Tag Archives: Awe

POEM: Balms Around Every Corner

Truth lives at peace with facts Facts war with truth As an orderly Gone astray In an awe in compassing hospitality Scurrying from one stat to the next Drunk on 100% proof And in all probability Will perpetually pass attest … Continue reading

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POEM: Setting Sail

Dear brother This morn I must part Like the wind I can Know longer Take your merchant ship Any moor Borne to sale For that is knot What I was billed for To harbor In relative safety My cell in … Continue reading

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POEM: Unending Vocation

She summoned me To tell me Of my new job assignment I soon realized That it was Not beneath me But behind me So I moved on In my unending vocation As I was tolled This poem is autobiographical.  This … Continue reading

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POEM: Each Day a Work of Heart

For every won of us Each day Is a work of heart Canvassing inexhaustible possibilities Of epic themes Momentary epiphanies And daily grooves Imploring colors Exploring textures Mating with perfect light Not mirrorly framed Buy the ornate Or threw making … Continue reading

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POEM: Lust Potential

Lust Potential He looked about him And saw Their cups were filled Even overflowing And still He mourned The size of their cups Years ago, I heard a description of heaven as a place where no matter the size of … Continue reading

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POEM: Pulling a Steckler

Pulling a Steckler Steckler was the type of guy Who would ruin The fun Of magic tricks Enjoyed by friends By revealing their mechanics Partly to annoy Mostly because he could His routine was so common His act was named … Continue reading

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POEM: Lovers of Dirt

Lovers of Dirt Wile in cathedrals The atheist Dares claim The title Of mass debater As little comes From behind the veil That doesn’t exist In the slightest Hint elect To believe Methods to their madness Seemingly beyond approach However … Continue reading

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POEM: BUCKET BRIGADE – Owed to Karen Krause

BUCKET BRIGADE Owed to Karen Krause While some pine That faith The size of a mustard seed Can move mountains Like magic Perhaps with a wrinkle of their knows Wiser women know How mountains move Bucket by bucket By outstretched … Continue reading

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POEM: Author Author Original

Author Author Original Many great authors Veritable prose Composed Many glorified pages Of legends owed Epitomizing a theme Depicting perfect variations Epic anecdotes In firmity Contracted By edifices Of many stories I prefer the novelty Of a single sentence Unleashing … Continue reading

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POEM: Hard on the Poor

Hard on the Poor Our moral compass Goes south Skewering Those below Under lyin’ Poverty abashed Without abjections Needle US Too say Pricks Hand shakers And grand standers Razing just for fund He’ll freeze over Before changing any position Undertaking … Continue reading

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POEM: A Lousy Take on Lao-Tse

A Lousy Take on Lao-Tse (Tao Te Ching 38) When Tao is lost There is virtue When virtue is lost There is morality When morality is lost There is propriety Yet oddly Even when Awe is lost Tao remains The … Continue reading

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POEM: Taken In

Taken In What powerful minds Can wrap themselves around Pails in comparison To the sea of mysteries Taken in By an open heart Keys to a door unlocked Incite weighting A mountain of presents Countless Un-rapt By lesser mines Fuels … Continue reading

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POEM: The Deep End

The Deep End I fell Off The deep end Only too narrowly Missing a shallow end As was my aim The river is wide Full of whys Like some Chicken of the see Not to swim To the other side … Continue reading

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POEM: Countless Dawnings

Countless Dawnings Now I find myself In the middle Of the night Before futures tolled Unfettered from the past Heedless of tomorrow’s agenda Yesterday’s experiences Nothing but gleaned fuel Abundantly supplying Mediums in a peerless world Wear darkness is my … Continue reading

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POEM: Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game The gods are at war A blood sport for many The spectators are plenty Seeded at the rite and Overlooking the arena As bleachers whitewash The stain power of the players Announcers pooring over each play … Continue reading

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POEM: She Came

She came down the street With such a scowl Such a deep… Well… One-couldn’t-imagine demeanor Her whole body Like a wrecking ball Laying waste To awe before her Everyone’s back to this wall Only hoping To escape The coming wrath … Continue reading

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POEM: Nature’s Guardin’

This poem goes out to all those who showed up on May Day for the groundbreaking of Toledo Occupy the Garden. Nature’s Guardin’ Nature spills From pots unpurchased It knows no law but its own Openly heiring its dirty secrets … Continue reading

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POEM: A Mother’s Nature

This poem did not exist a few hours ago.  I was interrupted by a thought (captured in the first few lines) and I took the time to jot them down.  Seconds turned to hours as the muse is a taskmaster … Continue reading

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POEM: Chicago Transit Authority and Me – 147 to 4

I recently spent the week in Chicago while my Dad was in the hospital for major surgery.  Travelling back and forth from the hospital involved going about 110 blocks on two busses, from the north end of downtown to the … Continue reading

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POLITICAL CARTOON: Dr. Jesus – Blessed Insurance

Doctor Jesus Goes on Rounds Dr. Jesus, a teacher as well, works at a teaching hospital.  Dr. Jesus takes every opportunity possible to share his love of medicine with others.  Of course, working at a prestigious teaching hospital doesn’t come … Continue reading

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