Category Modern Life
The River Flows
The River Flows ~~~~~ Watching the river flow, Standing on the bridge In the shank of night. A half-forgotten moon Casting the only light. Yet, as the moon merges With distant mountains, The stars above blaze, Full of moments, stories. Not only our myths, Legends we would guard, But myths and legends Of distant civilizations. […]
What Tricks
What Tricks ~~~~~ What tricks must we play to hide from ourselves? Are there places, parts we simply refuse to find? It might be either or both to anyone who delves. Oh, come on, can you please make up your mind. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ […]
Dream Strange Dreams
Dream Strange Dreams ~~~~~ Patterns upon patterns upon patterns, All our world is full of shapes and lines. Some appear solid, but science says no. Some are shadows and reflections of us, Our world patterns cast upon everything. How to know, what is real, what is not? Is it a question, or is the question, […]
Repeated Repetitions
Repeated Repetitions ~~~~~ We must hear repeated repetitions of many things Before we have a chance for them to become clear. Skulls more than thick we need multiple drillings. If we are open and patient, we’ll get it, never fear. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, […]
Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity ~~~~~ When I set out to find my fortune, who knew I would land so far from home? Home a moving target while growing up. Though I understand it is not a place but a feeling which summons us and holds us together, yet, seeking escape velocity, While remaining always together to […]
Yin Balances Yang
Yin Balances Yang ~~~~~ Whatever wisdom I have acquired, After learning how little we know, Comes down to simple things. Balance always finds its measure. The life of time encompasses all, While we inhabit our ignorance. Know to always find hate and love, Naturally, mysteriously as dark to light. Over time all things will wear […]
If I Could
If I Could ~~~~~ If I could see through all time, Identify when I fall or I climb, Abandon it, no reason, rhyme, Would I live my life sublime? If I could travel across space, And find and visit every place, Memorize so I can’t misplace, Will I ken reality is not a race? If […]
Children All
Children All ~~~~~ All poems are poems for children, Whatever we think they’re about. Children all are born to be poets, Dream alive a mother’s heartbeat. Until they’re lost to ones, naughts. Percussive, staccato rhythms that Write verse about shoulds, oughts, Starve us with the feckless bounty, Our personal flickering blue idols. We, who write, […]
Reach Inside
Reach Inside ~~~~~ The fiddle strings Reach inside me, Find a place they Have always known. As I see The tapping feet The nodding heads I think I’m with Others of which This could be said. It sings in my heart. It hums through My bones and skull, Sending forth other Times and faces. I […]
Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes ~~~~~ What will we find in the future That follows us from the past? Will it bring us sickness or cure; Do you think that it might last? Do we see if we close our eyes, Bright stars sail the heavens? Which ingredients help us rise; Drinks we’ll make with leaven. […]
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