Tag Archives: Possibility

POEM: Opportunity Accost [Number Two]

I am an idealist. I see huge swathes of unfulfilled potential. I am confronted with an endless stream of possibilities — how beautiful. I recognize that most of the everyday whirled is ensconced in navigating probabilities — how practical. Still, … Continue reading

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POEM: Occam’s Razor (as told by Gödel)

Occam’s Razor is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. This funny and tragic poem is a parody of the misuse of the principle of Occam’s Razor to over-simplify and round … Continue reading

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POEM: Weathering Humanity

They could Not no Weather humanity Had Arrived At that bottleneck Passibly a birth canal Or river Styx Too cross Dammed possibility Or mirror probabilities Humanity, with its profound possibilities and asinine algorithms, perpetually wrests at the juncture of tantalizing … Continue reading

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POEM: Know Deal

He offered Me All the secrets of the world And being more Or less ambitious I went for a few secrets Not of this world This poem is a tip of the hat to a famous Thomas Aquinas quote: “The … Continue reading

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POLITICAL POEM: In Daze Not To Follow

The plantation had fallen Into this repair As fore many Present Work Over and above The well, known Used Too deep scars And familiar ditches dug Subject to an other privilege However bound Too knew found freedom And worldwide travails … Continue reading

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HOPE POEM: Why God Invented Dark

God invented dark As a respite From high noon That searing sun Of which mortal men are made To see Sow much more Innumerable lofty stars Unseen in mere day dreams Beyond won’s highest hopes Awe at once A mist … Continue reading

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POEM: That Arguable Grip

He argued Fore cynicism Farced to choose between What’s left What is right And he one handily With won hand tied behind his back Soundly Like the slow clap With the only hope That he is not contagious And that … Continue reading

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POEM: Possibility Verses

Her mastery Of the glorious bounty Of possibility Taunts those enslaved By the vain security Of mere probabilities This poem is a tribute to the existential divide between possibility and probability.  Possibility is the purview of free will, introducing new … Continue reading

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Chris Hedges’ Interviews Noam Chomsky on Precarious State of America

Once again, Chris Hedges nails it in his article, Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This,’ discussing the precarious state of the current American political landscape and bringing to bear Chomsky’s rigorous and insightful analysis over the last several generations: … Continue reading

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Donald Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism

If you want to make sense of the failure of neoliberalism, as typified by Hillary Clinton, and its vomiting up of proto-fascist leaders like Donald Trump, then author and journalist Chris Hedges nails it again, in this piece, Donald Trump: The Dress Rehearsal … Continue reading

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POEM: Gone, For Good

He is gone For good A martyr defined Not buy his death Rather buy living Not confined by what is left Rather liberated by what is right That singular question What heir will you breath After being Punched in the … Continue reading

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FREE EDWARD SNOWDEN POSTER: Pardon Me!

Edward Snowden, the infamous NSA whistleblower, is my candidate for the most heroic American this decade.  Is it time for President Obama to grant a presidential pardon to Edward Snowden?  YES!  The campaign is on, with the release of Oliver … Continue reading

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ANTI-VIOLENCE POEM: Sisyphean Tax

He was steeped in the slippery slope of violence An idol escalator Heedlessly powered by gravity and gravitas A climb it denier Of the worst breed Not giving won ascent A bout others In spite of the accost Whatever It … Continue reading

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POEM: The Yeast Of These

Wile there is much bred Daily preyed for Ample for awe concerned That seemingly still Fomenting swell times A mist repleting agin and agin In dubitable motifs Giving ascent to That for most ingredient A telling signature of homme The … Continue reading

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POEM: Just Us Fore Awe

Privilege and disenfranchisement Are two sides of the same coin Defining this flipping world And the soul weigh out Is to stop chasing coin And exorcise our debt to won another Just us fore awe People are more important than … Continue reading

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POEM: Are You A Friend of Dorothy?

As a friend of Dorothy Day I wood ax More than won quest in A bout Her call As a tenet in passable saint hood As if a priest to nun Or mirror lay person Aborting gaiety As an infallible … Continue reading

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POEM: Unoriginal Sin

Thirst thing in the mourning Adam collided with Adam Agin and agin As taken aback As it was a hit Necessitating an equal Yet opposite reaction Recoiling for time in memorial Chastening to watch As if One clock to rule … Continue reading

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POEM: Existential Realty

You can say “No” You can say “Yes” If one can say “No” Two can say “No” If two can say “No” Three can say “No” If one can say “Yes” Two can say “Yes” If two can say “Yes” … Continue reading

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POEM: More of the Sane

Going through life Various docks said You are just Going through a phrase And heeling Wood be Yores soon Enough Finally cured Of awe That is Green With envy Of what might Passably be More of the sane This poem … 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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