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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: Promissory Note
Those with much have a responsibility to those with less… Promissory Note America has defaulted on its promissory note — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the … Continue reading
POEM: That Darn Stitch – Owed to Cautionary Tales
This poem has me, in stitches… That Darn Stitch – Owed to Cautionary Tales Sew Fore sum reason I can’t seam To figure out That soul thread That knits us together Is bettor apprehended By cautionary tales Be helled Then … Continue reading
POEM: Awe Ready Now
This a playful poem about how each of us should be appropriately comfortable and uncomfortable with our understanding of a higher power, or know God at awe… Awe Ready Now I awe ready Halve A cherished relationship With my God … Continue reading
POEM: Cached For Awe
Cached For Awe Only in discriminating Slaves of violence Helped me find My master peace My life wholly taken Buy worthless scrip Redeemed fore such magnificent plays Of grace And other unmeritorious victories Cached for awe That won could ever … Continue reading
POEM: Vegan?
Here is a funny poem about my aspirational veganism… Vegan? They asked the fated quest in Why are you a vegan? Well, as a recovering nutritional fascist I try to be a hospitalitarian Eating whatever someone offers me Butt The … Continue reading
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POEM: Nobodies Calling
We can be alone in a crowd. We can desperately want to be an “influencer.” We can get lost in the future or the passed. We can feel disconnected from a higher power. We “nobodies” should get together… Nobodies Calling … Continue reading
POEM: Antifa – Owed to Anti-Fascists
The Fascist-in-chief Donald Trump posted that he will designate Antifa as a “major terrorist organization,” despite the fact that Antifa is a movement, at best, simply signifying, “anti-fascism,” and lacks a distinct leader, membership list, or structure. Such farcical social … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fascist, anti-Trump, Antifa, Donald Trump, Fascism
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POEM: The Accost of Free Speech is Going, Up — Owed to Jimmy Kimmel
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” has been pulled off the air “indefinitely” by ABC. The offending material: Kimmel said during his opening monologue, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who … Continue reading
POEM: Don’t Yuck Another’s Yum
As we awe have different tastes… Don’t Yuck Another’s Yum An imminently practical Maxim yum of life Is don’t yuck another’s yum As savor from bad taste Just keep it Too yourself Though time, and time, and time again My … Continue reading
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POEM: Nothing Stranger, Then Enemy
I find the greatest and most practical challenge, as well as spiritual practice, is to love one’s enemies. I find this challenge as the most mine stretching, art enlarging, and soul in lightning discipline that I have undertaken. In practical … Continue reading
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POEM: Strengthen Weakness
There is an inescapable Yin and Yang in life. Our personal strengths and weaknesses are a powerful example of this… Strengthen Weakness It’s awe Greek to me That beautiful Symmetry My greatest strength Is my grate-est weakness And vice verse … Continue reading
POEM: Comfortable
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, decided early in life how much he needed to live on, and for the rest of his life gave away anything more than that. I see this as one of his most practical manifestations … Continue reading
POEM: Dis Illusioned
Getting rid of our illusions seems to be one of our most vital tasks, yet I have not yet met another person who welcomes becoming disillusioned… Dis Illusioned I’ve only ever herd Disillusionment as Sum thing To be voided As … Continue reading
POEM: Mirror Crack in the Wall
There are tectonic forces at work. Sometimes you just, have to wait for it… Mirror Crack in the Wall “There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” –Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” The whirled was frayed … Continue reading
POEM: Pour Communication
I prefer to err on the side of too much information in a relationship. I would rather sort out too much information than too little… Pour Communication “Communication assures nothing.” Communication Sure’s nothing Con fused with prose Reserved for every … Continue reading
POEM: Sick Sense
There is more than one way to be dead, or mortified by dread, especially if you don’t see your own deadness, dreadness… Sick Sense “I see dead people.” — from the movie, Sixth Sense She was diagnosed As pre-morbid Fixated … Continue reading
POEM: Peek Blindness
Power and hubris live in the same hood… Peek Blindness He was at the peek Of his power Curtains Blowing in the wind Pain no tension To that behind Ass you were Get wile You can Throne his hat In … Continue reading
POEM: The Free Market
After being slapped up for a wile buy the “free market,” many realize that the “free” market is far from free, and closer to accostly… The Free Market Who has the means Too afford The free market Wanting won’s sweat … Continue reading
POEM: Raggedy And
Raggedy And Rumors had it I was a bit Theatrical A bit ragged Being subjected Too sum type Of puppet master A mirror caricature of the creator And if true My edges frayed Garb worn God treats me As raggedy … Continue reading
POEM: Stationery Mode
The reason I don’t get out that much… Stationery Mode I am Holy still Quiet petrified That a singular movement Would unleash a symphony Of words A cascade of ideas A tsunami of visions Beyond any thing I ever metaphor … Continue reading