Tag Archives: curiosity
My Place or Yours
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The fowl and the engineer Strolling along the strand Each holds a roll of papers Bound by red rubber bands The engineer, name of Bill Can’t begin to understand Why fowl, Bea, speaks ill Of all that Bill has planned Bea dreads […]
That is All
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The multitude of ways we dream our hope Some near, some distant, need a telescope A wish fulfilled, but not for what we pined Spend years so depressed, out of our mind Will we start to understand which is which? For grass […]
Politics
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When will this mess be done? We can choose, but only one. When it’s done, will it be over? Or should we all run for cover? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris […]
Life
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life, some say.is short and sweet Yet some say life is long and bitter Now we can ignore life complete Because we have invented Twitter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine […]
Balance
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sitting in a church last Sunday afternoon, enjoying a concert, I let my mind wander. At least it keeps me off the streets, I thought. I’ve also said that about people worshiping on Sunday mornings. This parish belonged to the denomination in […]
Riff on Saxophone
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saxophone was the instrument I wanted to play when young Now, I sit listening to plaintive Notes play, paint mind pictures Water thrown from a window Greeted by a curse from below As corner toughs point, laugh School children smirking, run When […]
Climbing
~~~~~~~~~~~~ “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Climbing A lone, patient figure, without, within Standing quietly upon a mountain top Deep within a forest, one with a waterfall Steadily climbing up the stairs of the sky Tenuous, strong, watcher and watched ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings […]
Cannot Believe
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I feel empty, forlorn, wrung-out I cannot find wisdom still to share Whether I whisper, scream, shout I cannot believe many would care ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Pen’s Might Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine […]
Always
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh so many ways we can dream and hope Some near, some distant, need a telescope Find what we want or want what we find Spend years so depressed, out of our mind Will we start to understand which is which Or […]
Nothing Hence
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early Monday morning, August 15th, one of my best friends died. I say one of my best friends because the other is her daughter, my wife. That my friend was also my mother-in-law may be involved in my struggle, but I’m not sure. Talking about her the other night, someone said many people called […]
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