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- POEM: The Hole-y Body Politic
- POEM: Smoking Our Enemies
- POEM: A Tax on Canada – Owed to Smoke ‘em If You Got ‘em
- POEM: Multitudes of Choice
- POEM: Infrastructure Weak
- POEM: Certifiable Sabbath
- POEM: Free, of Conspiring
- POEM: Owed to Uncivil Service
- POEM: Burning Peacemakers Unflaggingly a Cross America
- POEM: Leaves Waving
- POEM: Taken Literally
- POEM: The Drop on Me
- POEM: The Gravity of Centeredness
- POEM: Wading to Ex-hell
- POEM: Sow Lame He Cant Get an Election – Owed to Straight Up Lies
- POEM: Bard from Speaking — Owed to a Passing Grade (If Sow Inclined)
- POEM: Blanche Effacing – Owed to De-nomination of Todd Blanche
- POEM: De-nuding Shame
- POEM: Knot Computing
- POEM: Fit for Doody
- POEM: The Catch
- POEM: Man Machined
- POEM: That Witch Is
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Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings
POEM: The Shape of Water
This poem is a meditation on life being a fluid situation… The Shape of Water It was a fluid situation Matched soully bye That mettle Ground Staring at his naval He was blind at see Taking on water Flailing a … Continue reading
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POEM: Amoral Architecture
Yesterday, a group of eight Toledoans met with the staff of Ohio Senator Jon Husted. This visit was a follow-up from a visit last month where we presented several specific questions to be answered in this visit. There were no … Continue reading
POEM: Monkey Kings
This poem employs an image the pops into my mind concerning our body politic, that is, poop throwing monkeys… Monkey Kings Proud to a fault As they whir Citizens Of sorts abiding In a banana republic Run by poop throne … Continue reading
POEM: No Thy Ideology
I suspect that we are moving into a “black pill” era in America, where deep alienation, learned helplessness, and nihilism corrodes much of ideology of any sort and left-right divides provide less and less explanatory power in our body politic. … Continue reading
POEM: Stiffed by Jello™ — Owed to Dem Boners
The surest abet is congressional Democrats caving… Stiffed by Jello™ — Owed to Dem Boners They went back To what was Their grate-est A word The fallowing mourning To the feeled of battle Soully too learn Their most ghastly lessen … Continue reading
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POEM: Democratic Liter Ship
I wrote this poem quite awhile ago, fully expecting that congressional Democrats would cave in as is traditional. The Senate Democrats have caved after shutting down the government for 39 days; and what did they win? Opening the government they … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Democrat
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POEM: Dealt God’s Hand – Owed to Matthew 6:25-34 [Do not worry]
Do not worry — look more closely… Dealt God’s Hand – Owed to Matthew 6:25-34 [Do not worry] Toward the end As my life plays Out I might have been Strung long As some dare quest in Sew what Thread … Continue reading
POEM: Fare Share
Life isn’t fair — it’s excellent. Please feel free to share… Fare Share Are you happy With your share There is fair And there is fare Then something amor It is a quest in Of heavenly perspectives And pauper attitudes … Continue reading
POEM: Sea Change
Are you the king (or queen) of your own life? If not, who or what has veto power? This poem is a meditation on being the change you want to see in the world… Sea Change What was he posed … Continue reading
POEM: Homeless, Man
Prophetic words can came from unexpected places… Homeless, Man He sat on a concrete couch Overlooking an asphalt river Its banks colonized With big boxes of all sorts And this specific mourning Passers rush bye Caught up in nothing Resembling … Continue reading
POEM: Little Guise
This poem goes out to the little guys, and gals, and “them”… Little Guise A tension Wee the people Too big to fail Will fail And the heir in this will Oligarchs A bout bailed out By US Wile they … Continue reading
POEM: Good God Immigration
Radical hospitality for immigrants, refugees, and neighbors of all kinds is the 80-ton elephant in the Christian branding of Republican party — and that elephant has forgot something… Good God Immigration “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as … Continue reading
POEM: Saddle Light First — Owed to Genocide in Sudan
This poem is based on a striking new pinnacle of inhumanity, the first dead bodies and bloody ground seen from satellite — a grave convergence of the indifference of technology and humans. Saddle Light First — Owed to Genocide in … Continue reading
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POEM: Gaping Whole
I see nonviolence as a lifelong, life-longing invitation to do better. We can awe ways do better. Of coarse, active nonviolence is risky because the whirled is replete with violence of all sorts: for personal or tribal material gain, for … Continue reading
POEM: Wear Are You?
This poem is a tip of the hat to all of the hats we wear. Will the real you stand up… Wear Are You? He war Sow many masks Armor and shields As no thyself Wolves in sheep’s clothing Sheep … Continue reading
POEM: Divided Precisely in Have
Patriarchy’s most exquisite evil is dividing the world precisely in half, creating a divide that runs through every family, community, and nation. It should come as no surprise that the best indicator for the well-being of a nation is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, Feminist, Women
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POEM: Stenographer Pool
I love those days when poetry flows… Stenography Pool God kneads more Peephole in His stenographer pool But what Due I no? Just calling Hymn like I see him
POEM: Put in a Box
Violence is too hubris-ridden, full of juicy justifications, to not reliably rebound. Nonviolence in response to violence calls for great creativity and courage… Put in a Box We have bin Tolled Over and over agin The soul thing Under stand … Continue reading
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POEM: Who Owns the Right
Who Owns the Right They had Made up They’re own That they were Right Aggrieved of whatever left Snowflakes In the winter of their discontent Too educated Fore their own Good as radical terrorists Hardened criminals Or God verboten anti-fascists … Continue reading
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