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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Moved in. Got a guard dog. Dog ran away. Vet bill incurred. Intoxicated anesthesiologist. Doc and patient slept. ~~~~ 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ It’s not so much I wanted more, but I searched for what I needed. The writing I talked about, art, I tried. A teacher told me that art was an avenue I shouldn’t follow. Along the way, I tried other things. Did bad drawings, wrote […]

People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Struggling deep in utter darkness. Resolute, I march inevitably onward To recognize I left the shelter Of the womb which birthed me. And yet, I still exist in darkness. Struggling to create a light to shine, And hope to illuminate a path For me and […]