Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
And Beyond
~~~~~ John Donne wrote No man is an island, As we live separate, Alone within our heads. Unable to comprehend The connection between All matter and energy, us, Our universe and beyond. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what […]
What We Need?
~~~~~ Video games train us, violence, murder, hand eye coordination. Mayhem’s future, except, perhaps, we have not reached, reach far enough into tomorrow. Into all our tomorrows, extrapolated final effects. So much; too, too, too much death, destruction. A random boy, twelve-years-old, tells us he likes to play, play Leona, feminine, heroin. A killing machine, […]
Tail of the Worm
~~~~~ Beneath the surface of the shadow, Live the voices, Who listen to the voices. Ordinary people Acting in extraordinary ways. An unexamined life, Ancient wisdom cautions, Is not worth living. Or is it, An uncommitted life denies scrutiny? To fully live Requires a willingness to pay, Pay a price, bear a burden, be brave. […]
Power of Words and Art
~~~~~ Words, art, music, dance are powerful. They can create worlds, feelings,. truth. They allow us live other lives, in places We might never know or imagine and, Have the ability to change the world. While science helps us to understand, And so manipulate forces we cannot Completely control or comprehend. Yet still we play […]
Some Old Miser
~~~~~ Why must our television shows be so lurid, Video games blood-splattered in crime, war? Is it evil buried in our psyche or in our id? Think we crack a whip, make the tiger roar? The game is rigged, tiger behind every door No matter our choice, streamed, disc or vid, Murder, mayhem our drug, […]
This Property Condemned
~~~~~ It was the third house on a far block Framed-up on a little dead-end street We thought it was ours, but no lock Just being built and almost complete Still, we went and talked to the owner Who allowed that he’d built it for us Refusal would have been such a boner We said […]
Blue Sky, Gray Ocean, Sunlight Halo
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Driving down the California coast, A day overcast in shadowed gloom. Crisp, windy, made for a brisk walk. A hole in the clouds opens, circular, Reminds me of blue sky, other days. Time, not better, yet a form of magic. Light limns […]
One Day
~~~~~ One day, I will be gone, as we all will be, one day. Do you take time thinking about this, push it away? Rich, poor, wise or dull. any who preen and simper, Start as weak babes, end the same, bang or whimper. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
Bartholomew Matthew
~~~~~ Bartholomew Mathew Cannot decide. Tangled in social metaphor, Smiling, snide remarks, Too-knowing asides. Yearns for freedom From his shabby garret. His plush penthouse. Can he escape. Fly away, With but a single try? Ensnared in darkness, His shadow’s umbra Anticipates crisis, Steps and turns, Life’s dance marathon, His daily rumba, Sudden, explosive. Will he […]
Ask Only One Question
~~~~~ Give me now the cheerfulness and fearlessness of our youth, Back when we knew they were our lives, embodied our truth. Towels we used to make super hero capes with paper masks; Innocence our strength to conquer all our Sisyphithian tasks. Heroes all, though one day as Indians, the next day cowboys. Imagination’s fires […]
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