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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: Free Judgment Zone Out
I see judgment free zones. It’s kind, of a sixth sense. Free Judgment Zone Out I wince herd Entreat me as a dog “Free judgment” And what due I hear My squirrelly years And dyslexic soul “Judgment free”
POEM: Achilles’ Heel
Knocking things down is always easier than building things up, weather it’s a two-year-old or a second term of a president (if you can tell the difference). Still, even amidst wanton destruction, building things up is ever important. Being obsessed … Continue reading
POEM: The Ugly American
Uugghh-ly!!! The Ugly American The ugly American Has broken Its mirror Reflection Of values helled Over generations Of good will Like shuttering glasses Half fool Half empty Making no deference To who is questioning The fare-est of them all As … Continue reading
POEM: Bully Silence
When effacing the unspeakable… Bully Silence I was bullied Into silence And it was hear That I found myself Listing to trembling voices And leveled By that still, small voice A priceless stash of courage More than a mountain of … Continue reading
POEM: God’s Will?
Who can say? I’ve awe ready placed my abets. Bettor too due. God’s Will? How due you know It’s God’s will Someone said God is dead And I read it somewhere There is know God Awe the same It’s a … Continue reading
POEM: Razing Up the Unbelievable
Sometimes you have to dig deep to find them gems… Razing Up the Unbelievable Bared at the source Of awe being Is the treasure of awe treasures Deeper than any earthly mantle Gems among gems among gems And sow on … Continue reading
POEM: So So Long
I suspect that if we are scared into simply protecting what we have, then we will lose much more than if we are all in fighting for everything we want. It’s awe in the risk. So So Long They We’re … Continue reading
POEM: The Odds Rising
Be the change you want to see, oh beautiful unicorns and unifying characters. The Odds Rising They were wading For others Too due What Make the whirled A bettor place A casi no Of felt safety As others razed Only … Continue reading
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Tagged Conscience, Risk
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POEM: Writing as a Righting Instrument
“Ride on”, says Top Pun, even as hoarse. Writing as a Righting Instrument There are rights There are wrongs There is right and wrong There are rights wronged There are wrongs righted Write de-ployed rightly Is a righting instrument Illustrated … Continue reading
POEM: Who Polices Who – Owed to Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione is the suspect in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the death penalty. If nothing else, America seems good at killing. Of coarse, the sensational nature of this killing … Continue reading
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POEM: Just Encase
On occasion, I might preface a statement with “all other things being equal,” I believe this or that. I find this is a profound limitation on any statement, since in real life all other things are never equal. This seemingly … Continue reading
POEM: That Huge White Wail
A poem for when grievance politics meets white supremacy. That Huge White Wail They glowered That wince They once possessed Would never be their own The largesse Of a great society Had made them The hugesse victims e’er That huge … Continue reading
POEM: Clothes Enough
Ravenous greed increasingly doesn’t even bother to put on the traditional sheep’s clothing. Of coarse, razing the notion that greed is good still needs to be pointed out heartily. Clothes Enough “Beware of wolves in wolves’ clothing” They wore their … Continue reading
POEM: Disarming Honesty
Honesty does not require brutality. Disarming Honesty Heed consider it Disarming honesty Lopping off limbs As might right and left As dead would In there vary own forced Never as well Received Rather in loo The aftermath Winsome loose sum … Continue reading
POEM: What Makes?
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman I see that which is truly productive as rooted in … Continue reading
POEM: The Joke is on US
Here is the April Fool’s Day poem for this year… The Joke is on US Until more notice April Fool’s Day Will be X tended In definitely Without end Accept Its many means Enriching the rich Representing the national deficit … Continue reading
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POEM: Its The Economy Stooped
I wrote this poem last year and I hadn’t published it yet. For better or worse, the poem is still timely and timeless. Its The Economy Stooped Hey homies Welcome to the hows Of whining elections Know madder how many … Continue reading
POEM: Little Feat
This poem was inspired by the Oval Office press conference Elon Musk dominated as co-president, with his little kids, X and Donnie Trump, fidgeting as Elon droned on. Of course, a South African immigrant in the White House seamed a … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Apartheid, Genocide, Immigration, President, Racism, Rich, Slavery
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POEM: Something Has To Give
Giving my take on give and take, taken in bye a take, take, take whirled. Something Has To Give Living in A whirled Of take, take, take Taken in Something has to give As dam lessens Open the flood gaits … Continue reading
POEMS: On the Wrings of a Dove
What is the sound of a coup of a dove? No arms flapping. On the Wrings of a Dove We rise On that warming Of clear and present Things to come Arising On Those heir currents Of turbulent resistance And … Continue reading