Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: Back to Me

Mother Earth is calling us home. Let that call be a family reunion, not a funeral. Back to Me Sow little A tension As I feed The globe In circling awe You whack me I grow deeper roots You withhold … Continue reading

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POEM: Awe That Meters

There is a poetry to life… Awe That Meters He took The bitter With the sweet Given That witch is life Sow trying To beat it That conundrum Hope Against hope Soully too fine Awe that meters

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POEM: The Tell — Pariah States

The indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcomed by Trump and both congressional Republicans and Democrats, rather than arresting him under international law. Netanyahu in Orwellian fashion nominates Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic). The bromance … Continue reading

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POEM: Know Business Like Slow Business

Know Business Like Slow Business There’s no business like slow business Like know busyness I no

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POEM: Not Minding

It’s amazing how much you can learn by just paying attention. Still, the trick seems to be letting go of that which I cannot control  — a mere 99.999999999% of what happens. Not Minding “I don’t mind what happens.” — … Continue reading

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POEM: Oh My, Myopia

I have a gift for systematic thinking and pattern recognition. I delight in connecting the dots between the infinitely connected aspects of the universe. Everything reminds me of everything else. I am an Olympic figure-out-erer — rank amateur status only … Continue reading

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POEM: Wanting Equity

I am intrigued by the difference between equality and equity. I believe that we ARE equal as humans and all human rights spring from this. I see equity as when human rights are manifest equally across humanity. We ARE equal. … Continue reading

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POEM: Miss Deeds Pageant

Donald Trump’s rampant rapaciousness disqualifies him for anything but VICE president. Miss Deeds Pageant He showed up Too judge The miss deeds pageant As a reel state developer And a premier predator Behind the seeings His rapacious hands did most … Continue reading

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POEM: BB for Brayin’s — Owed to Trump and Bibi

After the kommandant-in-chief used bunker busters bombs to war on Iran and make his play for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic), The Don floats another meaningless peace proposal that is unacceptable to warmonger Bibi Netanyahu and offers no lasting end … Continue reading

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POEM: Serfin’ USA

With austerity for the poor and tax cuts for the rich, there will be serf cities all a cross America — Serfin’ USA! The broligarchs will make US their beach, boys… Serfin’ USA Fund, fund, fund in the sun Like … Continue reading

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POEM: What Counts

What Counts I was deeply engrossed A dozin’ dozin’ times over Rapt up In what counts When near buy A poaching me Sum numb-er crunchers Such shadowy figures Their own Singing appraise What counts What lords Baron down on me … Continue reading

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POEM: Rabbit Whole

As the greatly underappreciated theologian Elmer Fudd so eloquently stated, “I’ve gone down the wascally wabbit whole.” Rabbit Whole God is a rascally rabbit And I AM Down with that whole Saved by a hare Like the heir I breathe … Continue reading

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POEM: Sing Sing Birds Uncaged

An early Sunday morning poem that didn’t exist an hour ago…yet has existed since the beginning of time… Sing Sing Birds Uncaged Sing birds At the end of night At the brake of daze And drowsy dreams A language few … Continue reading

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POEM: Jeff Bezos Wedding Abet

Poetry has been shorted. Jeff Bezos Wedding Abet Celebrities descend Up on Venice This is not a poem

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POEM: Abysmal Futures

Rise up! Let us meet hate with love, violence with nonviolent resistance, austerity with bold generosity, divisive demagoguery with unbroken solidarity. Let’s dig deep… Abysmal Futures Construction is up In those special places In hell But for the time being … Continue reading

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POEM: Political Hotdogging

Grifting demagogues like Donald Trump assume that they can bloviate, bluff and bully out of any situation. This is the junk food of politics… Political Hotdogging There is no topping Their political hotdogging Their soul relish Nixin’ constitutional muster Foreswearing … Continue reading

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POEM: Is It A Bout Time?

Time for a poem about time… Is It A Bout Time? Tic tock Tic tock Until only a tic Or only a tock Ticking the tic Tocking the tock Weather faster Or slower Weather minute minutes Or magic moments Daze … Continue reading

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POEM: Mission Creep

Character is destiny. Donald Trump is a bully threw and threw. He is the mission creep. Mission Creep From his political berth Down with The escalator of hate A crooked real state barren Suffering from a military-industrial complex Making questionable … Continue reading

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POEM: Hear, We Go

As peace through strength breaks out in the middle east, here is a poem about the seemingly inexorable escalation of war: Hear, We Go Strongmen every war A ledge Peace threw Strength Braking out In the middle east Yet another … Continue reading

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POEM: How Ever War is Borne

I wrote this anti-war poem quite a while ago. Unfortunately, hour capacity to ignore timeless wisdom is leading US to hellish foolishness wince again… How Ever War is Borne No won ever Reckons the lies From wince War is begat … Continue reading

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