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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, […]
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 […]
Not Where We’ve Been
In this time of gimme, pushing through people to a moldy, cheesy holiday song One which you have heard so very many times, you hate it, yet you hum along Gimmes stand before stores, hand outstretched and crawl through your mail slot Many of them fill real needs, food and shelter, help people that […]
Then, More Than Ever
The world and understanding it live poles apart, as do all of we Fatigue hangs my head, drawn earthward by depression, despair My eyes struggle to lift against the strain, find only conflict, greed Madness then might be my problem, believing we may live in peace Guns and drugs our cities fill, our prisons […]
Dressed in Motley Camouflage
What would you do, if you could do anything? Are you sure? Who would you be, if you could be anyone? Do you know why? Who would help, if you could help anyone, anywhere? How would you choose? Have you ever wondered why the world is the way it is? Why, or why not? […]
Catching Up
To any who have wondered where I’ve been of late online (I hope there will be one or two) perhaps the following verse will explain. I have been working on other writings, though still trying to edit them into my best form. I’ve also spent some time painting digitally, while I wait for a surgically […]
Want vs. Care
For want of a seed the shoot was lost. For want of a shoot the plant was lost. For want of a plant the flower was lost. For want of a flower the bee was lost. For want of a bee the plant was lost. For want of a plant the food was lost. For […]
DICHOTOMY PROJECT
Found Verbiage Free Verse As I’ve begun exploring what haiku, poems and stories can be garnered from the headlines, sub-heads and captions (the bold-faced type) in my local daily newspaper, I’ve begun to wonder what this might say about our existence at this moment in time. Like snapshots, capturing images, emotions, our greater story expressed […]
All Bets Are Off Part I
My extremely simplified recap of how I think we got where we are… Who do you suppose first stood upright, cooked food, sheltered in caves, constructed huts, wrapped animal skins around themselves and whatever other first you can imagine? These people changed our paradigm, our world view, and nothing would ever be the same again. […]
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