Category Archives: Poems

Loser that I am, I have learned, often the hard weigh, that not getting what I want can bring forth good, even better. May we not be suckered into that tempting bettor of insisting on winning all the time. Pre-Mature … Continue reading →

A phrase oft repeated in our household is “Some people have too much money.” I subscribe to the ancient wisdom that you can’t serve two master: God AND money. The dividing line between these two worldviews seems to be about … Continue reading →

You can’t idiot proof wisdom. Or, perhaps more aptly, as Mark Twain is reported to have said: “Don’t argue with a fool. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” The Gulf of Wisdom Can … Continue reading →

Making anti-fascism great again is a life well spent. What Can Save US? What can save US In the dawn of mourning At high noon Or the mettle of the night Hanging on for deer life In the king’s forced … Continue reading →

When experiencing brutally disruptive forces, even violently traumatic forces, it can seem nearly impossible to sow creative, life-building seeds needed to grow a better future. I suspect that one of the reasons why violence “works” is that it is a … Continue reading →

The current political shit-show seems to be a Rorschach test for every right-winger and white-wringer to project their darkest ambitions. As Rorschach Attest Does this ass make our country look big? Taking Shit to the limit Closely abutting throttling To … Continue reading →

I love that sparkle in your eye, awe the time. In the Twinkle of an I Look That far away Look Sow near Look At that starry Look into my I’s Picking up Glitter everywhere Weather barely a flash Blinding … Continue reading →

A while back, I heard for the first time the term, “barndominium,” as a barn or storage facility on the first floor and housing on the second floor. Also, the term refers to the housing as “extra” housing, not a … Continue reading →

Life begins at dreams. May we join together and guard each other’s dreams as life itself. Life Pros They congregated awe of their dreams Into a majestic mass Vowing to guard Each other’s Their sacred mission To never abort That … Continue reading →

God raining good things on the unjust has more to do about abundant mercy than justice somehow thwarted. God’s mercy does not get in the way of justice. Please feel free to act justly, even sow. Reigning Cats and Dogs … Continue reading →

Don’t be a tool. Getting It For every problem There is a tool Devil made™ His pitch When you get To the fork In the road Take it

It’s awe there, write in front of you. Mote of Sand “To see a world in a grain of sand” – William Blake I seed The hole world In a mote of sand In a stellar case Of reveres engineering … Continue reading →

One of my favorite sayings in response to absurd, specious logic is: “Just because you can learn something from being whacked in the face with a two-by-four doesn’t mean that you should whack someone in the face with a two-by-four.” … Continue reading →

Our posedly “Christian” nation pays far more attention to profits than prophets. Jesus Sends His Disregards The hungry The homeless The sick The stranger in our land The prisoner I met Jesus He sends his disregards Whatever You have Done … Continue reading →