Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

Hold the Sun

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Soft and sonorous, the world sings, brings forth life in great fecund masses. What passes for daily existence fraught with cooperation and resistance, each to its sphere? Even as natural as the moon. Unlikely, until we see the patterns. Hold the lanterns before the darkness–stark and limited […]

Either Way

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Haplessly, helplessly, I sit and ponder my existence, like watching a traffic light, waiting for it to change, giving me permission to go. Yet, only I am stopping myself. Such is life. We may follow rules or ignore them. But we control our own actions. Not only […]

Our Longing Gaze

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Power and glory sing the same. Bring to me the peace of plenty, the songs of angels and demons. Do you believe not the demons sing? Some would joke that this torment enough to make Hell more than hideous to behold. Who needs fire and brimstone, with […]

Constantly Reinvent

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do you wonder at the state of your world? Not the world, but only your small portion. I do, though sometimes I don’t think of it exactly that way. That’s for someone else to express. The stress of my days and ways. My love, my life, self-made […]

Only Reality

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do you feel encouraged in your daily life, or are you left to wonder why you’re here? Do you have someone at home who will tell you that you have done good, maybe even made a difference in other lives? Not everyone needs such blessings to make […]

As Only I Know

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, how I wander by the stream, which runs through the forest. Birds flit from tree to tree and I wonder what’s to become of me. Where will I go? When I leave the woods. Where will my gods carry me? Should I care, or must I […]

Once Again

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Lingering within the past, the future, Who’s to know what thoughts might be going forward? Going backwards, what will I likely see? Will it be beauty? Will it be terror? Will I reap the error of my days and ways? What will you tell me that I […]

Each and Every Day

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ From where I sit, I hear my wife making salad. I see the piano where she sits and plays. I look out my window and see the hills behind my house, covered in trees and bushes, bottom to top. I enjoy the comfortable home my love has […]

New Rocks

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I can dream Our triumph comes at last. Fools and charlatans cast down, to slink away and find new rocks to hide under. Triumph will one day prove ultimate victory, tho evil lurks. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite […]

And Everything

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How can I begin to tell you how you compare with the lark song rising in the morning’s light? The sound of tires on wet pavement. The crackle of leaves falling. How they litter and decorate the byways, paths through the woods. Turning color as we watch. […]