Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
You’re Not
No longer will we require any high-school senior To recognize the words sagacious or prevaricator I do not think that’s wise, to say I do, I’d be a liar As the dumber we become, the lower we’ll aspire The only smart things we’ll own are phones, cars And really, both are more intelligent than we […]
Incomparable
Incomparable A Poet’s words with poets’ words The mind is its own place It sits here behind my face If I can keep my head, It’ll serve till I’m dead Why, friends, do I compare me To all gone before, all to be Too soon full fathom five No longer alive What story will be […]
No Matter How Long
When you finally own your creation, you suspect life knows The path ahead should be clear, no-one stepping on your toes Not life, it does not work that way, just a game of yes and no Life sometimes tells to you stop and sometimes tells you go A game, a carnival ride, a roller coaster, […]
It’s Yours
Whenever life has the last laugh, and it is on you Drops you in the drink, snaps a lace on your shoe Challenging and unfair, you may think, often true But more often the problem is all because of you “Wait,” you say, “How can this be blamed on me?” “I achieved all I was […]
So Far, So Good
Paint, brushes and a blank canvas, where should I begin? Decide what areas stay empty; what should be filled in I can imagine my painting on a second-hand shop floor Obscured by who knows what, banged into by the door Maybe I’ll tickle someone’s fancy, so on the wall I’ll know Yet, I hope I’ll […]
How High?
Now, we have come finally to our witching hour When we must decide if we will claim our power Myself, I begin to think it has become too late Yet we still must choose, there is no time to wait What our nation, our world might once have been Our glory days barely remembered, are […]
What We Always Know
When I think about beauty, I confess What makes me happy looks the best Bright colors, harmony, truth or jest Although I also like much of the rest Think minor chords as well as tragedy May impart more truth than reality We survive tempest to feel tranquility It’s all just on or off, to be […]
Secretly Hoping ~ A thought ramble
Tired, oh so tired I struggle through My days, my daze Fight and push myself Till all of me pays The price Of one good day May cost me two Too late now My eureka moment Came deep in life Still, I’m sure, I hope I have many years Multiplied by days Pain, mental fog […]
Today
Today I stopped for coffee, don’t we all Those of us, at least, who enjoy the taste It‘s not even merely caffeine’s siren call Just to sit, think, to savor time to waste I listen to nearby folk talk and I wonder How it is that all of us are now right here Sometimes I […]
Still on the Shelf?
A dog-eared page In an old book Mirrors my mood Phantom reason Marked as special, I fervently hope For unknown purpose An unremembered time Or accidental Compressed too long Hidden, neglected, fragile Forest and trees Broken off, lost Handle with care My life attacks A whirlwind child Imperious Nature Unaware, uncaring My dog-eared self Bent […]
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