Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
The Spaces Between
Shall we talk then Shall we sing Discuss Rachmaninov Analyze Proust Remembrance of future things Will you tell me No one knows What tomorrow brings As musicians fingers fly Over strings, along the keys Quickly, quickly Come listen Not only notes, words Intonation, intention Momentary suspension Of belief, disbelief Worry, care Moments in amber Aria […]
What Is the Question?
We all think that we mean a lot History tells us the answer is not All of the names cited in books Future will give no second looks Burnt to cinders, Sol’s nova flash Nothing left to throw in the trash See more of my creative offerings at: Pen’s Might Philip Brent Digital Art Brent […]
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Finally
Which comes first, The words or The thoughts Does either generate The other Do they speak To us For us About us In rhythms Movements Stone and paint Discovery Telling us Wisdom We cannot Express in words Deep thinking Below the surface Silent or Too difficult Too hear Midst daily clangor Our true being […]
Spot On
When everything in life you daily fought Are things with which your life is fraught While you feel you’re doing all you ought All your efforts add up to less than naught Make sure you’re not in your trap caught Dream, hope and try for what you sought Recall, it is within, not things you […]
The Invisible Avatar
Hello? Can you hear me? Can you see me? I hope you can because I fear I’ve become invisible. It’s not everywhere or all the time. It’s not at home or when I’m out in the world. In fact, it’s really only when I’m online. Strangely, I’ve been noticed more recently by strangers. I’ve been […]
In Concert
To make every moment a work of art To see truth in each second of our day Live as if no time is left, embrace all Comprehend magic in the mundane Feel music as a pianist bobs and bows Rocks back and forth like Ray Charles Not blindness, because music is inside Dance’s soul in […]
At Last
Come, admit we’ve made our world absurd We but scurrying ants guarding our anthills Playing make-believe, as kings of our castles Not worthy to be jesters, only play the fools I will happily tell you that I’ve got your nose You have cut off your nose to spite your face My taunt is only used […]
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, demands […]
Truth Finds a Way
A hall of repeating patterns revealed Lines, squares, columns and capitals Straight, undulating, solo, combined Define our world in shapes and lines Like Booker’s seven basic story plots Shapes and line are limited and finite Until magical combination, creation World shown new, never seen before A secret we search for throughout life Our imperfect combinations […]
