Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Dialogue
I haven’t posted for a week, though I have material ready. I’ve started several pieces, but this is the first one I’ve completed in that same length of time. I’ve been troubled by a reply I believe was intended for me, in response to a satiric poem I wrote about Donald Trump. (I’ve included it […]
Sad to Report
Like the narcissistic needs of a reborn Christian’s god Donald Trump requires constant praise and adoration It doesn’t even matter if he earns the presidential nod He’ll say, do and promise anything for your adulation It seems there is nothing too incendiary or outrageous My friend says it is simply in the cause of politainment […]
Old as Time, Fresh as Breath
For all our myths, our stories and legends No matter what they say, what we call them They are tales, or treks, quests or journeys Seeking wealth, wonder, magic, mysteries These are grand sagas of villains and heroes Life depends on death that depends on life Follow fortune miraculous, amazing, unique Discovering what we never […]
Here, Then Gone
Do we believe that the world will remain That it and we will always stay the same Our thoughts and actions we must retain No different than all who play the game Most agree our world is a different place Fire, water, ice, wind, life here, then gone No exception; we all run in the […]
No Guarantee
For my friend, Chris. He’ll know why. Blow it up or blow it down No point us hanging around We start again as a beginner If we lived as saint or sinner Still and all, it’s been before Not by us, so now our chore Some craven but some brave Dumb, brazen sum’s a grave […]
The Road Returns
Follow now, with me, the unfolding Macadam Through these dimmed, fly-specked windows Speeding from life, as if anyone gives a damn Keep our heads down no matter where it goes On this concrete ribbon vanishing into distance We hasten through the night, scant illumination Unlike water, we follow path of most resistance As we put […]
The Way Home
During earlier eras when detail truly counted Beauty embodied function, not merely form An age’s values in stone and metal recounted Not for all of society; but it defined the norm Still today, riches and power our fates decide Lead our dance, whether we know, care why Throw their hubris into the void, but they […]
Free Wi-Fi
Lingering daily in the coffee shop Anticipate using their rest room With the usual length of my stop I may ask them for a guest room That fellow stares at me a dagger I was here since it opened, no lie He must think I’m a coffee jagger Honestly, it’s only the free Wi-Fi
Perception
In that place where all is intertwined to all deep within Behind a wall my brain and body built around my soul Who I am, was, have been, might be, might have been Waiting for me to build a solid path to my chosen goal Perhaps, like me, you recognize everything’s connected Yet fall short, […]
Wicked Lies
With me sail away for a year and a day To find where the plastic island floats Greeted by people who’ve found a way To survive in this world of harsh notes From any finding too much not enough Whose robotic servants never talk back They’ll tie your shoes, button your cuff No human slaves, […]
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