Category Poetry
Aftermath
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Ships sail through the harbor and the crowd cheers, though they know they are on their way to war and death and pain. Perhaps, we should never use the word war alone, despite its ultimate implications. We must spell out the horror, death, the agony within and […]
Sun And Rain
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The time has come to try again. To show our joy in all our pain. Do I really need to explain the difference between sun and rain? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a […]
Someday Appear
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Still, I wait and watch from the heights Will I see you coming? Are you out there somewhere? Come. My heart is filled with longing, and I would watch and wait, eternity upon eternity, if only you will someday appear. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment […]
Any Shore
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Time has passed and my steps have slowed, yet I’ve grown content in my long life with you, filled with all the emotions and trials all people face, leavened with changing times and altered traditions. Not all, but some. Many more than life led us to believe […]
The Life Of Warmth
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The night walks through the bazaar, carrying jewels in their wrap, trailing veils. Who knows whose lights are represented? Is one of them Sol the name we have given? But what name does any sun claim as their own? Do we need such a true name in […]
Give and Take
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Give your heart in everything you do. Offer your soul, as if it were pennies. You are here to give yourself away, in ways you do not remember, but have been given the imagination to dream. Each of us has our own special gift to offer, or […]
Consider Ourselves
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Why then the need for a celestial conductor who might somehow lead all creation? More likely a vast being 13 billion light years old, grown from babe to adult and someday into old age. A gradual fading of the strengths which have sustained and maintained a cosmos […]
A Heron Lands
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Listen to the birds twitter and to the animals dance in the lush green meadow. Flowers sway in a gentle breeze and a heron lands. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and […]
Wish You’d Thunk
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ If the third step goes clunk, then I know you’re awake. I really wish you’d thunk; been more quiet, for my sake. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know […]
What A Marvelous Space
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What spirit moves through the heart, the mind, the brains, the hands of any creator? This is a question all should ask. We all create in our own ways, to the degree of which we are capable, though even the most minor among us have created life’s […]