Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Lessons of Our Being
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Is my body compensating for energy I spent when young? AADD now instead of ADHD then; I was, am a handful some days. I live fatigued all the time and the attention deficit doesn’t help. I’ve lost the edge that I once had, though my spirit stays the […]
Are We Right or Left Behind?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ (revised and updated) Awoke to sad news about the actions of traitors Senators whose votes abetted bigots and haters. When they ignore the pleas of a grieving mother Bilking American people to empower each other How can we trust their actions, decisions again? The truths of their lives […]
Are We Right or Left Behind?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Awoke to sad news about the actions of traitors Senators whose votes abetted bigots and haters. When they ignore the pleas of a grieving mother Bilking American people to empower each other How can we trust their actions, decisions again? The truths of their lives are greed, power […]
You Cannot Know
Anthologized as the coda in the collection: Humans in the Wild: Reactions to a Gun Loving Country People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Another mass shooting in the United States. Whether on the battlefield or living our daily lives, we are at war. Will this be the day you will die, or I will die […]
Crazy Man Michael
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Crazy Man Michael ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ What does one do now?Time for a new post and art.Crazy Man Michael. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See […]
As Long As
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Out, in the world and eating a snack in our car, no in or outside tables to use. But not too long before we are back As long as no super-spreaders light a new fuse. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment […]
Be Not Afraid Our Time Will Come
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I witness many dead and dying trees with neither leaf nor bud in late May. What will happen when they finally fall as part of nature’s endless circle of life? Who will their carcasses feed, who ours? Yet, be not afraid our time will come. It’s the way […]
Simply Walk Away
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I wonder how we’re always so damn busy Now when we no longer work every day. Calls without ending, with doctors, friends and, most of all, telemarketers and scams. No warranties to extend now, in the future. We are current with all of our bills as well. The […]
With Jaded Eye
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I say hello and not goodbye, If I smile at you, will you try? Meet me in the middle, then Or at least, meet me halfway. No? It’ll be see you, not hello. I fear it won’t be swell. Show Me, I’m wrong to carp or cry Or […]
A Proposition
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ If a picture is worth a thousand words And words can change our hearts and minds Then art is necessary and cannot be absurd. Though some would say this of multiple kinds. Yet art, its movements appear in response To world events, are often ahead of the curve. […]
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