Tag Archives: #onlineart

The Bus Pulls Away

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The clock ticks and time races. Move to the country, time slows. It can’t be just clock or location, but I will bet no one truly knows. The country, an unexploded bomb. We had best hope time stands still. Ticks last hours, sweat on our brow. If […]

Hints and Signs

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ A women cuddles and caresses her cat, his soft fur like velvet. Black as in a collapsed mine, a blaze shines, torch on his brow. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and […]

Awe the Key

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Imagine you’re running in a wildflower field. Bright yellow dominant, accented by purple, red, blue, white, and green, plus sharp and subtle tones of noise. A kaleidoscopic crescendo of colors, shapes, and heady scents, All designed to hold you captive within the sanctuary of your soul. Awe […]

This Will Prove

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Float along the river, a fallen leaf, no purpose but to exist right now. Despite sought knowledge, belief, Most float on and never learn how. Floating is much better than being tossed, tumbled in the river’s rage. Too far gone is what we’re seeing. This will prove […]

Does It Risk?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How can the simple be so exquisite? Lovely in ways difficult to describe. Echoes from the past, the present and the future, found in our river of time. Yet, sometimes our life comes to a halt. Doesn’t the dam slow the river’s flow, and create a large […]

Do Not Look Away

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The world moves more quickly now, like the tones in an aria or oratorio. Trill upon trill, in alternating notes. So many won’t know what we mean. Do you wonder? Since we so rarely know ourselves. We believe that we decide what we think we are doing. […]

Nourishing

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Every time I write a poem, I open myself to the cosmos. I see with an inner eye, hear with an inner ear, hearing something far or near, What the thrust that draws me on, draws me through? I feel myself flow through myself, and everyone filling […]

Is It?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do you think lightened and lightning equate to frightened and frightening? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think See more of my creative offerings at: Philip […]

What’s Chosen for Us

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Wars are fought in many lands. Some we’ll even deign to name. These usually involve our friends, friends of our enemies, at least. It’s how the big boys play. That’s what we tell ourselves, yet only little boys still play at war. What does that say about […]

Closer and Closer

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Belief in human dignity seems hard to question. Our actions inform us otherwise, don’t you think? We should stop buying weapons, just a suggestion. Each time we go to war, we come closer to the brink. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]