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POEM: Wait for It

I often see patience as the mother of all virtues, though waiting can really suck! I find that trying to suck the most out of each and every moment helps a lot to pass the time wading for my larger-than-life … Continue reading

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POEM: Post, Post, Post Modern

This poem deals with the theme of our increasingly virtual lives and the increasing challenge of what is close enough to reality to pass as a humane reality. Post, Post, Post Modern They had Graduated from that small, small world … 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: Making Note

Often it takes time in life for things to sort out. I love being surprised with 20/20 hindsight and insights that make melodic sense after the fact.  Like Kierkegaard infamously stated: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must … Continue reading

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POEM: May Fly

Keep your eyes open. I may fly… May Fly It may Knot be A generation Beached It may Be just A day A serendipitous flap Look in the skies Look before your eyes I may fly

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POEM: Roll…er…Coast…er – Owed to Trump Tariff Wore

Trump tariffs have chaotically bounced around from the highest in a century to the highest in a century. The biggest tax increase in U.S. history is parently the new Republican ideal. This poem is a tribute to this taxing chaos: … Continue reading

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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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POEM: The Fewed

Fear not, wee are the many. The Fewed Wee are the many They are the few And the fewed creeps forward As the few centralize power Wee gather everywhere Wee join arms Arms that cannot be defeated Weather by force … Continue reading

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POEM: No How

This poem is about the tragedy of applying great human know-how to war. No How How fright Fully billed War ships Fighter jets Arms of every sort As craft As fly As crack aims As wreckin’ as kill As wack … 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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Expectant Parents, New Baby POEM: Due, The Math

Here is a poem of expectant parents, especially first-time parents. If this is a current reality, a future dream, or a long a go memory, this is a Mother’s Day poem of sorts. Due, The Math When you have met … 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: Life Shows Up

Life is the miracle awe around us.  All we have to pay is attention. Life Shows Up Mother Earth roots And sun kisses The flower makes scents With neither yes nor nose The chemistry of life Shows up Out of … Continue reading

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POEM: Genocide Heirs

I can see how people find opposing all wars as problematic, and see situations where they would organize mass killings of their enemies. Frankly, from an international law and human rights perspective, I think that it is impossible in practice … 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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POEM: Ever Lusting Foolishness

Consumption kills. Ever Lusting Foolishness I am acutely a ware Of that chronic foolishness That swarming our planet A product of consumption And awe that passes As wise guise

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POEM: What Kind?

We reap what we sow. What Kind? My neighbor planted a seed I asked him what kind it was He simply said “Look for its fruit” Each year I posed The same question His answer was always The same After … Continue reading

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