Category Love

Possibility

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Possibility Now the grasses dance, the wind sings Music of warbling birds, the cricket chorus Here, now; no other place exists for us Joined in experience, each experience unique Others completely different, separate, alone Yet all the same, all connected at the […]

Life After Life

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Life After Life If I found the time and place Would I choose to change my face? Will I remember who I have been When I change my face again? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is […]

Between

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Between ~~~~~ Falling leaves rustle Music fills the spaces between Swirling winds prevail ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art  Philip Brent […]

Aloft

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Aloft Walk upon the tightrope of the staff Tripping lightly on a higher reality Isolated, alone, in a crowded room Dancing aloft on the strings of music ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See […]

In League

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ In League I would climb upon the stars So I might hear your thoughts. Though I am driving into bars, while jumping over draughts. I am hunting beneath the grass. I wonder which side I am on? If it is all the […]

A Wink and a Sayer

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ A Wink and a Sayer ~~~~~ Sometimes I write poetry When I’m lying fast asleep It doesn’t seem fair to me These words I cannot keep Yet, since I don’t remember May not be good as I think Dream mind is more […]

Arrival Time Undisclosed

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Arrival Time Undisclosed Wandering into my neighborhood at night Wondering what water in gutters gurgles, What it chuckles down drains, in a deluge But my face turns to eye distant dwellings Their lights seen from atop a hill I climbed Spellbinding, sweet […]

May Be Far

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ May Be Far ~~ To see the world of others As the have seen themselves Whether in a past or future Across the ocean in other lands Across the sea of vasty space Greeted by an unknown people A tribe that we […]

Never Alone

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Never Alone ~~ In vast crowds Humanity Footsteps, high-pitched, Staccato constancy Remind me Of bird chicks, Insistent, helpless Without nourishment Fickle succor — there, gone Inconsistent, snatched away Driven, in danger Unexpected abandonment Vagaries of nature Meaning all of us All the […]

Theater of or Life

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Theater of or Life ~~ Whether we’re  standing or sitting, Murphy says we will be in the way It is simply a question of fitting As we find our seats for the play ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]