Category Poetry
Anticipation
~~~~~ I sing the tune without notes, life, air, water, love and hate. Urgent laughter, birds and boats, indrawn breath which all await. Star birth and truth glowing, shadows contrast, seeds scatter, wafting aloft; a river flowing, small feet, rain go pitter-patter. Glorious crescendo in minor key within, without,, all together. Alone, contained, a stormy […]
More for Less
~~~~~ I am the candle, my gifts are my flame to light my way through utter darkness. My reason to be, no thanks nor blame; my light shines more, as I become less ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know […]
Part and Parcel
~~~~~ Land’s end, is it real or only metaphor? Will it bend, as need will reveal what we’ll use it for? The coastal horizon, undiscovered place where we walk. Will we put a guise on to hide our face or so we don’t balk? The known world, they tell me, is set. I cannot believe […]
Will You?
~~~~~ Who will fill the holes, when all our youth is gone? Who will inhabit our homes, when we are all alone? Who will feed the soil, when flesh rots from bone? Who will seek forgiveness, when no one can atone? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ […]
By Any Other Name
~~~~~ Would miracles be or seem, by any other name, so grand? Miraculous, magical, names for what we don’t understand. Magic, for some speaks evil, dark powers, we can’t define. Miracles, equally mysterious, argued as proof of the divine. Minds shut so tightly, some refuse to heed any dissertation; faith in their own unknown eschews […]
Unexpected Wisdom
~~~~~ When children regard war and terror as normal, films, television, video games just the siren’s call. Can we wonder how fucked-up life has become; reality a child dismembered by a roadside bomb? So grab your toys, run away, find a place to hide, no help, as down the razor-blade of life we slide. Our […]
Say What?
~~~~~ What we know and what we think we know, live in constant conflict, a dubious do-si-do. What we believe, will never have to grieve. What we conceive denies what we perceive. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what […]
Life as We Know It
~~~~~ What do we mean when we say life as we know it? I wonder if there is anybody who really has a clue? Is it an answer we knew but have learned to forget? If we recall it, do you think it might alter our view? A long time ago, just now, void felt […]
Parting Comments
~~~~~ How many times have I auditioned for this play, for numberless roles, I have landed or have lost. I may be tasked to exit my last stage on this day, with both my life and my hair the color of frost. Focus; my character must never slip from my face; as the lead or […]
How Much?
~~~~~ Part of me wonders why I feel lost, when I sit right here in the center? I wait outside and ponder the cost. Just how much must I give to enter? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what […]
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