Category Poetry

1,000 Years

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Inspired by the works of composer, Kian Ravaei Run to me and throw your arms around me, as I hug you in return. Boundless joy fills moments, that feel as if they last many lifetimes. We finally part, stare in wonder; each at the other. Grasping hands […]

Am I a Writer or Just a Person Who Owns Too Many Notebooks?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How can I have too many notebooks? A dastardly assertion. Like saying I have too many books. So what, if my stack of To-Be-Read books would be taller than my house, taller the city hall. Yes, I admit it might reach the moon. But it’s not hoarding, […]

Scatters

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The water sound, as you turn on the backyard hose, when you fill the bird bath with fresh water. Soft patter of the seed you scatter for birds, small critters to come feed at your larder. Mostly wrens, house finches and other l.b.b.’s, little brown birds, as […]

You’re Out

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I sit on the sidelines, wanting to play this game called life. I would take the stage, play hero or villain. Though I have read actors enjoy playing villains because they are more complex, more challenging, I’d choose to be the hero, even if that makes me […]

Mooning

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Moon where did you get that shine? Thy friend, the sun, glows far away. Wondering within the deeps of time, Mystery-birthed myths and legends. Lunacy blamed when people crazed; cracked like pottery stressed by time. Stressed, unstressed, found in words and referenced in verse do not apply […]

A Deep Breath

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The air crisp with the scent of winter as I stood near the teahouse in Portland, Oregon’s block square Chinese Garden. A hazy day didn’t hide the city around the periphery of the garden, but made it, like stepping into another time and place. In the near […]

What I Said

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ This poem cannot heal my heart, but this poem can patch my soul. This poem cannot feel my pain. This poem can help me share my feelings. This poem cannot alter the order. This poem can structure my daily grind. This poem cannot remember my birth. This […]

Please, Stay Tuned

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Today, I won the lottery for mega bucks and I’m walking around, chest puffed out. What can’t I do? who can’t I be? I suppose the most like person is me. Today, I walked upon the moon, right near where other folk have walked. Won’t they be […]

Far Beyond You

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Soar until you reach the heights. Draft upon the currents to rise higher. Look down upon the vast field of creation. And though, you will thrill in awe, |the cosmos will remain beyond you. Still, you will strive to rise above creation itself; looking for a new […]

Always

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ Will I find it walking the trail, the trees whispering into my ear? Will I find it waiting along the road, every sign and driver telling me anew? Is it in the squeak of the floorboards. the step I skip so I don’t wake you? Can I find […]