Category Love
Don’t Push
Ever ~ Philip Brent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Hide in deep holes, darkest shadow Dance and preen in bright daylight Neither guarantee, lead high or low You have no reason to feel uptight Plow deeply, with all your might Make use of everything you know Cosmos […]
Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door
In 1883, Emma Lazarus, daughter of immigrant families, wrote a sonnet entitled “The New Colossus.” You almost certainly know part of it. It’s emblazoned on a plaque which now resides in the museum of the Statue of Liberty. Perhaps, unlike me, you knew the complete verse. I must admit to being surprised when I learned […]
Hugs
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment At an artist’s talk I attended this weekend, I sat next to a white-haired woman. We introduced ourselves and started talking about the state of the country, since the election of an immature, narcissistic, pathological liar as the president. After we’d talk several […]
Becoming
Both of these pieces, the digital artwork and the verse came together rather quickly tonight. The verse started with the first line, which came to me this afternoon. The second line followed relatively quickly, but I then had to bank them in my head until I could develop them further.Once I had the verse completed, […]
A Question
What stories we tell ourselves to create our trues Dreams that we’re superheroes or mighty kings Big shots we see in movies, on TV, in the news Trying to reach that high, despite what it brings History says that most such are unkind people Who’ll lie, cheat, steal, even kill to reach goals Must decide […]
Sign Language
Trumpery is Reality Our people must be one. Chaos must be won ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I saw a sign which read Be beautiful, be you I would turn it on its head Be you, be beautiful ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art The Extra Mile […]
Come Away
Trumpery is Reality Our people must be one. Chaos must be won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the storytellers Sky writers Mud pie makers Sand diggers Castle builders World painters Moviemakers Deep sea divers Wise women Learned men Lore keepers Truth seekers Winsome weepers Promise breakers Liars, libertines Singing suns Dancing atoms Once and future Past and gone […]
By and By
Trumpery is Reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could I ever write something so new That I can never ever explain it to you Paint images you cannot comprehend That offend you, tell you I’ve sinned Could I conjecture a world so strange It goes far beyond your limited range And if I could, would it really matter Riddles […]
Another Life
Trumpery is Reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another new pen to pierce my veins To draw forth my creative self Letting my life-blood flow upon the page Pool, so I may dip my brush, paint Display myself upon life’s canvas The boards where I act a scene or two Where I bow and exit to the wings Mayhap […]
A Plus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trumpery is Reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life, I know, is what we make it Though mostly we let it make us So busy we can never stop to sit Think each bit we acquire a plus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art The […]
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