Category Thoughts about change
Whether Stranger or Guest
The firmament piles dark on dark in the east Dark clouds harried by storms from the west If we are stranger at the feast, honored guest All will stand equal when we are laid to rest
Chances We Take
Lotto, street crossings or driving at speed Chances taken for what we think we need Neither going faster, slower or in between I cannot express exactly what that means We should choose to travel deeper inside To determine all the places where we hide Frightening, yet more rewarding than lotto Still some get stoned, spend […]
Cannot Imagine
Have you this modern truth brought home Your devices, machines, smarter than you With all their various prompts and screens Your car and phone communicate; so new New to me; I’m old, adult before this time My first job, each file kept on paper alone Eight jobs in, till a mainframe I must climb Punch […]
Neck Deep in the Big Bloody
OR What It’s Not About (Warning: This piece runs over 3,700 words. If you do not feel you can read it all, I urge you to read as much as you can, plus the intro and conclusions.) I’m finding it difficult to wrap my head around the insanity I see on the news and in […]
Happy New Year
My final painting of 2015 11 x 14 Oil on Cradled Birch Rembrandt in the Raw (Ground pigment in a Netherlands’windmill) Happy New Year to everyone in the world. May the most we hope for, be the least that we receive. Art will be added to Fine Art America in 2016
Overrun by Barbarians
My mind has been ground down into mush Constipated thought, no matter how I push As obfuscation, trivia and drivel dribble out Any wise words of mine, missing in action That said, I’ll fight to drivel and dribble on Mayhap a turd of wisdom will squeeze out Flow from this fickle pen, held in my […]
Night Watch
Written after attending a choral concert. Oh, let their voices fill me with their hope and love The melancholy, joy, hushed, rich full expectation Transported upon notes, sweets percussive chimes Sailing over sweet strings, wave break, wind-full sail Terra firma seen nowhere within our restless vision Must trust the melody and bass beam underpinning Unknown […]
Good Will to All and Sundry
This is my 500th post on this blog. I wondered should it be something more momentous, but a plea for peace should be enough. Waiting my turn In the post office Everyone in line Remains calm Despite the stress The holidays bring We all pretend We are civilized Yet, I remember A frightful phrase Going […]
And Everything
As I sit outside of this coffee shop Waiting for my ride to show up I wonder who, what, where I’ll be Will it make a difference to me My future circumstances, surely But what about the world at large If I do, it does, what will it be And what will become of me […]
Unexpected
Reflections Unsought Bright, Shining Stretched, moving Polished metal Surfaces, Wind on water Revealing, obscuring Rumors, Innuendos Truth and lies Shown forth Cast back Into our eyes Light echoes Reflect our Worlds, lives Incomprehensible Unexpected meaning
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