Tag Archives: change
Far Too Late
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Even when I have much to say, it doesn’t seem to matter as I listen to the pundits, they whine and buzz and natter. Though, I suppose, more people listen to them than to me. So what I have to say doesn’t mean what it means, I see. […]
Reminding Us to Remember
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Going in, Leading Out ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Are you able to read the signs? The ones which are written and those which are not? The ones engraved on the past, those noticed or ignored now. What of those carried on the wind, waves from the near or […]
Linger in Ways
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Artists, writers, others may bring us emotions they felt but could only express in a language not yet understood and perhaps never spoken. Think Wolfe, Picasso, Plath and so many you and I have never known. Or, at least, not today. We may only hope that someday we […]
Eternity Eternally
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ In the never was the always And the ever was. It was ever never always And it always never was. If you’d think to fight with me, I’d argue day and night. Spirit alone knows what will be. Trust neither brain nor sight. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence […]
Something My Father Taught Me
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ The frog am a queer little bird him am. When him walk him hop him do. When him sit down, him sit down On him little tail, which him hardly ain’t got ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! […]
Things I Learned From my Father-in-Law
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Everywhere it rains, It rains on the just And unjust fellows. But mostly on the just Because the unjust Have the just’s umbrellas. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know […]
In Their Season
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ The fog dampens the sound and the ground Shortens our view while hiding the familiar. Boats, rocks, headlands vanish and reappear Where they’re expected but also unexpected. Waves murmur and mumble along the shore. We stand up from a bench, brief rest behind. Walking, to return to where […]
DICHOTOMY PROJECT
~~~~~ Found Verbiage Free Verse Exploring what haiku, poems and stories can be garnered from the headlines, sub-heads and captions (the bold-faced type) in my local daily newspaper, I began to wonder what this says about our existence at this moment in time. Like snapshots, capturing images, emotions, our greater story expressed in our headlines. […]
If We Dare
If We Dare ~~~~~ O, what a strange dream we all share, Yet, now feels more like a nightmare. Won’t change with thought or prayer; We can act and improve it, if we dare. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me […]
What Do We Fear?
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ What Do We Fear? ~~~~~ 4 Questions Concerning the Fate of Humanity, in the Midst of Global Pandemic It is not a question of who we have been or even who we are now. It’s a question of who we become. More […]
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