Category Poetry

Fidgeting Inside My Skin

  ~~~~~ What ideas do these steps express? Emotion, as pure as my first tears. Walking back in time; a restless boy. He fidgeted inside my skin, laying Trails for my thoughts as they matured. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite […]

Will Not Confess

  ~~~~~ A day full of chores and stress, With oh so many things to do. Because we will not confess, Days of rest are better for you ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my […]

As I Fall Behind

~~~~~ In the light of the sunset,I saw the eyes of truth.Though they showed the debtI accrued in youth. They left me smiling, just the same. In the glory of the dawn,I heard the voice of all creation,saw the raptor and the fawn.I lived in their reflection, Laughed at everyone and myself. In the heat […]

Not So Fast

~~~~~ Thoughts on Western Art & Culture “Just wait. Not so fast,” she said.“Yours isn’t the only point of view.Most of those you tout are dead.So why should we listen to you?” “Your folks are surely worthwhile.They’re not the only who’re great.We evolves in time and in style.And not all are or should be late.” […]

Size Matters

~~~~~ It’s not the size of the brain in the thought. It is the size of the thought in the brain. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Brent Harris Fine Art […]

Learn Everything

~~~~~ I often wish I had more answers. All the answers here and now. I know I am the answers and The questions, the moves, to build, Destroy. Bold or full of doubt. I’m laughter, I’m pain, everything Found beyond or in between. From the moment you said hello, and I first saw you in […]

That Is All

Welcome to the Night Garden ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ I have heard it said, Anne Boylan stood tall Before she lost her head. That is all. Now, she’s dead ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more […]

Answer to an Unasked Question

  ~~~~~ Answer to an Unasked Question Passionate Pacific, my daily inspiration: sunlight, sand and surf..Murmured messages wash on shore, chased by crashing wavesWarm strand, moonlit, twinkling on the swells, reflecting earth.Wind, water, weather form transient art, nothing the sea saves. Humbled, vastness of ocean, rolling horizon beyond our views. This and more as well […]

Mystery

~~~~~ Is my life a fantasy? Answer, almost certainly. But only almost. Mystery. To rock the cosmos may be Found in a grain of sand ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: […]

Out Our Way

Target Practice ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Talking on the telephone, Monitored with satellites. And so, until we are bone, Listened to day and night. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: […]