Category Love
Does It Risk?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How can the simple be so exquisite? Lovely in ways difficult to describe. Echoes from the past, the present and the future, found in our river of time. Yet, sometimes our life comes to a halt. Doesn’t the dam slow the river’s flow, and create a large […]
Do Not Look Away
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The world moves more quickly now, like the tones in an aria or oratorio. Trill upon trill, in alternating notes. So many won’t know what we mean. Do you wonder? Since we so rarely know ourselves. We believe that we decide what we think we are doing. […]
Nourishing
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Every time I write a poem, I open myself to the cosmos. I see with an inner eye, hear with an inner ear, hearing something far or near, What the thrust that draws me on, draws me through? I feel myself flow through myself, and everyone filling […]
Is It?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do you think lightened and lightning equate to frightened and frightening? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think See more of my creative offerings at: Philip […]
Closer and Closer
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Belief in human dignity seems hard to question. Our actions inform us otherwise, don’t you think? We should stop buying weapons, just a suggestion. Each time we go to war, we come closer to the brink. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
Will That Help
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do you recognize signs of a season, a special time? Time may be the word we must stress. How we perceive. Would we know signs from the past, portents from a distant future? If we are told, would that help? Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace […]
Space Race
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When I leave home, go to town Parking often becomes a race My smile turns from up to down, Vying for the last parking space. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let […]
Oxymoronic
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Every day, I sit and wander everywhere, while I choose and ponder what to wear. Clothes make the person, or so they say. Will my outfit prove the right one today? Perhaps it’s certain, we make the clothes. I’ll wear whatever I want wherever I go. Yet, […]
What’s It to You
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Life often finds me up or down, and sometimes even sideways. Thus, you’ll see me smile or frown, unless it’s one of my snide days, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let […]
Whining
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dark clouds mass on the horizon, race toward us and gush torrents. The sky so sad it cries copiously. Spontaneous, control totally lost. Remember the lush green Earth, with its temperate rains, and only necessary fires. A mere scolding, lessons to help us grow balanced. Now, we […]