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- POEM: Get Over It
- POEM: On Fire and Ice — Owed to Aaron Bushnell
- POEM: Dis Quieting Genocide
- Stick, A Fork in It
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POEM: Heir Droppings
This poem goes out to the five Palestinian kids killed when an American airdrop of food crushed them after the parachute failed. This over the top “Operation Breadcrumb” does nothing to stop Israel’s illegal blocking of humanitarian aid by ground … Continue reading
POEM: Genocide Joe
Monday mourning. Last week President Joe Biden spoke of being hopeful about a ceasefire deal in Gaza. I must confess, I scheduled posting this last week, expecting the likely outcome of genocide unabated and genocide Joe abidin’ his time. I … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Health, News, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Children, Health Care, Hope, Human Rights, Humanity, Israel, Journalists, Mourning, Political, Power, President, Skepticism, Soul, Time
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POEM: Get Over It
We are a far cry from Patrick Henry’s infamous cry, “Give me liberty or give me death,” which highlights one’s ultimate willingness to put all of your skin in the game. Today’s cry is more of a whine, “Give me … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Courage, Cowardice, Death, Democracy, Evil, Guns, Israel, Life, Moral, Necessary Evil, Politics, Power, Risk, skin in the game, Soul, Violence, War, Willingness
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POEM: On Fire and Ice — Owed to Aaron Bushnell
Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty U.S. air force senior airman, committed self-immolation by fire to protest the U.S. sponsored Israeli genocide of Gaza. His final cry was “Free Palestine.” On Fire and Ice: Owed to Aaron Bushnell Fire and Ice, by … Continue reading
POEM: Dis Quieting Genocide
Talking about US complicit in genocide may be uncomfortable, even a bit traumatic. Still, such discussions have miniscule chances of approximating the horrors of genocide itself. Dis Quieting Genocide It was a bad day for propriety A revolting day for … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Death, Evil, Necessary Evil, Privilege, Propriety, Silence, Soul
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Stick, A Fork in It
This poem is about the tendency toward escalation and overkilling built into lethal conflicts such as war or genocide. When we feel threatened and have the capacity to inflict massive death, we come to a fork in the road, which … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anger, Awe, Death, Ethical, skin in the game, Soul, Violence, War
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POEM: Which Neighbor is a Keeper?
This poem is about racism and nativism, our propensity to dehumanize the other, to write other humans off, to find room aplenty to throw under the bus or imprison in won weigh or an other. Which Neighbor is a Keeper? … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Hope, Racism, Soul, Truth
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POEM: One Standard — To Rule Them All
This poem is a bout the hypocrisy of me me me, and and a perpetually truncated version of we we we, where “we” win and you lose. One Standard: To Rule Them All I only Halve Two standards For me … Continue reading
POEM: The Run Down on Lifting Up
This poem is a call to avoid running down those who seek to lift up. The poem has a tip of the hat to Dorothy Day and her infamous quote, “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Dorothy Day, God, History, Life, Morality, Soul, Temptation
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POEM: Soul Sushi
This poem ponders the “water we live in” as most humans are routinely heedless of their lives deep ending on eating flesh to survive. Soul Sushi Once upon a time Creatures of the see Looking up A barrel In countered … Continue reading
POEM: Taking Auction
I’ve been no’in to say, “If you are going to sell your soul, make sure you get a good price.” There are people of auction. There are people of action. Be the latter, taking us to a higher place. Taking … Continue reading
POEM: Awe Consuming Grief
This poem is about grief as a universal facet of the human condition. This poem is inspired by a Buddhist parable. Awe Consuming Grief She suffered In this whirled Of sow much grief Awe consuming She wanted To call upon … Continue reading
POEM: A Kick in Arrears
There is a high accost to selling your soul. But, if you are going to sell your soul, make sure to get a high price. Nonetheless, playing such a game is costly to won and awe — and some debts … Continue reading
POEM: Moved to Adjourn
I rarely go to meetings anymore, and when I do, the purpose it usually serves is to remind me why I don’t go to meetings. This poem adds another layer that gets at my lifestyle of being deinstitutionalized; that is, … Continue reading
POEM: Not My Sole Brother
You don’t all ways have to believe in soul to have soul. Not My Sole Brother He said My kind doesn’t believe In soul Well I’ll be That’s knot allot of soul Though fore Assure abet Call it Rhythm and … Continue reading
POEM: One Duck in a Row — Enough!
One of my favorite catchphrases representing the singular solution often offered by the world is “punch it in the face!” Of course, I say this with pounds of irony and tons of sarcasm. This poem mixes this metaphor with the … Continue reading
POEM: I’m Mutable Soul
Is humanity a rounding error? You be the judge — or not. I’m Mutable Soul I wondered Agin and agin Do I have a soul Imbued in this dust and water Sow muddied In regard To such square metaphysical ponderings … Continue reading
POEM: Letting Loose Averse
This poem is a meditation on the notion of a broken heart opening up and oozing life despite whatever hurts may be experienced. Letting Loose Averse I let loose averse Only too here What may happen As words sore So … Continue reading
POEM: Tears in My Soul
This poem is a mournful riff on the destructive grievance politics of the so-called right. Of course, what is left is left, with love and hope remaining to knit life wince agin. Tears in My Soul Where divides multiply As … Continue reading
POEM: Spoke in the We’ll
I yearn for an age where the human community and the body politic are led by a spirit of soulful imagination and creative passions rather than base impulses of material gain and vain status. May we join as planetary citizenry … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Citizens, Community, History, Imagination, Reality, Soul, Status
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