Category Modern Life
You Cannot Know
Anthologized as the coda in the collection: Humans in the Wild: Reactions to a Gun Loving Country People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Another mass shooting in the United States. Whether on the battlefield or living our daily lives, we are at war. Will this be the day you will die, or I will die […]
Head for Home
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth!Love Birds ~ Phillip Brent Harris ~~~~~ In anther waiting roomin a hospital I’ve never knew existed or cared to.My darling’s surgery hasonly just started, I think. Another hour or two andI will head for home, feedthe cat, don’t forget her water.Feed myself, although I amless worried about that. Overnight, […]
Crazy Man Michael
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Crazy Man Michael ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ What does one do now?Time for a new post and art.Crazy Man Michael. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See […]
Until, Of Course
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Why do so many people decide They’re immune because it hasn’t happened to them yet. Not just COVID but the many random happenings. They’ve never been kidnapped, struck by lightning, lost a loved one to fire or flood. They’ve never lost everything to a hurricane, tornado, or what […]
As Long As
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Out, in the world and eating a snack in our car, no in or outside tables to use. But not too long before we are back As long as no super-spreaders light a new fuse. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment […]
Be Not Afraid Our Time Will Come
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I witness many dead and dying trees with neither leaf nor bud in late May. What will happen when they finally fall as part of nature’s endless circle of life? Who will their carcasses feed, who ours? Yet, be not afraid our time will come. It’s the way […]
The Greatest Teachers
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Tears are my greatest teachers, especially those I never wept. Those I cried on the inside; they were hidden all but unknown. My pain lived there, and my shattered heart littered the floor. Not one ever noticed them, yet I walked on shards, feet sliced, my spirit shredded […]
Tomorrow I Will Hope
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ We act, our worth next to nothing as many of us struggle to survive. While mountebanks and madmen set rules, they always change again. With religion to say, we must wait that our reward comes after we die. Our governments no longer rule us; I’m uncertain they ever […]
With Jaded Eye
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I say hello and not goodbye, If I smile at you, will you try? Meet me in the middle, then Or at least, meet me halfway. No? It’ll be see you, not hello. I fear it won’t be swell. Show Me, I’m wrong to carp or cry Or […]
A Proposition
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ If a picture is worth a thousand words And words can change our hearts and minds Then art is necessary and cannot be absurd. Though some would say this of multiple kinds. Yet art, its movements appear in response To world events, are often ahead of the curve. […]
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