll rearrange Yet what I paint and pixel […]
Life Upside Down
My most recent verse was written with my notebook upside down It reads rather darkly, but I don’t think that could be the reason why The implications could be staggering enough to make me frown All the times I’ve moped and moaned, gnashed my teeth and cried Remember all the mawkish cheer, eyes twinkling, sung […]
Questions
What questions should I ask? Which “what if” should I imagine? What if I could Wave my magic wand Change the world At least Change my world Am I wise Wise enough To remake the world Is this even The question I should ask, We should ask? Should I state instead What I believe How […]
So Far, So Good
Paint, brushes and a blank canvas, where should I begin? Decide what areas stay empty; what should be filled in I can imagine my painting on a second-hand shop floor Obscured by who knows what, banged into by the door Maybe I’ll tickle someone’s fancy, so on the wall I’ll know Yet, I hope I’ll […]
Reason to Ask
Let us sit down quietly, gathered all together Let us speak of what’s vital, wind and weather Listen to the trees that shade us, are our home Bless beings we eat, wear, the grass and loam Sit peacefully, talking rarely with gentle voices Opening our very being to embrace all choices Acknowledge our connection to […]
What We Always Know
When I think about beauty, I confess What makes me happy looks the best Bright colors, harmony, truth or jest Although I also like much of the rest Think minor chords as well as tragedy May impart more truth than reality We survive tempest to feel tranquility It’s all just on or off, to be […]
Without Exception
Minds, when open like a blooming flower Pollinated by ideas each and every hour Open eyes can only see but not perceive Closed minds neither, unable to receive Pen marries paper, sparks a new flame Flame marries taper, fire briefly tamed Bow caresses strings, tender as true love Ethereal music brings down from above Brush […]
Turning a Blind Eye
I think the car over there is flirting with me It honked its horn and also blinked its lights There are no people anywhere that can see Maybe it’ll offer me a ride to see the sights I start to walk closer, make it certain I saw It’s grown frantic, honking, lights blinking I dash […]
Today
Today I stopped for coffee, don’t we all Those of us, at least, who enjoy the taste It‘s not even merely caffeine’s siren call Just to sit, think, to savor time to waste I listen to nearby folk talk and I wonder How it is that all of us are now right here Sometimes I […]
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