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Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings
POEM: Box-ers
Box-ers There are box-ers Who are liable Round After round After round Too box you up Don’t swallow that red punch No madder The jeers and cheers Vacate their premises Having Gotten Through won’s head Privy to the inestimable can … Continue reading
POEM: Trump Dump
In the 1980’s we came to terms with “greed is good.” Now, pop political science seems enamored with “disruption is good.” I suspect this has more to do with the laziness and ease of knocking stuff down rather than building … Continue reading
POEM: Sporting Won an Other
Weapons offer little solace to anger, fear, grievance, and hate. Sporting Won an Other He had An insufferable traction To the blind As long as he wanted Looking cross All that He be helled And regarding his aim A shotgun … Continue reading
POEM: Coincidence – I Think Not
I see “random” as the most incoherent concept ever. I find “random” as the pinnacle of believing in nothing rather than anything at all. This poem is a parody of this pet peeve of mine: Coincidence – I Think Not … Continue reading
POEM: Crack a Diction
This poem is about my beauteous experience writing poetry that most people do not understand or do not have an interest in trying to understand — definitely a diction. Crack a Diction Eye harbor A diction To crack In time … Continue reading
POEM: Eye the God of War
Looks like violence begets violence. Tanks allot for that vicious cycle. Eye the God of War “An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and toothless.” Eye created enemies Eye alone Have the doody To destroy … Continue reading
POEM: Wait for It
I often see patience as the mother of all virtues, though waiting can really suck! I find that trying to suck the most out of each and every moment helps a lot to pass the time wading for my larger-than-life … Continue reading
POEM: Post, Post, Post Modern
This poem deals with the theme of our increasingly virtual lives and the increasing challenge of what is close enough to reality to pass as a humane reality. Post, Post, Post Modern They had Graduated from that small, small world … Continue reading
POEM: Overdid
I try to err on the side of hope. Please pardon my enthusiasm. Overdid YES That is true In sum regards I overdid it I certainly hope Sow
POEM: Making Note
Often it takes time in life for things to sort out. I love being surprised with 20/20 hindsight and insights that make melodic sense after the fact. Like Kierkegaard infamously stated: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must … Continue reading
POEM: May Fly
Keep your eyes open. I may fly… May Fly It may Knot be A generation Beached It may Be just A day A serendipitous flap Look in the skies Look before your eyes I may fly
POEM: Roll…er…Coast…er – Owed to Trump Tariff Wore
Trump tariffs have chaotically bounced around from the highest in a century to the highest in a century. The biggest tax increase in U.S. history is parently the new Republican ideal. This poem is a tribute to this taxing chaos: … Continue reading
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POEM: Acquit My Jōb
When I quit my “regular” job two decades ago, I totally underestimated the quantum leap in my quality of life. Even with poverty-level earnings for decades, and that first decade with no health insurance, I felt that I won the … Continue reading
POEM: Missing an I
I would love to save the world. Fortunately, this does not depend on me alone. I want to join movements with others who savor justice, joy, and love. Here is a poem on this theme: Missing an I Hear I … Continue reading
POEM: Ambitions Sunk
This dude abides, as life is awesome and awe full awe of the time. Ambitions Sunk My ambitions are sunk In the firmaments of the universe And whatever verses arise Yea, no madder what versus This whirled stirs Nay, I … Continue reading
POEM: The Fewed
Fear not, wee are the many. The Fewed Wee are the many They are the few And the fewed creeps forward As the few centralize power Wee gather everywhere Wee join arms Arms that cannot be defeated Weather by force … Continue reading
POEM: No How
This poem is about the tragedy of applying great human know-how to war. No How How fright Fully billed War ships Fighter jets Arms of every sort As craft As fly As crack aims As wreckin’ as kill As wack … Continue reading
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MEMORIAL POEMS for my mom, Lois Rutt
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY AWE! My mom, Lois Rutt, died just short of 90-years-old, on September 27, 2022. I wrote a set of 14 poems for her memorial service around the theme of one of her favorite Bible verses: “For now … Continue reading
POEM: Weather Sadness or Joy
This poem extolls the value of feeling deeply, both in sadness and joy. Weather Sadness or Joy I sea In a soul tear The whole whirled And folks in choir Am I Awe right And weather sadness Or joy Such … Continue reading
POEM: Life Shows Up
Life is the miracle awe around us. All we have to pay is attention. Life Shows Up Mother Earth roots And sun kisses The flower makes scents With neither yes nor nose The chemistry of life Shows up Out of … Continue reading