Category Archives: Political and Philosophical Musings

Political Philosophy Writings

POEM: The Meat Cute

This poem is on the topic of veganism. the practice of not eating animal products. This poem and its title centers on what I find as a weird divergence among many serious animal lovers (read pet lovers) who don’t give … Continue reading

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What ̂ a Choice ̂ Life

Beware of unsolicited prophets out and about… What ̂ a Choice ̂ Life As I was Busy wading For something too happen Pretty much anything The man On the bench Offered me Unsolicited ad Vice What you no Could fill … Continue reading

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POEM: Birdbrains AND Muscle Aheads

I suspect that many of those talking about talk being cheap and extolling action score low on both uplifting talk and enlightened action… Birdbrains AND Muscle Aheads We have been flocked Agin and agin Buy the very birdbrains Singing oft … Continue reading

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POEM: Giddy, Up

I am happy to report that I frequently get giddy at the awesomeness of life… Giddy, Up I cried out For knew normal A cross ages Through and through daze Over and over agin Until be for I new it Got … Continue reading

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POEM: Rorschach Testy

We live in a decrepit age where the state of the body politic is more closely connected to projecting our dark dreams onto our elected leaders than a reflection of actual policies. Apparently, we need less policy analysts and more … Continue reading

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POEM: Will Fullness

Many people at many times consider the force of will as a key to success in life. I find that willingness is the more powerful juice in cultivating well being in life. I don’t see this necessarily as an either/or … Continue reading

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POEM: Vary Religious

I, awe ways, found it, eerily convenient that so many people happen to be born into the one true religion… Vary Religious Borne as a Christian Again and agin I have rapt myself In 144 metaphysical practices If won In … Continue reading

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POEM: Shakespeare – Owed to Dead White Men

This poem is a tip of the hat to the staying power of  Bill Shakespeare — or for Macbeth fans, stain power [blood on hands, “out damn spot”]… Shakespeare – Owed to Dead White Men His dogged rep Sticks around … Continue reading

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POEM: Blue Prince of Life

I wrote this poem on the occasion of my friend Sean Nestor’s 40th birthday. There is a lot to unpack — just as with Sean! I gave a simple framed copy of this poem, without author info, to unsully the … Continue reading

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POEM: Unkept

This short poem is a companion poem to the poem following it, written 12 years earlier. This poem offers a different view of my bursting heart: one of overflowing joy rather than sadness. Both happen to be true — sometimes … Continue reading

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POEM: Re-framed?

A friend once called me “the king of re-framing.” I just see this as taking any experience or situation and making sense of it through the frame of my world view, my most basic assumptions about the world.  I strongly … Continue reading

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POEM: Corporate Toons – Owed to Commercial Soundtracks

One of my pet peeves is great songs being commercialized to sell crap. The commercial that triggered this poem included the bastardization of a Johnny Cash song… Corporate Toons – Owed to Commercial Soundtracks Every thing is for sail In … Continue reading

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POEM: Frank and Steinway

I recently saw the newest movie version of Frankenstein, by Guillermo del Toro. I highly recommend. This poem is inspired by this classic story and epic film, a meditation on the soul fooly melodic themes of life and death hauntingly … Continue reading

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POEM: Basket Cases

Follow the light…in both life and death… Basket Cases “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?” – Mark 4:21 There is The light of the good knews … Continue reading

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POEM: Right-Sized

The challenge of humility is of being too large OR of being too small… Right-Sized Life could be scene As posing two problems Thirst of all Too be bigger than What is called for And lastly Being sow small Knot … Continue reading

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POEM: Taming of the Shrewd

The shrewdness of winning and losing is not a natural ally in love and relationships… Taming of the Shrewd “We can cleave as one, or cleave as won, but we can’t due both.” – Cleave Jones Ø my love Could … Continue reading

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POEM: Sow Few Nobles

This poem was inspired by my niece playing the role of Beatrice in Bill Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing… Sow Few Nobles The whys shake their aheads Fore a town with sow few nobles Too be so fortunate Or knot … Continue reading

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POEM: Roughly, The Sighs of a Heart

This poem is a bout that dance between empathy and enraging injustices… Roughly, The Sighs of a Heart “The human heart is some wear around the size of a fist.” The other Day I saw A gripping tale Of a … Continue reading

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POEM: Imparts Are Imparts

Creation is singularly awesome! Imparts Are Imparts I was taken in Awe of the flora and fauna Creatures big and small And just entertaining How might God be Hold this see of creation As won Greater or lesser Then another … Continue reading

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POEM: Book Ends

Life has boundaries. May we respect those boundaries… Book Ends We live Fore the time being In a whirled Sow illiterate That disrespects The bookends of life The sacred nest Of awe human life And the reverence Of Mother Earth … Continue reading

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