Category politics
Songs of War ~ Songs of Peace
~~~~~This is an older piece, but it never seems to go out of date. And will the savage songs of war never end,Replaced by simple, sweet songs of peace?How can we, forever, our loved ones send,Knowing they will feed the slavering beast? Do we wonder why we never grow sane,When the best, the brightest are […]
Screams, Wake Up (Cont.)
~~~~~ Slowly and surely, softly and silently the unexpected creeps in. Shhhhh. Until it whacks us upside the head, screams, “Wake Up,!” until we do. We would have this world beautiful. Yet, sometimes it’s not, nor can it be. So we would rob it of its future truth Claiming our truth is all that matters. […]
Current Reality
~~~~~ Are you haunted by the future Though we don’t know what’s to come? Does your head play the “Twilight Zone” theme? Perhaps it’s the eerie theremin of “Forbidden Planet” or surrendering control to “One Step Beyond”. No matter what you imagine, it’s not more frightening than our current reality ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World […]
Give and Take
~~~~~ What is your role this roll of liar’s dice? Is it an actor’s nightmare if you’re a baker? Each step upon the stage happens twice. For each part, you are a giver and a taker. The sand grains dig deep and dent me as […]
War on One is a War on All
~~~~~ We must learn that a war on one is a war on all. Not only nations, states, cities, communities, groups, ethnicities, orientations, political, sexual, and religious, but also on each individual, everywhere. Thus, if anyone harms another through venal, rapacious neglect or verifiable intention, they have harmed all. each and every animate and inanimate […]
Improvisation
~~~~~ A Rapid Meditation on Ives Trio for Piano, Cello and Violin Where Did That Come From The way in life we come together, walk side-by-side and harmonize. Go our separate ways, rehearing The musical influences we shared. Will we muse on it from then on? Think it but a passing fancy, soon forgotten. Distant […]
New Molds to be Broken
Rising of the Moon ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Flow through me like a river from the tiny spring where you begin. Above the lakes and streams watch dragonflies and damselflies hover in an everlasting dance of movement. Iridescent colors where no pigment exists, show how movement exposes more than life alone may ever truly […]
Wild Yeast
~~~~~ How will we cause the colors to appear when life appears black and white, blank, no matter where, how far away we gaze? We may as well gaze into our own navels. The permanent scar which marks us flesh proves little enough in its shy profundity. Whether we dance, caper, ramble, race, or march […]
All Day Long
~~~~~ I should be watching the primaries, and keeping track of all their races. but it has all become a terrible blur of many different names and faces. Online and daily news, all day long, inundated with figures and places. Makes me want to scurry and hide. Don’t think I’ll find enough paces. Some posit […]
Poets May
~~~~~ Poets may have no shame, yet it may beset their mind. Not many can expect fame. A few, plus some by dying. No shame will tell the truth: Cannot control their words, in their age or in their youth. Canary in a mine, other birds. Whether they whisper, shout Likely lost, left upon a […]
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