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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: She Came
She came down the street With such a scowl Such a deep… Well… One-couldn’t-imagine demeanor Her whole body Like a wrecking ball Laying waste To awe before her Everyone’s back to this wall Only hoping To escape The coming wrath … Continue reading
POEM: Rule 161
Rule 161: If trying to avoid death Results in avoiding life You are not avoiding death You are avoiding life Yep, if something results in the opposite of what you intend, then wisdom it ain’t.
POEM: Chrysalis of Security
I shed my chrysalis of security Arising as a butterfly Only then realizing I was not the worm That I appeared I am struck by how the quest for security can easily become a prison. Whether the quest for security … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Compromise, Life, Money, Moral, Poems, Poetry, Prison, Rationalization, Risk, Security, Short Poems, Zero Risk
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POEM: Divine Lover
One day I asked God What is it all about? There was only silence But with the look he gave me We’ve been lovers Ever since
POEM: Worship Here and There
I heard that many people will travel miles To go to church I find so much worship between here and there I rarely make it anymore
POEM: Where Lost Socks Go
The other day I stumbled upon That place where lost socks go And I thought to myself Of course, that makes sense I would love to tell you where it is But then I would have to kill you I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Cliche, Funny, Hell, Love, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Violence
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POEM: Illiteracy
I am illiterate in hundreds of languages And more so of the ones I know not of At least that’s what a little birdie told me Or so I think I’m not really sure of These languages for the birds
POEM: Squandered Life
I have squandered my life On poetry And making love If only I had kept a cleaner house Said no one ever!
POEM: Empty Plates With Dancing Tales
Empty Plates With Dancing Tales A crowd gathers A performer spins A dozen plates on poles Like angels dancing on pinheads How many are possible?! Worthy of a few coins Fore a collection of small bills [Unmarked except by bankers] … Continue reading
POEM: Past, Future, Now
Past, Future, Now Past Future Looking back Looking forward It makes my head spin Except for now And now And now…
POEM: Unfed Just Desserts
Poets are born, die, crushed by writer’s block or a cruel world, and are reborn again and again. The world can be a desert at times, sometimes worse. Yet, as a child, an infant in the arms of a mysterious … Continue reading
POEM: Can God Make A Billboard SO BIG That…
God is bigger than any box or labels we can imagine. I think of those epic movie beginnings where the letters scroll across the whole screen, at most one at a time, so you really have to pay attention to … Continue reading
POEM: Nature’s Guardin’
This poem goes out to all those who showed up on May Day for the groundbreaking of Toledo Occupy the Garden. Nature’s Guardin’ Nature spills From pots unpurchased It knows no law but its own Openly heiring its dirty secrets … Continue reading
POEM: I Suspect
Here is a May Day poem, where metaphysical optimism crashes into empirical skepticism. Will we simply crash and burn? Or, will we rise like a Phoenix from the ashes? Stay tuned… I suspect I suspect God is The greatest Un-detective … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Art, Conundrum, Culture, God, Grace, History, Labor, Law, Life, Love, May Day, Mock, Optimism, Poems, Poetry, Power, Powers that be, Probability, Revolution, Science, Skepticism, Truth
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POEM: Not Unlike Hope
Here is a poem about hope, sometimes on the run, sometimes on the lam. Hope is never lost, and hope often lurks in sometimes unrespectable places. This poem has plenty of puns, hidden jewels, drama, chase scenes, and victorious poetry. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Authorities, Character, Citizens, Civil Disobedience, Heart, Hope, Justice, Ode, Poetry, Police, Protest Poetry, Puns, Short Poems
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POEM: My Heart Breaks Daily
Life is messy. Compassion is messy. Acting in the world in a way that is congruent with one’s broken and breaking heart is a challenge. A challenge to the actor, and a challenge to those in the world witnessing and … Continue reading
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Tagged Authorities, Compassion, Heart, Life, Poetry, Protest Poetry, Short Poems
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POEM: A Mother’s Nature
This poem did not exist a few hours ago. I was interrupted by a thought (captured in the first few lines) and I took the time to jot them down. Seconds turned to hours as the muse is a taskmaster … Continue reading
POEM: O Children of Mother Earth, Arise!
This poem has emanated from my musings about the oil tar sands in Canada. The extraction of these oil tar sands, in some of the most pristine parts of North America, is the largest single scarring of Mother Earth ever … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action
Tagged Addiction, America, Beauty, Children, Greed, Hope, Life, Mother Earth, Musings, Nature, Occupy Toledo, Play, Progress, Resistance, Scarcity, Tar Sands, Toledo, Wealth, Work
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POEM: Chicago Transit Authority and Me – 147 to 4
I recently spent the week in Chicago while my Dad was in the hospital for major surgery. Travelling back and forth from the hospital involved going about 110 blocks on two busses, from the north end of downtown to the … Continue reading
POEM: Universe So Vast
I once asked God Why did you make the universe so vast? What were you possibly thinking? And God said I was kind of hoping To have enough room For all of the poetry yet to be written This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, God, Heart, Job, Life, Mind, Poet, Poetry, Questions, Short Poems, Universe
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