Category Poetry
Till Such Time
Till Such Time ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Fabled treasures are the purview of men? Hearth, home, filling the hope of women? Been told, but doesn’t mean it’s true then, we’ve heard this idea over and over again. Terrified men work to return olden days, As […]
Unexpected
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Fabled treasures are the purview of men? Hearth, home, filling the hope of women? Been told, but doesn’t mean it’s true then, we’ve heard this idea over and over again. Terrified men work to return olden days, As we finally began […]
Hitch Up Your Trews
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Tomorrow is a good day to try something new. I mean, what do you think will happen to you, if you choose, one time, your dream to pursue? Treasure like sunlight sparkle on morning dew. Or turned down a lane, the […]
Already Become?
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Rabid illness, rampant decrepitude, Narcissism, xenophobia lead us into paranoia and poverty, callous disregard. Pure greed, stolen chances in small steps, missive bites, bytes. Grabbing what? Anything they want, as though it is theirs by right or mystic rite. Cast your […]
Business as Usual?
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Could it be, we all simply do not care, enveloped within our bleak, petty lives We trust wealthy, politicians, who say won’t alter Earth so only they survive. Hasn’t happened yet, that I am aware, nor a thing to help our […]
Euphemism: The Cynical Silent Killer
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Boots on the ground come marching, marching Boots on the ground come marching one by one Boots on the ground have not one specified role At least that is the bill of goods we’ve been sold Boots on the ground come […]
Throw the Doors Wide
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ When our fingers cannot keep up with our thought, we’ll no longer think or write simply what we ought. Listen to your music, hear truth, deep in your heart, remembering this is always the place you must start. Turn the key, […]
Could it Be?
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Could it be the time has come to turn away from danger, false gods, snake oil sellers, dream purveyors, tall, dark strangers offering magic beans and rhymes, promising the moon? Without regard, bartering shares, mythic bridges, unicorns, porn, war, sex, Pain […]
A Hymn
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I watch the pigeons fly and land, though I know some revile them. Always thought flying’d be grand, it would feel like singing a hymn. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave […]
The Road Returns
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Follow now, with me, the unfolding Macadam, through these dimmed, fly-specked windows. Speeding from life, as if anyone gives a damn, keep our heads down no matter where it goes. On this concrete ribbon vanishing into distance, we hasten through the […]
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