Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: Waist, A Way

Does it take a genus of humanity to knot see that the besieged, homeless, bombed, Palestinians undergoing genocide are the oppressed not the oppressors? A vain quest for absolute security is no justification for genocide. A starving child in Gaza … Continue reading

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POEM: Hi Ways and Bye Weighs

The path to destruction is wide. The path to enlightenment is expansive. The won is bullied. The other is invited. Hi Ways and Bye Weighs They didn’t have to be Drug there They were well trafficked On the highway to … Continue reading

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POEM: Fair, Oh, Fare, O Israel

The state of Israel is masterful at blowing up any peace on the table. This time literally. Having bombed Hamas peace negotiators in Qatar, the world wince agin secures the genocide. The state of Israel serves as the modern pharaoh … Continue reading

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POEM: Bequeathing Dreams

Dream dreamers. Keep dreams live. Bequeathing Dreams I believe Every dream That I’ve ever herd I will Keep them Alive Curious though The thing is I am Only alive When keeping them Sow I will

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POEM: Gerrymandered Square

I have been maddened and disappointed in the race to gerrymandering fought by racing to more gerrymandering. Wile this may seem shrewd to sum, I see this tempt to make the nation “equally unfair” everywhere as a way of securing … Continue reading

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POEM: The Time of Hour Life

Buy what unit might we measure our life… The Time of Hour Life “525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes – how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In … Continue reading

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POEM: Ever Agin

Death touches us in many ways; yet, there are ways in which death cannot touch us… Ever Agin Sun shining Wile the reign pooring A sign for awe time Sow majestically arking A cross the sky So quiet telling That … Continue reading

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POEM: Soul Felony Conviction

Sometimes life calls for convictions… Soul Felony Conviction In my many years Some wear I over herd Oh, he’s a professional peacemaker A paid protester When in truth I am not quiet a pro I am just An ex-con

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POEM: Awe in the Family

Awe in the Family “I don’t think of it as working for world peace, he said. I think of it as just trying to get along in a really big strange family.” – from Unknown to Known I was decades … Continue reading

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POEM: Sacred Cowed

My best moments are when I am awe in… Sacred Cowed As sum what Cowed by life I axed God Too meat me Half weigh In what I thought was A perfectly reasonable bequest And little Did I no As … Continue reading

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POEM: An Indescribable Load of Crop

Patience is the mother of awe virtues, offering a yield that pays off in due time. An Indescribable Load of Crop He grew to learn That awareness sucks That dis comfort Of this ground of mine Being plowed Teaching me … Continue reading

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POEM: Whirled Traveler

Mine, your own, busyness. Whirled Traveler He had long been From the land of helpers With a passport to everywhere unearth Wanted or knot Yet as the daze passed He eventually learned That just Because he could Did not mean … Continue reading

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POEM: Kneading to be Right Sized

Humility asks of us to be neither too big nor too small: right sized. Kneading to be Right Sized He wanted To get passed His shortcomings In awe humility To be right sized To not be too small Kneading to … Continue reading

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POEM: Partial to Heaven

The notion of heaven is a tricky incentive structure… Partial to Heaven The final poll results were in 100% Preferred heaven If possible And 100% Did not Want to go Today Breaking awe Records

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POEM: It’s a Wonder Full Whirled

Life is good. Look for it… It’s a Wonder Full Whirled It’s a wonder full whirled If eye can find myself Centered In the I of the storm A mist Having a cow Flying buy Wondering if Can it be … Continue reading

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POEM: The Plague on Both of Your Hows Is

Sometimes be leaving is seeing… The Plague on Both of Your Hows Is A. hows divided Can ought stand B. leave And C.

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POEM: Holy Obedient

The first quote below, I learned as the epigraph of the book, Let Them Call Me Rebel, a biography of Saul Alinsky, the great American organizer and social activist. The Lao Tzu quote following it make an interesting pairing and … Continue reading

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POEM: Waist, A Way?

Anytime a child starves to death it is a catastrophic moral failure of humanity. Feed Gaza. End the genocide. Free Palestine. Waist, A Way? “I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life … Continue reading

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POEM: F ‘n A

I am concerned about real obscenities afar amor than mere words… F ‘n A Drop an A-bomb And you are both The pinnacle and foundation of civilization Drop an F-bomb And you are a moral threat As if Only won … Continue reading

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POEM: Maiden America, In a Sense Lost

Maiden America, In a Sense Lost Her job was attired won Cloaked in innocence Vested buy lyin’s of national pride She made sheep’s clothes For exporting wolves Trading worlds and souls Wear global metes loco As winners make losers Having … Continue reading

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