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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: Fallen Reign
The just persist. Fallen Reign The reign fell On the just And the knot sow just And might be What is it A boat As the tide razes all Weather you Noah or not That which bids An olive branch … Continue reading
POEM: The Future, The Passed
Here is a poem about the future, with two competing views; one anchored in both antiquity and eternity, multigenerational — the long view; versus another, characterized by the 30-second ad, 24-hour news cycle, and quarterly earnings reports — the short … Continue reading
POEM: Your Fired
Here is a poem in honor of COP 29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference happening now. The usual suspects, including a fossil-fuel friendly chair and a slew of fossil fuel lobbyists, will fiddle while Rome and all distant provinces … Continue reading
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POEM: I’ll Have a Side of History
In these somewhat psychotic days, some may be tempted to believe that we can act outside of history, or ignore it. Still, I suspect that reality will have its way with us. This may lead to the inertia of history … Continue reading
POEM: Bred of Life
A short poem to remind us that awe is not lost. Bred of Life Eternity calls In every moment most kneaded Bred for ever and ever Flower and sweetness Salty tears Water yielding to life In tending The yeast of … Continue reading
POEM: Scorpions in a Bottle
One small hope in the unfolding Trump regime is that the off-the-charts power-mongering and corruption will result in minions behaving like scorpions in a bottle, turning on one another, perhaps degrading their degrading schemes. Scorpions in a Bottle The ultimate … Continue reading
POEM: Icarus Flies — The Gathering
The myth of Icarus is one of hubris. Icarus fashions wings of feathers and wax and flies toward the sun. Untoward to him, the sun melts his wings and he plunges back to earth –for a new sort of flies… … Continue reading
POEM: Healing Fire
Love is bigger than hate. Healing Fire I am naught Created by my enemies The most fateful of lessens I am awe In the presents Of my One True Friend My soul in large A journey to love true That … Continue reading
POEM: Net Zeroed
A little Monty Python for a Monday mourning… Net Zeroed “We come from nothing, we are going back to nothing — In the end what have we lost? Nothing!” ― Monty Python I was down As a madder of fact … Continue reading
POEM: Showing Up
We are each a bit of magic forming the future, a collective world that much better. Showing Up I am Just A walking and talking Peace of meet Know magic To see Hear Awe those who have years Here Show … Continue reading
POEM: Taking, Their Q
Election day — so it begins. One last, hopefully last, poem about Trump, his lies and conspiracy rants, and his self-fulfilling profits. Taking, Their Q They took their Q From a toxic waste dump Of conspiracy theories Truth bastardized and … Continue reading
POEM: King of the Hill
I wanted to post this before the election was complete — however long that may be. The reference to Biden reveals how long ago I wrote this poem. Still, I am cursed with timely and timeless themes, so…this could apply … Continue reading
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POEM: Go Figure — Owed to Haunting Season
Here is a Halloween poem. This poem is an eerie, haunting meditation on imminent death, specifically, at the hands of a deathly force. For some time, I have had this image of someone taking my life and my last words … Continue reading
POEM: Wiled Fires
Wild fire smoke plumes are still messing up our air quality. Unfortunately, with asthma, I pay a lot of attention to such things. Check out the air quality yourself at: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Toledo&state=OH&country=USA (set for Toledo). Of course, I have a poem … Continue reading
POEM: Progress
If continuing consumerism is our notion of progress, then carrion and on… Progress Progress is An allusion To something ails Bought ensouled Re: store As you whir
POEM: Fratricide
In case you didn’t no, fratricide is the killing of one’s brother, or sister, or any member of won’s own, such as children of God. O Israel, do not bring a bout a hollowed future echoing with grief. Fratricide We … Continue reading
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POEM: Relieved of the Magic of Cynicism
Most people are skeptical of something coming out of nowhere — no surprise there. However, many people overlook the commonly cynical view that much of what we do disappears into nothing, makes no difference. Perhaps dispelling this cynical magic would … Continue reading
POEM: Owner Us
Lots of great stuff in the lost and found, though sometimes we don’t even check it out… Owner Us Lost: One humanity Return to Owner Us
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POEM: In Summer-y
A poem for a summer-y Fall day… In Summer-y The springs are increasingly summer-y The falls are increasingly summer-y And long last the summers are Increasingly summer-y In summer-y We’ve been warmed
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POEM: Re fooling
As climate chaos ravages our one and only home, many are still mostly worried about gas prices and refueling… Re fooling Gaming on Saving the planet was Up to US And he was speeding down The high way Rushing to … Continue reading