Tag Archives: hope
At Last
Come, admit we’ve made our world absurd We but scurrying ants guarding our anthills Playing make-believe, as kings of our castles Not worthy to be jesters, only play the fools I will happily tell you that I’ve got your nose You have cut off your nose to spite your face My taunt is only used […]
Some Old Miser
Why must our television shows be so lurid, Video games blood-splattered in crime, war? Is it evil buried in our psyche or in our id? Think we crack a whip, make the tiger roar? The game is rigged, tiger behind every door No matter our choice, streamed, disc or vid, Murder, mayhem our drug, demands […]
Have I Told You?
Have I told you about anything I know Or have I only told you about my beliefs One’s like granite, survives a hammer blow The other like a gust of wind or a falling leaf Belief will sometimes change the world Knowledge is sometimes calcified and friable If we could believe peace is around us […]
Truth Finds a Way
A hall of repeating patterns revealed Lines, squares, columns and capitals Straight, undulating, solo, combined Define our world in shapes and lines Like Booker’s seven basic story plots Shapes and line are limited and finite Until magical combination, creation World shown new, never seen before A secret we search for throughout life Our imperfect combinations […]
Whatsoever
Have you ever Considered Are you aware Everything You believe Take on faith Is something You cannot prove Or, starting place For scientists So they know Which way To move Neither description Is infinitely Bad or good Unless humans Insert themselves Decree interpretation Telling you That a hammer A useful tool Is a weapon Hit […]
Expansion
Taiko drumming Vast energy I feel it Through the floor Below me Hear it, too Though I sit A floor below I hear it Filtered through Talk and chatter People passing Brief snippets To interpret As if my own Piercing shrieks Children Laughter, love After nothing Nothing after For artist, writer Creatives all Seeing […]
Whatsoever
Have you ever Considered Are you aware Everything You believe Take on faith Is something You cannot prove Or, starting place For scientists So they know Which way To move Neither description Is infinitely Bad or good Unless humans Insert themselves Decree interpretation Telling you That a hammer A useful tool Is a weapon Hit […]
Searching
I’m trying to figure out what I want. That may or may not make sense to you. What prompts me to say this now are the first two weeks of 2016. I didn’t make any resolutions, but I decided that I was the only person who can change my life. With that in mind, I […]
Copland — Quiet Town
I never made it inside to hear the program Though I remain certain I arrived on time Up and back pacing, words, feelings raging A brassy shout, complaint, perceived injury Iniquity, injustice, sighs, prudent acceptance Neither earth-shattering nor life-threatening I listen then from outside of the concert hall Captured finally, soulful music plaintive rings Thoughts […]
These Moments
All of the things we do and say All the places we choose to play If working or not, stand or fall All these moments define us all
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