Tag Archives: Beauty

POEM: Meet Me Their

Meet me Wear the sky Kisses the ocean Where the day’s heat Meets the cool of eve Where a child’s cry Meets his mother’s loving ears And a full groan man Brought to his knees Now stands Before his new … Continue reading

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POEM: My Brand of Value

My brand value Has plummeted recently So says sum consultant As some seer into my pristine hide Speaking a bout Clashing symbols In the mark it place Some limbic game how logo Soliciting every thing That can be taut As … 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: Patriot

My name is patriot I am a force to be reckoned with That few dare oppose Just tell me what country I live in And I’ll know exactly how to behave “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – … Continue reading

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BP Tar Sands Refinery Expansion – PEOPLE’S HEARING Testimony

Below is my testimony at the PEOPLE’S HEARING to respond to the Ohio EPA’s sham public hearing on BP-Husky’ Draft Air Pollution Permit as part of their Oregon Ohio refinery re-tooling to process oil tar sands, the dirtiest oil on the … 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: Unfed Just Desserts

Poets are born, die, crushed by writer’s block or a cruel world, and are reborn again and again.  The world can be a desert at times, sometimes worse.  Yet, as a child, an infant in the arms of a mysterious … Continue reading

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POEM: O Children of Mother Earth, Arise!

This poem has emanated from my musings about the oil tar sands in Canada.  The extraction of these oil tar sands, in some of the most pristine parts of North America, is the largest single scarring of Mother Earth ever … Continue reading

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POEM: Shooting Star

You are a shooting star Enjoy it while you can And may others look up And see your light The short poem focuses on the theme that life is short, yet it can be glorious.  The first order of business … Continue reading

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Kent State Massacre POEM

Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, where four students were killed and nine students were injured when National Guard troops opened fire on anti-war demonstrators.  Below is a picture of Arlington Midwest at Kent State, May … Continue reading

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POEM: Flowers Cut

I set before you these flowers For your reflection and edification These flowers were cut from my yard A yard not unlike the two yards that will cover us all some day Some may say that cutting short the lives … Continue reading

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POEM: Actual Pie vs. Pi

Actual pie is way more than 3.14159 times better than mathematical pi. This simple one line poem makes fun of Western civilization’s fixation on the quantitative versus qualitative.  It is big business to reduce everything to a number, preferably dollars … Continue reading

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