Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
No More
~~~~~ A dolorous dirge, hidden in the depths of space and time. Time the liar. Faster, slower, changeable, not the same for you and me. When density, elevation, heat, speed, motion do not match, compare, how then might I or anyone opine any triumph or tragedy? We have or see emotion, pain and waiting will […]
Belonging
~~~~~ Mistakes may mar the music, but it will not make it noise. Discerning ears might say ick, musician need to regain poise. Like problems, transgressions; we can’t let them ruin our song. Life is just notes in succession. We’re always where we belong. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
So Far, So Good
~~~~~ Paint, brushes and a blank canvas, where do I begin? Decide what areas stay empty; what will be filled in I imagine my artwork upon a second-hand shop floor Stuck behind a velvet Elvis, banged into by the door Maybe I will tickle your fancy, so on the wall I’ll go I hope I […]
Choose to Live
~~~~~ When you think life has given you the right to carp, moan and whine, that life gives others a better view, leave pity outside, you will be fine. If you have problems quite severe, Your life won’t be better in a sewer. You are sick, tired, rent is in arrears, attitude, distance from trier […]
Time and Age
~~~~~ We pretend we have conquered mountains, that we’re stronger than a cold north wind. We tell ourselves the land and sea are ours, Yet nature says we’re wrong over and over. We sneer that we were primitive, in caves. Yet, they lasted far longer than we, so far. Nor did they trash the world, […]
Spark is to Blaze
~~~~~ If we will surround ourselves with beauty, music, art, words, focus, positive feelings, deeds, and what we may offer others. Tell our constant truth, our own. Truth which comes from within. Truth which we brought with us, into light, cold, need to breathe. We bring awareness and vision, even if we’re born without eyes, […]
Each Morn
~~~~~ Rise like the lark into the morning; welcome day with joy and wonder. Smiles, laughter, your day adorning, take time, life’s miracles to ponder. Hope and feeling will play their part. How we face the day is only attitude. Each morn from birth until we depart; day will be painted the hue we imbue. […]
We Choose Only How
~~~~~ We all want it. We all want it all. We do. Do we? Or is that just a story we’ve been repeatedly told? Love, home, family, food, friends no longer hold Enough; fail to comprehend what enough may be New flashy car, a fancy man, a trophy wife to start All the latest apps […]
Simple Complexity ~ Complex Simplicity
~~~~~ Why then must poetry’s meaning be couched Like the imagined sea-sound heard in a shell May fleeting beauty, convoluted truth be vouched Said simply and offered crystal-clear from a well Will it help if I use night to presage age or death Flying birds or sunsets standing in for nature’s glory Will unformed clay, […]
Hope We’re Still Lucky
~~~~~ What proof do we need of our existence? Power, now, though it will fade in time. Our skulls, bones in a museum display; see an ancient specimen of a lost culture. Will it be left over from our destruction? Did we scavenge our garbage, heritage? As hubris leads us to think we need none, […]
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