Tag Archives: curiosity
Opposites
Why do people think peace implies a boring sameness The cosmos where we live is composed of opposites We will never have everyone thinking the same way Nor would we ever even want to, if the truth be told But opposition is no way required to equal violence On and off, hot and cold, […]
The Giftie Gie Us
How then cannot we see our own true selves The poet’s answer realized in our social media Where we act half fools, do naught by halves Constantly connected, from Twitter to Expedia Do we ever look in this mirror that we created Join we this grand communion, or voyeurs only And judging others foibles […]
Hope
Pause a moment, on this most momentous eve Though it is not everyone’s special high holy day And try to practice what we all profess to believe Since what we do often contrary to what we say If you believe a god, God, created all, everyone Why then believe your group better than the rest […]
Taking Flight
It is so late at night, it has become very early morning Still, here I lie, brain roiled in riot, with unclean hands Creating, too long awake, intent, so I should be snoring Time it is, past, I seized my uncharted, unnamed lands Until a nascent solution lives, I shall not cringe nor beg […]
I Wonder
I wonder what all the time spent traveling fast Planes, trains and automobiles has done to us When our psyches, minds, bodies are far cast Like sling-shot stones or a swiftly flying discus The faster we move, clearly, the less we see Is this why bodies fail when older, wind down Our mind, reflexes not […]
Can the Last be First?
All nice guys will finish last, what I have always heard Ever since I started life as a wee laddy, oh so very small Confused by lessons taught, reversed, it sounds absurd Learned have I, from kindergarten, goodness trumps all Thou Shall Nots take pride of place, as truths of a sage With almost […]
Useful Things ~ Dipping my Pen into my Stream of Thought
Useful Things Dipping My Pen into my Stream of Thought Originally written as a continuous piece, broken up to aid readability Looking at a wooden coffee stirrer At a free seasonal holiday concert In a public library with paper cups Coffee, brownies, cider and cookies My how times they have changed Since I was born, […]
This, Too, Shall Pass
What distinguishes, creates demarcation between living and life? Can they be divided or shared, like pieces of pie cut with a knife? Or only the viscera of being alive, breathing and eating and shit Simply work, chores, needful daily obligations; that cannot be it In relationships you always hear such a lot of talk of […]
Redefining War and Peace
War, armies, death, destruction, terror, horror and fear fill our news and our days. These are all very real and frightening, but I believe war deserves a broader definition, as does peace. War is not simply armed troops shooting at each other and all the specific and collateral damage from the way we wage war […]
AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL
With the one-year anniversary of the tragic murder of elementary school students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut this Saturday, I decided to repost the following, which first appeared here and on the Daily Kos in February of 2013. I have chosen today to post this so the families of Newtown […]
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