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When After Finds Before
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Walter went to the drugstore, he wasn’t buy drugs, but looking for relief from his aches and pains. When Walter went to the supermarket ,he didn’t think of everything that had died, but shopped to find the healthiest foods. When Walter went to the movies on […]
Why It Hurts
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Our government seems to run in circles these days, like a dog, not only chasing its tail, but also catching it. In the quest for power over what might help people, the body politic bites itself repeatedly. And people wonder why it hurts. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, […]
Joyfully
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Enter the wilderness joyfully Walk out of our hearts and into the wild hearts of every other. When rain falls upon the earth, Lift your head and drink your fill. All you want, nature’s milk. Be vulnerable and be open. Let this world inform your senses, as […]
Amazed And Shattered
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Softly I cry out into the dark void. The vast expanse of space and time. Knowing I may stop on any world, enjoy the sun and people I find there. Unaware they appear different than the people I’ve met and lived among, I step away. Amazed and shattered […]
War and Music
The held breath Anticipated moment Awaiting Fall of the baton Order to attack The battle begun Enemy engaged Black notes Nebulous faces Hours of practice, drill Engraving response Into your body Your mind, being Carving moments Movements Into your soul Send up a prayer To a higher power Universal spirit Favored deity To watch over […]
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, […]
In Time
Watching any two people, like you, uncertain and alone As they meet on your street, to then stroll and converse In time, they court, the formal dance, they smile and sigh Till laughing, flushed, happy and out of breath, they sit Talking heart-to-heart leads to dialogue, to harmony, to love Opening, joining, sharing fear, […]
When a Fan of a Certain Age Attends a Students’ Classical Concert
Hot lights shine, burn yellow, orange, blue and red Reflecting back off crimson shoes and scarlet laces Clashing with those many white and black clad Sharp counterpoint to their serious, sober faces Red the vagrant color corrupts the evening’s show Bright blood, a wound, mimicked by a flautist’s tie Stark food-color hair in back, […]
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