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POEM: Probably Write

I write what I know. I write what I no. I write what is read by few. I write what cannot be read by many. Awe is fodder for all that I right. Probably Write He was going A bout … Continue reading

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POEM: Know Business Like Slow Business

Know Business Like Slow Business There’s no business like slow business Like know busyness I no

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POEM: Oh My, Myopia

I have a gift for systematic thinking and pattern recognition. I delight in connecting the dots between the infinitely connected aspects of the universe. Everything reminds me of everything else. I am an Olympic figure-out-erer — rank amateur status only … Continue reading

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POEM: Wanting Equity

I am intrigued by the difference between equality and equity. I believe that we ARE equal as humans and all human rights spring from this. I see equity as when human rights are manifest equally across humanity. We ARE equal. … Continue reading

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POEM: Rabbit Whole

As the greatly underappreciated theologian Elmer Fudd so eloquently stated, “I’ve gone down the wascally wabbit whole.” Rabbit Whole God is a rascally rabbit And I AM Down with that whole Saved by a hare Like the heir I breathe … Continue reading

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POEM: Last Words

May hauntingly beautiful souls possess you… Last Words When I Am long gone Long past Whatever seeing Is present Eye hope To haunt you In the most beautiful way Taking leave of grass And longing of eternity Taking whole of … Continue reading

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POEM: Defying Any Yarn of This Knit Wit

The spirit is elusive…delightfully elusive… Defying Any Yarn of This Knit Wit My relationship with God Closer than kin be Defies any yarn of this knit wit Seaming beyond owed fashion And awe ways wanting amor Is clothes enough And … Continue reading

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POEM: Leather Bound

For me, writing poetry is a fearless and irreverent process, ever recognizing that irreverence can be the highest form of reverence. The words left on a page are mere soul droppings. A collection of such droppings of skewered sacred cows … Continue reading

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POEM: On the Order of 126 Lost Poems

A while back, I discovered that I had “misplaced,” lost track of 126 poems in my 500-page working poem file that is filled with unfinished poems, “uncollected poems” that I haven’t yet published in my annual-ish printed collection for my … Continue reading

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POEM: It’s Awe in the Shoulder

I love the John Lennon lyric, “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” I find that awe the best comes to me when I don’t expect it. Expect to be surprised! This poem expresses … Continue reading

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POEM: Udder Simplicity

Here is a poem about voluntary simplicity. Poverty is brutal. None the less, seriously leaning into “more for less” can unleash deeper “values.” I have learned to relish having “more time than money” and shedding less satisfying consumer-oriented impulses. I … Continue reading

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POEM: Crack a Diction

This poem is about my beauteous experience writing poetry that most people do not understand or do not have an interest in trying to understand — definitely a diction. Crack a Diction Eye harbor A diction To crack In time … Continue reading

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POEM: Overdid

I try to err on the side of hope. Please pardon my enthusiasm. Overdid YES That is true In sum regards I overdid it I certainly hope Sow

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POEM: Acquit My Jōb

When I quit my “regular” job two decades ago, I totally underestimated the quantum leap in my quality of life. Even with poverty-level earnings for decades, and that first decade with no health insurance, I felt that I won the … Continue reading

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POEM: Missing an I

I would love to save the world. Fortunately, this does not depend on me alone. I want to join movements with others who savor justice, joy, and love. Here is a poem on this theme: Missing an I Hear I … Continue reading

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POEM: F-16

Sometimes life is a walk in the neighborhood. Sometimes not. F-16 I was strolling in my neighborhood Trying to avoid The usual noise pollution From technological whored A roaring lawnmower hear A gas weed whacker whacking there A whirring leaf … Continue reading

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POEM: Ambitions Sunk

This dude abides, as life is awesome and awe full awe of the time. Ambitions Sunk My ambitions are sunk In the firmaments of the universe And whatever verses arise Yea, no madder what versus This whirled stirs Nay, I … Continue reading

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MEMORIAL POEMS for my mom, Lois Rutt

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY AWE! My mom, Lois Rutt, died just short of 90-years-old, on September 27, 2022. I wrote a set of 14 poems for her memorial service around the theme of one of her favorite Bible verses: “For now … Continue reading

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POEM: Weather Sadness or Joy

This poem extolls the value of feeling deeply, both in sadness and joy. Weather Sadness or Joy I sea In a soul tear The whole whirled And folks in choir Am I Awe right And weather sadness Or joy Such … Continue reading

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POEM: Bard From The Sky — Owed to Ode

Bard From The Sky — Owed to Ode It was plane to sea That he wanted too be Immortal eyes A high And might he quest In Flying hi And lo That mystical soup And what can return Ashore thing … Continue reading

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