Tag Archives: Philip Brent Harris
What’s All the Fuss?
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every day you do something that is old Which is new, while you’ve done before It feels like doing what you’ve been told Makes you want to ask what all this is for Get your daily coffee, buy your groceries Do the […]
All Goes On
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We always fail at peace, fighting war to reach it Same with poverty, drugs, countries and people It is like battling the ocean to staunch the storm Think firing bullets at the sea, dumb as it sounds While all we do makes […]
Our Future Is Not Bright
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I went inside a McDonalds today This something I almost never do I only wanted a cup of coffee, hey Confirmed something sad but true Could’ve been any fast-food joint Drive-through line long vs in short That was why I chose it, […]
Brief Rest
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flames roar higher above my head No matter how I turn, I find dread Death’s face shadowed on the wall Yet not my time to answer the call Shrink myself small and still more Slip through the atoms in the floor […]
Keeping a Whether I
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He told me he owned many great books And wondered if that would be counted Certainly, it would total up to something Proving only conspicuous consumption Yet, our cosmos does not rely on proofs The meager, meaningless games we play Pretending that […]
Sarabande for Missing Magic
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missing magic, miracles All vanished Nowhere to be found From vast spaces Gone Into unseen Miniscule interstices Between atoms Disappeared Despite clues Maps and legends Whispered rumors Whereabouts remained Unknown Quests were mounted Heroes came forth Solo adventurers Fellowships, too Robber’s trusts […]
Word Singing
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suppose I’m just buying pens and notebooks Merely to practicing my cursive, my printing It will never ever matter if no one ever looks Must I continue trying to make my words sing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and […]
Who to Follow
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deciding who to follow shouldn’t be too tough From any counseling hate and fear; run away Isn’t it time that we all said enough is enough Time to let love, hope and tolerance hold sway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative […]
Subject Block
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality”– I’ve been posting recently with material I already created. I have other pieces I could type up and post, but I’m feeling stuck. I don’t have writer’s block; I think I have subject block. Politics is the subject that is making problems […]
Growing Up
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality”– In this, the time of my youth Gray-haired, still growing up Perhaps we can only die when Mature enough to start living ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Pen’s Might Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art The […]
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