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Good Boy
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Do I or don’t I enter contests? Art, writing; Who knows what? Clearly, I’m seeking conquests. Think I’d be fine with a head pat. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my […]
18” Rule
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Someone once told me it’s only 18 inches From a pat on the back to a kick in the ass. To try is better than sitting on the bench is. Who knows, you could be head of the class. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
Marking Time
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Color in trees shines forth When rain darkens the pavement. Water drops mark time. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Harris Fine Art, […]
Rain Has Foretold
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Evan found hope in a bin in an ally. He would show you if you let him, though you object to all he implies, recoil at his rough, ragged bedlam. Honest with holy peace of children, he wanders up and down the street, tries to […]
Serious as Death
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Words piling upon words upon words, Like cumulus clouds growing to storm. Our first storm has already been heard. If we weathered it, sounded the alarm. While we watched neighbor or friend? Rage and riot, serious as death, attend. Like cumulus clouds grow into storm. […]
Before After Before
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ This is a form I’m calling Cascade. I doubt I invented it, except for me. If anyone knows, please let me know. Watching wind-blown trees. Expecting the storm, I see the future. I see the future Knowing the rain will begin And that it will […]
Thirty-Six Words
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! Exploring what can be done with six-word stories. ~~~~~ Funny you should ask. It’s sad. We all had to shelter in place. Too much togetherness frayed our nerves. It’s funky in here. Who farted? Each of us raised a hand. That was when everyone started laughing. […]
Eighteen Words
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ She always needed to remind him. Make a list before going shopping. At the store. Forgot his list. (Three six word stories in tandem). ~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my […]
All Together
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I have shown you wonders beyond imagination, revealed to you the smallest parts of my being. I find you within me, yet; you do not understand languages too, of creation too gross and too subtle to speak to you. I will guide a minor poet’s […]
In Weeping Fields
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ This will not be our last day, our last night Fraught with the madness that fills our land. Belief will help, but not by itself alone. How will we fly with shackled limbs, Wrapped in the symbolic cloth of flags. Banners used to hide what […]
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