To any who have wondered where I’ve been of late online (I hope there will be one or two) perhaps the following verse will explain. I have been working on other writings, though still trying to edit them into my best form. I’ve also spent some time painting digitally, while I wait for a surgically […]

Deep shining sunSea arrayed earth Cold mantle, warm life Within mountains Hidden depths Boiling fecundity Earth sky schism Union of all Apart without separation No center, no edge Universes dance, spin Alone yet unified Self contained, connected Stars firm, wandering Transient earth firm Death, life, lovers Separated by time Joined by nature A kiss, a […]

For want of a seed the shoot was lost. For want of a shoot the plant was lost. For want of a plant the flower was lost. For want of a flower the bee was lost. For want of a bee the plant was lost. For want of a plant the food was lost. For […]

Responsible, preoccupied, needs, daily duties, urges to create Atlas beneath my half sky inventing my truth in beauty before I’m late Days fast-paced, so full of shoulds and musts to meet and answer When so few seek either truth or beauty; they don’t pay the financier Is shielding the candle flame from darkness worth the […]

Triku ~ 5-7-5 ~ equals three word Haiku.  I try to give them some sense or make them humorous and I think I succeeded in most cases. Here are my next seven. I hope you enjoy my word play. Indiscriminate Inconsequentially Cannibalistic Pronunciation: Denuclearization Mythological Archeology: Memorialization Figuratively Puritanism: Polarization Continuation Politically Antiglobalization Abnormality Technically […]

This is my form of haiku which embraces our modern world by using only words culled from the headlines and sub-heads found in my daily newspaper. I hope to discover a sense, a tone of daily life. I do not change words, other than in the use of capitalization and hyphenated words used adjectively. Chronic […]

TRIKU Triku ~ 5-7-5 ~ equals three word Haiku. What follows, which might well be called Try Ku (same pronunciation) as my first offering may well suggest. I  tried to give them some sense or make them humorous and I think I succeeded in most cases. Here are the first five. I hope you enjoy […]

What a clever fool Using other people’s words To find his own truth Poets say, seize the day Carpe Diem, so they say Such redundancy Five, four, three, two, one Work week gone to weekend fun As times slips away Anticipating Romantically foolish Heart hopes for healing Brent Harris Fine Art brentharrisfineart@gmail.com http://brent-harris.fineartamerica.com Philip Brent […]

When we visit a museum or gallery, read a book or watch a movie we tend to believe the art, the creative expression portrays what the artist saw. But are we sure? I’m not referring to style. I am not willing to say that Dali, Bosch, Escher and others didn’t see the worlds the created. […]

PAIR 2 SAD END Army defends questioned abortion law Results critical argues commission Restrictive rules trouble rape victim Says losing open doors forces secrecy Across the nation legal rights struck Bias, harassment, injuries and hard lessons Blood, bruises and killing with no remorse Pregnant child doomed, without hope Woman say clash killing all ages Trustees […]