Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
I’ve Heard
Certainty, it’s said, is fleeting It may vanish upon meeting Or offer you a warm greeting You hope it will last a lifetime Pray that it will be your lifeline Most lose it, such a rife crime It’s ephemeral, so it’s precious Though it can turn you vicious Believe it, it’s gone, suspicious Belief is […]
How Much
Part of me wonders why I feel lost When I sit right here in the center As I wait outside, to ponder the cost Just how much must I give to enter
Parting Comments
How many times have I auditioned for this play For numberless roles I have landed or have lost I may be tasked to exit my last stage on this day With my life and my hair both the color of frost Focus; my character must never slip from my face As the lead or as […]
Don’t You Know?
All our symbols of success and failure Are much more than they might appear Though they may not be what you think Paper, bits of metal, a conspirator’s wink If you are rich, you believe I am wrong All your wants, needs met, a happy song If you are poor, you know that I am […]
Ere We Fall
Who knows what we have lost to the cause of war Music, art, novels, plays, poems, films and more Bachs, Da Vincis, Berninis, Monets create wings The Shakespeares, Elliotts, Cassatts gone missing Would we find saviors numbered among the dead No way now to know to where they may have led Wars are equal-opportunity, high […]
My Head Might Explode
What convoluted scenes we nightly do create Within our dreams our world to contemplate When we can learn how, cogitate this fluidly We should then, finally, comprehend reality Yet our mind clearly contains what we need It has done its utmost to propagate this seed We, dullards who cannot decipher this code Cannot try too […]
Simple Man
YES ~ Brent Harris Today being election day, I thought this somehow quite appropriate. I am a simple man Because I believe the human race can change I am a dreamer Because I believe everyone should understand I am naïve Because I believe if enough people say no, it will matter I am a fool […]
Capturing Elephants
An old joke says that all you need to capture elephants is an empty milk bottle, tweezers and binoculars. You look through the wrong end of the binoculars. When you see the elephants, you pick them up with the tweezers and drop them in the milk bottle. I believe we’re practicing a form of this […]
In an Instant
Oh, how the world has changed since I was born Some days I feel lost, confused and quite forlorn Will it matter that I cannot leave my past behind When I feel harassed, harried by the daily grind The world around us has sped up as I slowed down So much changed, I clutch the […]
A Tribute the Victors and the Fallen
A Tribute the Victors and the Fallen A Wish Granted, A Dream Denied Bright displays fill the air, as fireworks boom Young baseball fan’s world filled with gloom One team must win, one lose, no other way At seven, eight or nine, you dream only today Celebrating raucously, the fans’ hearts flying Remember little […]
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