Tag Archives: free verse
If We Were to Cease
1816 I feel the fool tonight, though certain I hope we will crush in its birth My words, sentiments echo The aristocracy of our moneyed corporations Statesmen, leaders long dead Which dare already to challenge Why should now be otherwise Our government to a trial of strength Yet otherwise it has become And bid […]
Telling Tales
While at a choral concert A men’s acapella chorus Singing complex songs Based upon the poetry The prose of Shakespeare I forgot the world’s woe All of my own problems Ranged voices in ensemble Deep bass to counter-tenor Telling all our own stories Simply, completely, clearly So we all might understand How we shared […]
Ever Deeper
What do we tell ourselves? Late at night Moments from sleep What do we hope for? At first light Sun’s return Births our new day Do we live? Our days asleep Our nights awake Differences I struggle to hold Huddled before, around Flickering blue fires Our idols We pray to guard us As they prey […]
Glad We’re Here
Blinded by the news, the views The games and claims of fame, Jihads, land grabs, liberation occupations It’s hard to completely understand The continued good of nations I know the arguments, initial reasons For these and other conventions to From ourselves protect us, each one All of these same arguments Have been made long before […]
They Were Too Bright
What price sacrifice, what test passed, what good forgone? Do we know what to choose or if we’ve travelled far enough? Are we alone in interstellar space, do we race the setting sun? This can’t be; the glint of unshed tears in our eyes, a bluff? Calculated actions all designed to elicit a tender […]
Crusade to End Public Torture
More certain and more frightening than death and taxes More pervasive, deadly and inevitable than a pandemic It will drive you buttier than a batterfly, watch the nets Wag your finger, shake your fist, hang your head and cry The presentation may be good, but you’ve seen it all before If you ever liked […]
Read All Over
Black and white and red A cat bats a pipe cleaner Young, old, shapes, colors Food and drink, laughter Thought, winding up and Winding down, voices Rising over, falling under Art, barely-heard music, Community and creation City views, sculpture, time Reminders of travel, place Eiffel Tower Lego, distance Interactions of youth similar And different […]
The Swansong of William Theodore Peacock?
The Swansong of William Theodore Peacock? Stop up my ears and cover my eyes Redeem me from the nightly news From their blatant, calculated lies To the men behind the curtain, pay Pay no attention So-called leaders, smoke and mirrors Sleight of hand, misdirection and distraction Shall I evoke the message, style From an earlier […]
Governments’ Fear
Strange, disturbing and unnatural, the sight I witnessed earlier today Two people, women, sitting outside, talking in the old-fashioned way No phones, smart or dumb, no tablets, no pads, no games, no e-readers, Could I detect anywhere. Should I go and warn our fear-filled leaders? Anyone not plugged in twenty hours per day might […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The last day on our calendar changes odds to evens Repeats in opposition then, as regular as the seasons And we adjust our reckonings with a day thrown in Which lets us catch up to the sun and so begin again We treat each new year as new time, a new beginning Resolve to change, […]
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