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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: Fool Time Job
Resistance is a vocation. Fool Time Job Keeping my humanity Is a fool time job As the wise guise Run with the mob And the boss is always right Far right Preternatural pros and cons If you get the grift … Continue reading
POEM: Meet Grinder
When the resistance meets the meat grinder… Meet Grinder What is a free man Too due In efface of injustice As the unstoppable Metes an immovable farce Beating that conundrum Surpassing awe That we ever new Every faux vanquished As … Continue reading
POEM: Where Do I Find Myself?
Where Do I Find Myself? Wear due I fine My self A good heart he laugh Laughter is good medicine, good for heart and soul. I find the light-heartedness of humor the touchstone of my soul. Years ago, I took … Continue reading
POEM: Leap Frog
Not surprisingly, if a frog falls into hot water, it will jump out. Perhaps surprisingly, if a frog is in water that is slowly heated, it will not jump out even if it is boiled. As a nation, we are … Continue reading
POEM: Razing Money
As we formally move into the oligarchic era, my lifetime project of valuing humanity over money continues… Razing Money My whole life Has been Trying To raze money For humanity
The mountaintop, in portions made human
On this MLK Day, I am reminded of his “mountaintop” speech delivered the night before he was assassinated. I used this “mountaintop” reference in my poem, BUCKET BRIGADE – Owed to Karen Krause, written for a friend who died in … Continue reading
POEM: Inaugural Be Rating
I have no need to wait for tomorrow’s bloviation. Inaugural Be Rating A tyrant who rhymes with orange As a bully pulp it A caca phony Of coinages And doing his deed The highest doody In the king dumb Bye … Continue reading
POEM: Allah Mode
Some may see God as unnecessary in their search for meaning. I like my spirituality Allah mode. Allah Mode There is plenty Of human kind That lives without God of any owed understanding I AM Never the less Still Quiet … Continue reading
POEM: General Li Wong
This poem is based on a Zen story where a conquering general sweeps through towns, and people, like a sword through water. The general eventually comes upon a soul monk practicing a meditative prayer. The general announces himself, “Do you … Continue reading
POEM: Rooting for Success
A poem honoring the fact that Mother Earth is the source of our wealth. Rooting for Success You may have herd Financial advisors claim Diversification is the key To long term success If only The planet could add This to … Continue reading
POEMS: Times Cherished
Whatever your life is, may it be times cherished, that is, X cherished, multiplying awe that is good. Times Cherished Once in a wile, I talk the talk Every sow often, I walk the walk Not with standing The times … Continue reading
POEM: Burned
Here is a poem about a life full of flocking phoenixes. I wrote this a while back, but it is eerily apropos, and perhaps hopeful, considering the inferno devastating Los Angeles. May mutual aid win the daze ahead. Burned I … Continue reading
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POEM: Libertarian High Weighs
Libertarianism can be self-limiting in many weighs… Libertarian High Weighs My way or the highway Except the highway We don’t do public works projects
POEM: Obliged
Reality gives feedback. If we humans find ourselves stubbornly living outside natural limits, Mother Earth is obliged to complete our will. Obliged Mother Earth obliges The will Of the human race Allowing us To finish First A cross The finish … Continue reading
POEM: Mystic Ink 2.0 (to point: oh!)
As I have moved into retirement, I noticed on my facebook profile that my “employment” was outmoded. So, I have created a new busyness: Mystic Ink 2.0 (to point: oh!). As a little background, in 2011, I decided to write … Continue reading
POEM: Courting Civil Disobedience
One of the things that I would like to do in this new year is organize my life in such as way that I can commit civil disobedience and risk jail time while minimizing the destructive effect on other parts … Continue reading
POEM: The Purpose of Life
Here is a VERY short poem for the holy days. This poem is a tip of the hat to my favorite commentary on prayer from the poet and mystic, Meister Eckhart: “If there were but one prayer, ‘thanks’ would suffice.” … Continue reading
POEM: Empty Page
The best criteria that I have come across for keeping a poem is whether it improves upon silence. Here is a poem on that theme. Feel free to read it silently… Empty Page The messenger delivered I am Caught short … Continue reading
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POEM: An Other – Language
Some have noted that you need to speak a different language to understand my poetry. Here is a poem on that theme: An Other: Language He tolled it Like it is With respect to my write mined You knead to … Continue reading
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POEM: Suicidal?
This poem goes out to all of those whose recognition of climate existential crises is met with denial and minimalizing: Suicidal? Why due you Home in On Mother Earth And existential cry seas Passably reckoning sow You know weigh too … Continue reading