Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings

Political Philosophy Writings

POEM: Make Note of Me, Taking Leave

Here is a funny poem about the peril of being taken literally… Make Note of Me, Taking Leave If I should dis a peer Without a trace This might Licit a thought That I am faking my death Which though … Continue reading

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POEM: Patient Alchemy

In this whirled, in the daze we live in, it seems that expertise madders. This poem is a tip of the hat to expertise and the insightful wisdom contained within those domains of expertise. May we have patient, open minds … Continue reading

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POEM: A Violent Conception

Easy violence is the hardest in the whirled. A Violent Conception As the whirled descended In too violence He helled this conception In his ahead Of adding up To this fall From grays To black and white And read As … Continue reading

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POEM: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME – Owed to Street Protesting

I am a profess-ional. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME – Owed to Street Protesting Check Check Check Hear I stand On a street corner In a see of people Wading for a sign … Continue reading

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POEM: In Neutral

Unquestionably, we are living in times when if we do not vigorously question the many endemic injustices surrounding US and take action to end them, then we are the problem. In Neutral “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, … Continue reading

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POEM: His Soul Problem

Let our souls not cringe! Let us be awe in! His Soul Problem His soul problem Was something too due With his shoo’s He wanted it Awe Yet he was scarred To be taken All in

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POEM: Helled Countable

Without cooperation life would not be worth living — this is our standard of living… Helled Countable They went down Fore the count 10 to be exacting As is customary A column bind Of wins and losses And draws Us … Continue reading

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POEM: The Enema’s Within

This poem is a dose of pushing back on the Trump regime’s deployment of masked secret police and increasing militarization of policing in our ledged democracy… The Enema’s Within They talked shit A bout The left And those who haven’t … Continue reading

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POEM: Bad Guise

In case those masked cops rounding up people in the streets were fretting over who might be coming for them, it’s just us… Bad Guise You may have herd Cops need masks To protect themselves from the people Posed bad … Continue reading

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POEM: The Straw Dint (Notably Possessive)

This poem emerged from the image of a flurry of potential “last straws” as in “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” This poem parlay’s the resilience of camels in the desert as a metaphor of resilience for us in … Continue reading

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POEM: Superlative Power

A poem about The Don, the grift, the superpower… Superlative Power His superpower was Low expectations Razed to absurd levels Then giving you The lyin’s share Of what wasn’t there In first plays And the lessen Don’t look A grift … Continue reading

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POEM: Revolution-airy

Earth is our ultimate revolution… Revolution-airy “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” –Emma Goldman In this whirled Of human unkind Nevertheless Mother Earth spins Up on her axes On a roll Of celestial … Continue reading

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POEM: Warrin’ Piece – Not the Novel

Holy imagination, Batman! I found peace. It’s awe ways, the last place you look… Warrin’ Piece – Not the Novel “Hate is the udder lack, of imagination.” There is a piece Incite of him That passeth awe Under standing It’s … Continue reading

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POEM: Poisoned, Well, Being

Poisoned, Well, Being We thought buy being The strongest of allot A mass of power Every won posed Could not with stand The gravity of hour rein On just and unjust Weal wrest on hole some Little did we no … Continue reading

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POEM: First Responders Knot

A poem for the actual first responders, prevention workers of awe kinds. NOTE: If you are not named specifically, we know that you are used to it… First Responders Knot A shooting A heart attack A suicide A drunken wreck … Continue reading

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POEM: National-est of Awe

I’m not much of a nationalist, but… National-est of Awe I am knot much of a citizen Of most any nation Accept possibly The imagi-nation Plus If I were too dwell Anywhere fore too long I would in habit That … Continue reading

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POEM: Ship Happens

May you harbor good feelings… Ship Happens It’s awe ways now Some wear Though not hear Life is afar A weigh As untouchable And just As I can’t sea Ship happens And once amor Cared a way

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POEM: God Necked

I am necked be for God… God Necked He souled himself The rope to hang Buy knowledge No’in by awe Allot of science And a byte-size art Bequeathing him A faith worse than death Larger than life undone An unfathomable … Continue reading

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POEM: Reveres Bargaining

This poem is a meditation on generosity. The title is an allusion to my practice of “reverse bargaining.” My favorite example is when I was tabling, selling buttons, at a large event. Of course, I made weigh too many buttons … Continue reading

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POEM: Star Children

Are we soully star dust? Star Children They expressed matter Of factly That they were Star dust As in choir Are you Sirius? Still, quiet ponder us We made note The twinkle in their I And undeniable dark background They … Continue reading

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