Category Poetry
Our Part
~~~~~ To every age its art. To every art its freedom. We all will play our part. No matter where we’re from. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings and opinions […]
Light, A Distant Vista
~~~~~ Responsible, preoccupied, needs, daily duties, urges to create, atlas beneath my half sky, inventing my truth in beauty, before I’m late. Days fast-paced, so full of shoulds and musts to meet and answer. When so few seek either truth or beauty; they don’t pay the financier. Is shielding the candle flame from darkness worth […]
Love is All
~~~~~ Ancient before time, impenetrable void waited,, crawled from its atomic shell instantaneous illumination flared. Newborn this moment, a swirling figure moves, is every moment. Innocently wise, hopeful, in constant conflict. Cooperation in every interchange, full of wonder, every and all stories. Worth living for, growing, expansive, worth dying for, each instant, all mirrored within […]
Searching for You
~~~~~ Natural light obscured by swollen clouds, rain-slicked streets offer me no reflection. Trudging on, collar high to ward off damp, as I turn a corner, searching for this, you. Frigid gale, shredding the vaporous veil, ebbs, whispering encouraging, revealing, our spinning globe of stars and galaxies, this modest corner of infinite space, time So […]
Still on the Shelf
~~~~~ Still on the Shelf A dog-eared page in an old book mirrors my mood. Phantom reason, marked as special, I fervently hope for unknown purpose, an unremembered time. Or, accidental, compressed too long, hidden, neglected, fragile, forest and trees, broken off, lost. Handle with care. My life attacks, a whirlwind child. Imperious Nature, unaware, […]
Today
~~~~~ Today, I stopped for coffee, don’t we all? Those of us, at least, who enjoy the taste. This isn’t completely caffeine’s siren call, only to sit, think, to savor, time to waste. I listen to nearby folk talk, and I wonder. How it is that all of us are now right here? Sometimes, I […]
If We Give
~~~~~ When in doubt, I find it is better to whisper than to shout, Not knowing what life’s about, may lead to our final rout. Though, if we don’t dispute, we might learn another route. Distribute the ill-gotten loot, make it better for all, to boot. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
Listening Out Loud
~~~~~ What price sacrifice, what test passed, what good forgone? Do we know what to choose, if we’ve travelled far enough? Are we alone in deepest space or do we race the setting sun? That cannot be, the glint of unshed tears in your eyes, a bluff, your calculated actions, all designed to elicit tender […]
What We Always Knew
~~~~~ “How can I move forward, when I don’t know which way I’m facing?” John Lennon These words, so true, set my heart racing. With all I’ve learned, know how to do, and cool and useful stuff I can make, why never have I felt comfortable with life, or even the direction I should take? […]
Choices
~~~~~ Will I choose to wax political again? What vile offenses do my fears abet? I halted, when rhetoric grew insane., At night, I wonder if our sun has set, And if, at the end, only I will remain, all alone, when me they come to get? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity […]
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