Category Love

Always Freshly Made

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ A beautiful day after days of gray, warm and dry rather than wet and cold at a seminar concert far from home. With what’s to come all unknown though expectations of wonder and splendor. Still, I listened to a man talk about the good old days when […]

End Up Dead

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Going in and going out, can you tell me now or later, What it’s all about? It doesn’t matter what I have known or when. I have known it, been it. Miracles and sins. Then always comes too late. Not a question of love or fate. Straight […]

Currents of Air

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ Racing with the wind, my kite soars behind me, tugging at my arm. What harm to watch it dance andswoop through the rills, the hills andvalleys in the flowing currents of air. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World […]

When After Finds Before

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Walter went to the drugstore, he wasn’t buy drugs, but looking for relief from his aches and pains. When Walter went to the supermarket ,he didn’t think of everything that had died, but shopped to find the healthiest foods. When Walter went to the movies on […]

Where You Start?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The birds singing in the morning and at the close of day settle now upon your branch in your nest. No time to sing or sway. Life will hold you close to hand, even if you do not understand. Begin again, the kits, the cubs, the fawns. […]

Don’t Look Back

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Like the March of the Marionettes, Muppets on their hands and sticks. We go along our way, perform our tricks. Step up to the window, place your bets Find the winner is sometimes unexpected. The horse with the greatest odds will win, the favorite edged out at […]

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Speech Incomplete Sometimes, I think of today. Could it be more than I recall? The evenings misty mien open to the elements where we stood. Sometimes I think of tomorrow and wonder about the weather, whether our mood will color our remembrance of our day. Rarely do […]

Hiding Aside

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ In my youth, there it sat, inour refrigerator, big and fat.Cut into thin or thick slices;catsup, mustard, mayo. Spicesotherwise were quite optional.Often borderline transactional.A tasty, less-than-healthy snackin lunch, my mom would pack.And Twinkies might go in, too;spongy cakes filled with goo.Another snack I’ve put aside.Here’s the truth I […]

Could And Can

~~~~~ ~~~~~ How confused most would be hailing from an earlier time or place, everything so rapid and our identities found or lost within our gender pronouns. He/him, she/her, and they/them. I feel and believe I contain all of the above, that I could and can claim any or all of them. ~~~~~ Diversity is […]

Any Shore

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Time has passed and my steps have slowed, yet I’ve grown content in my long life with you, filled with all the emotions and trials all people face, leavened with changing times and altered traditions. Not all, but some. Many more than life led us to believe […]