Tag Archives: #poet
Don’t Look Back
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Like the March of the Marionettes, Muppets on their hands and sticks. We go along our way, perform our tricks. Step up to the window, place your bets Find the winner is sometimes unexpected. The horse with the greatest odds will win, the favorite edged out at […]
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Speech Incomplete Sometimes, I think of today. Could it be more than I recall? The evenings misty mien open to the elements where we stood. Sometimes I think of tomorrow and wonder about the weather, whether our mood will color our remembrance of our day. Rarely do […]
Hiding Aside
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ In my youth, there it sat, inour refrigerator, big and fat.Cut into thin or thick slices;catsup, mustard, mayo. Spicesotherwise were quite optional.Often borderline transactional.A tasty, less-than-healthy snackin lunch, my mom would pack.And Twinkies might go in, too;spongy cakes filled with goo.Another snack I’ve put aside.Here’s the truth I […]
Could And Can
~~~~~ ~~~~~ How confused most would be hailing from an earlier time or place, everything so rapid and our identities found or lost within our gender pronouns. He/him, she/her, and they/them. I feel and believe I contain all of the above, that I could and can claim any or all of them. ~~~~~ Diversity is […]
Any Shore
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Time has passed and my steps have slowed, yet I’ve grown content in my long life with you, filled with all the emotions and trials all people face, leavened with changing times and altered traditions. Not all, but some. Many more than life led us to believe […]
All Light Shines
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I find myself deep in the forest looking for the magic I know is everywhere around me, in the air, the ground, the trees. Oh, how cannot I see what I’m sure is here with me? Going deeper into the wood and into myself. I find light […]
All Creation
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ My eye leaks as if a single tear isfalling, running down my cheek. Yet I would speak say it isn’t sosimply a medical anomaly to appear as if I cry from a single eye andknow sorrow on one side only. I hidethe drop, flick it away with my […]
Magic Touch
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, to have the magic touch, the ability to wave my wand and change the world would mean so very much to me. Does that make me sound deranged? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, […]
The Child You Are
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Children play, screaming their joy at pitches that make adult ears cringe. Huddled on the fringe, surrounded by other age-mates. Have they forgotten how to play? Any day, no more than chores, opening and closing doors, tending to dinner and turning off the lights at night. Turning […]
Water Drops
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ Inspired by the works of composer, Kian Ravaei Water drops into a pool, frombranches recently drenched bypouring rain. The meadowsteams in the growing sunlight.Sweet zephyrs sway the grassand the water plops the pool.What mythic denizen or deitymight reside below? Dreamingbeneath an overhanging rootshadow that grows darker as noon […]