Tag Archives: Mom

POEM: Capital Punishment for Abortion?!

This is a poem I wrote a while back when a state legislature proposed capital punishment for abortion. Perhaps a low for the so-called “pro-life” forces. Hey alleged “pro-lifers,” I raze you, an end to capital punishment and an end … Continue reading

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POEM: Draft Registration Civil Disobedience, aka, Holy Obedience

This poem is a poetic excerpt of my David and Goliath battle with the world’s most powerful superpower. Actually, Daniel in the lions’ den is more on mark. My refusal to register for the military draft back in the 1980’s … Continue reading

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POEM: Sorry, Mom

This poem is a form of apology to Mother Earth for the daily grand rationalizations we tolerate in service of capitalism and The Economy, our won true God. I post this as wildfire smoke engulfs multiple states with killer air … Continue reading

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POEM: What Cannot Be Forest Upon Mother Nature

What Cannot Be Forest Upon Mother Nature As man expired His last Once agin Mother Nature breathed in A parent excrement Concrete and steel Leaving not Even a scratch In geologic time Merely having caught a cold Cold virus Feverish … Continue reading

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A Spiritual Autobiography

I wrote the below spiritual autobiography a dozen years ago as part of a servant leadership study group.  While it definitely needs updating, it serves well as a brief overview of my spiritual history and development over much of my … Continue reading

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POEM: That Wholly Lessen

Kneeling before Mother Earth Shattering Knews Buy sum mirror mortals That scant except abundance Farced too Under stand That wholly lessen Taut As awe for one And won for all And what too due To be apprehended Those borne too … Continue reading

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POEM: A Wrench In The Machine

He was having one of those lives Where he woke up Only to find himself A wrench in the machine Threw and threw Putting his whole life into question What kind of tool are you? This poem was triggered by … Continue reading

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POEM: The Death of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier

He was a Baby with a capital B A ruler by which so many would be judged He was unjust A child of 20 A President for life A President for death As so many capriciously dyin’ with a king … Continue reading

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POEM: Quiet the View

Hope Was Present On the horizon South East West North into the fabric of existence Be not afraid Weather Looking up Looking down Such peek experiences Are awe ways just Round the corner I haven’t published a poem in a … Continue reading

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POEM: Laundered Hearts

Laundered Hearts On those journeys Through dark Night Watches Ending only With mourning Broken Finding yourself Alone With a ponderous God Separating darks and lights Threatened by grays Hanging on by hairs and threads Frayed Washed out Left Only Facing … Continue reading

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POEM: Tasting God

Tasting God I almost tasted God In what turned out To be A fine guacamole A common mistake Well worth repeating I find eating guacamole a religious experience.  As family legend has it, when we lived in Haiti when I … Continue reading

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POEM: Mother-Father of Invention

Necessity is the mother of invention The father is wholly Less certain Until paternity is decided I’ll consider other innovative bastards my brothers

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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: 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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POLITICAL CARTOON: Comedian Jesus – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Jesus Wishes Happy Mother’s Day Comedian Jesus, like the rest of us, has a mom.  Of course, Jesus, being perfect, would never forget to wish his mother a happy Mother’s Day.  However, Jesus has an advantage of being a perfect … Continue reading

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Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture) FUNNY PEACE DESIGN

Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture)–FUNNY PEACE BUTTON Look Ma No Arms (Peace Dove picture)–FUNNY PEACE BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, key chains, … Continue reading

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“PUNS NOT GUNS” Manifesto by Top Pun

“PUNS NOT GUNS” Manifesto “Some claim that puns are the lowest form of comedy. Dan, rather, says, “Guns are the lowest form of community.” Choose your weepin’! I prefer to hit ’em in the groan. Though puns and untrained minds … Continue reading

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