Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: A Rested Development

A sabbath never spent… A Rested Development For the blessed many Take the sabbath off Accept fore me The sabbath is on Riding poetry Awe day long Just the same Do not read Into it Fret not form me This … Continue reading

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POEM: Ship Happens

May you harbor good feelings… Ship Happens It’s awe ways now Some wear Though not hear Life is afar A weigh As untouchable And just As I can’t sea Ship happens And once amor Cared a way

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POEM: God Necked

I am necked be for God… God Necked He souled himself The rope to hang Buy knowledge No’in by awe Allot of science And a byte-size art Bequeathing him A faith worse than death Larger than life undone An unfathomable … Continue reading

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POEM: Reveres Bargaining

This poem is a meditation on generosity. The title is an allusion to my practice of “reverse bargaining.” My favorite example is when I was tabling, selling buttons, at a large event. Of course, I made weigh too many buttons … Continue reading

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POEM: Star Children

Are we soully star dust? Star Children They expressed matter Of factly That they were Star dust As in choir Are you Sirius? Still, quiet ponder us We made note The twinkle in their I And undeniable dark background They … Continue reading

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POEM: Arming Up, Surrendering to What?

This poem was inspired by a friend, a confirmed liberal, who is considering buying a gun to prepare for a potential civil war. This poem is a meditation on such epic choices. Gandhi viewed cowardice and fear as the real … Continue reading

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POEM: A Pacifist Incense Ability

“Being a pacifist between wars is as easy as being a vegetarian between meals.” –Ammon Hennacy A Pacifist Incense Ability I am too A pacifist She proffered Sow confidently When only a madder of instance later She uddered allowed THIS … Continue reading

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POEM: The True Meaning of a Hill of Beings

Our solidarity with one another, awe others, is the measure of our being… The True Meaning of a Hill of Beings The high maintenance folks Were sent back To first class Fore a remedial steak in reality To yearn What … Continue reading

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POEM: Hammered

Hammered “If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” –Abraham Maslow They claimed to no The fascist way to what They want Winning at all accosts Won tool to rule them all Pounding … Continue reading

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POEM: Well, Come Homme

God welcomes the pour…of spirit… Well, Come Homme God souled Awe that God possessed To the pour of spirit Like heir That we breathe Living with abandon That dusty throne As pawned an eternity a go Having discovered homme-lessness Be … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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