Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings

Political Philosophy Writings

POEM: Fashionable Climate

The environment is not infinitely malleable. May we each treasure our mother… Fashionable Climate Soon and vary soon The climate of Toledo Will be Bequeathed The climate of the deep south in 1950 In a madder of generations How becoming … Continue reading

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POEM: Pin Money, On Me

Pin Money, On Me Rich folks don’t no The value of money Too much Stuff buying Versus those Who know the slight Of scratch In sufficient For their itch The exacting accost And the dear prys of things That soul … Continue reading

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POEM: Post Traumatic Stressed Is Order

As people are freely abducted by masked, unmarked federal agents; soldiers police American cities; and the U.S. ruthlessly backs genocide in Gaza, cruelty and bullying is the point. Perhaps America was great when merely sociopathic, rather than sadistic.  This cruel … Continue reading

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POEM: Slap Shtick

It’s funny how poems strike when I don’t expect it… Slap Shtick I am Just Going A bout My day When awe of the sudden Taken aback Hand of God As a poem is borne Wake up, sleepy ahead! In … Continue reading

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POEM: A PARE OF POEMS, Due You Halve the Time? AND Weight Lessness

A pair of poems. Wait, for it. A PARE OF POEMS Due You Halve the Time? Does any won Know one Who has time That doesn’t Work us Over Or threw us Rather as sum kind Of magical spell A … Continue reading

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PORM: Quantity Knot Quality

  Quantity Knot Quality “Don’t expect fruit from a thorn bush, especially from allot of thorn bushes.” He did knot real he Have much Satisfaction With the quality of his life Abut What he wanted Too focus on Was the … Continue reading

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POEM: What, He New

This poem is a reflection on the phenomenon of believing is seeing. Life changes every moment and we tend to see that which we believe, good or bad. This poem starts with hope, ever present and new, but gets stuck … Continue reading

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POEM: Pennies on The Dollar

Pennies on The Dollar There is an owed joke What is a tithe? A good start God wanting Awe of us As THE commandment grate God is one Love the Lord God With ALL of your heart ALL of your … Continue reading

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POEM: Standing With

This poem is in honor of the Resistance and Resilience Fair in Toledo tomorrow, and a reminder that in the long run, we need resilience… Standing With He spent Allot of time On politics He was awe too Familiar with … Continue reading

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POEM: Bringing Family to An Other, Level

Calling awe sibs. Bringing Family to An Other, Level You may have herd It said Family is every thing Low, I tell you Fore God’s children Awe the same Sow says One Family is every one

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POEM: The Gravity of Groundless Assertions

America is flying, high on groundless assertions. The laws of gravity cannot be mocked forever. Next up, some hard realty. The Gravity of Groundless Assertions In conclusion He jumped From plane lies Utterly unsupported That free falling for it Wind … Continue reading

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POEM: Improve Meant

A poet once declared this method for deciding whether to keep a poem: does it improve on silence. Actually, this method could be applied to LOTS of things… Improve Meant He wanted To improve Up on silence And still He … Continue reading

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POEM: Souled by the Pound – Owed to Flippin’ Burgers

Artists are sometimes cowed into spending most of their time on more “useful” things. May we live in days where making art is rewarded at least as much as flipping burgers… Souled by the Pound – Owed to Flippin’ Burgers … Continue reading

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POEM: Dammed Obscenities

Verbal profanities, words, are often simply a mirror reflection of genuine, real-world obscenities. Dammed Obscenities Words madder Of coarse, it’s true Butt sit with this As you under stand Power lessness Makes all the deference As you free that speech … Continue reading

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Under the Influence

Under the Influence When axed Buy capitalism Due you want To be An influencer The quest in As awe weighs Offed Delivering little wading And no second thought Hell, yeah Well, I For one And one for awe Won’t countenance … Continue reading

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POEM: Taking Your Breath Away

REVEALED HERE: The in’s and out’s of life and death. Taking Your Breath Away They lived In that dangerously beautiful Plays Between inspiration and expiration As life never fails To take your breath away

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POEM: Axing For a Friend

Does this apply to me: just asking. Axing For a Friend How ponder US Me and mine feeling Endangered Buy a flailing economy And the whirled’s resources Being taken Off the table Or under Duress Suspecting my enemies Knocking down … Continue reading

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POEM: A Choice Life

I am a big fan of Gandhi’s call to “Be the change you want to see in the world.” I see this as the most basic building block of direct democracy. Plus, this simple precept reflects a seamless blend of … Continue reading

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POEM: Spouting On

Yet another perspective on the glass half full/half empty debate… Spouting On God is spouting On again Off agin Less like a glass half full Amor a firehose Drowning me In blessings

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POEM: Fly, Like a Dove

Giving the whirled the bird… Fly, Like a Dove I fly Like a dove Silent as a breeze With an olive branch In my bill Unspent You can see it In my eyes Look, ma No arms

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