Category Modern Life
And You See
Waiting in a rental car parking lot Wondering what does it mean Jets roar loudly over your head Contrails to places unseen But still it is here that you wait Looking up and out to the west Fog crashes slowly over the hills A misty wave at its crest Inexorably it falls, runs in Fog […]
Lies and Truth
What ways We wander Wonder why Search, seek Twisted trails Tall tales Following fools Meaning morsels Broken breadcrumbs Mired meanders Wide walkways Paved pathways Rural roads Long lanes Dusty drives Graveled grades Sleek superhighways Cacophonous cities Electronic expressways Digital dead-ends Exploring escape Though terrified Buffaloed by Trying times Failing physiques Alliterative advertising Risible rhymes Nonstop […]
No Longer
I can no longer write of hate Not even to decry it I can only write of love Though our actions belie it I must not chew on pain and fear Though daily on the menu I must change my diet As I cannot change my venue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings […]
Still Today
Still today I plan and dream Long years Past, forgotten Perhaps forgiven Rent, riven Rendered mute Memory shifts Slips, loose pebbles Hold your breath Rattle, clatter Hope, pray Quaking, trembling Shifting sands Cease moving Sound silences No babies laugh No ancient sages Share ignored wisdom Until they Themselves Ignore their own Truth and meaning Realizing, […]
Oh Yeah!
(note: The map above show the areas we, the immigrants, divided a land already lived in by the Native American tribes overlaid.) What Donald Trump’s campaign has in common with World Wresting Entertainment and a possible clue to his popularity. I’ve scattered a half dozen quotes below. See if you can guess who said […]
Whew!
When you can stop yourself from acting dumb Not pursuing that insane idea that came to you You could count that as gaining a bit of wisdom You should mop your fevered brow, say, whew! See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume […]
What Shall I Do?
I’m troubled. As well as being a writer, I am also a fine artist and a digital artist. All three pursuits have either begun or found their form within the past decade. Though I have lived three-score and five years, and have finally found what I want to be when I grow up. Oil painting […]
Temporal Expense
Do we now Muddled men Fetished females Spend time Like bits of metal Paper, information To prove We are living Collected, reflected Twittering birds Speaking, seeking Connection Within Books of faces Recognition Without, Incomplete meaning Distant acquaintances Lost friends Some remembered Many forgotten Or never met Face to face Impersonal Person-to-person call Do people now […]
The Rest
Things that are lost may reappear Or never show up at all, my dear Neither rhyme nor reason suffices Will explain our talents and vices Despite what doctors, shrinks say It’s all a mystery, but you will pay Knowledge bubbles up from below A truth we cannot possibly know In the end, wonder what it […]
Saving Grace
Life, all life, seeks to grow and continue. To do so, some other life is on the menu. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items
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