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Tag Archives: Western Civilization
POEM: Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday Guess what I herd It’s Super Bowl™ Sabbath Quite coincidentally on Sunday And I’m not sure who’s playing who Perhaps the Cowboys and Indians Or the Lions and the Christians The eternal argument weather Its just A … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Argument, Arrogance, Balance, Christian, Commercial, Competition, Culture, Domination, Exceptionalism, Faith, Life, Love, Money, Patriotism, Poems, Poetry, Religion, Sabbath, Sports, Time, War, Western Civilization, Work
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POEM: I Went AWOL
One day I went AWOL A Well Ordered Life I’m not sure If anyone noticed If they did Judging me By my backside I would be too Looking forward Mirrorly suggestive Of one’s self In what might A peer A … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Character, Counter-Cultural, Crazy, Culture, Dreams, Existential, Hell, Hope, Job, Life, Love, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Passion, Poems, Poetry, Poor, Possessions, Power, Prison, Reality, Risk, Sartre, Society, Status, Time, Western Civilization
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POEM: Not Right in the Head
I am just Not right In the head Just left Of center Heart beats For know reason To love The mathematician, physicist and philosopher, Blaise Pascal, said, “The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.” For most of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Ancient, Business, Change, Courage, Crazy, Culture, Enlightenment, Exceptionalism, Future, Heart, History, Insanity, Logic, Love, Modern, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, State, Stupid, War, Western Civilization, Wisdom
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POEM: A Farcical Foundation
A Farcical Foundation An abundance Of people Build Bank accounts And resumes In lieu of a better world In the face of scarcity Hoarding ourselves Leaving our shares as chump change Our resumes bankrupt In grate sell deception Talked into … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Art, Change, Culture, Experience, Foolish, Generosity, God, Happiness, Heart, Jesus, Life, Love, Modern, Monetize, Money, Poems, Poetry, Political, Poverty, Productivity, Reality, Scarcity, Simplicity, Spiritual, Time, Values, Western Civilization, Wisdom, Work
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POEM: Picket Fences
More people are imprisoned By picket fences Than steel bars Sometimes by splinters Sometimes by stakes Through the heart Lonely in the end To come home Dreams of white picket fences have waylayed many more lives than prisons or jails. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awareness, Compassion, Disillusionment, Dream, Dreams, Evil, Greed, Heart, Life, Materialism, Modern, Poems, Poetry, Prison, Reality, Religious, Short Poems, Society, Temptation, Western Civilization, Worldview
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POEM: Civilization
Dogs pee to mark their territory Humans build walls This is called civilization There are up sides and down sides to civilization. Western civilization shares at least one thing in common with canines: they both demarcate their territory by the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Awareness, Balance, Control, Culture, Environment, Evolution, Extinction, Harmony, Human Nature, Human Race, Humanity, Life, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Present, Reality, Recycling, Short Poems, Technology, Temptation, War, Western Civilization, Wisdom, Worship
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POEM: Success Can Be Trying
She was not a success Nor was she even a failure For failure has a prerequisite Trying Not reaching The successful cobble The stones of failure So becoming The rode integral Too success Finding that success can be trying The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Attitude, Balance, Creativity, Diminishing Returns, Experience, Failure, Lazy, Learning, Liberal, Life, Market, Patience, Perspective, Play, Poems, Poetry, Short Poems, Success, Time, Virtue, Western Civilization, Wisdom, Work
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POEM: Ounce of Prevention
An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure Unfortunately, stuff is sold By the pound and dollar Virtually everyone knows that prevention is preferable to cure. As Ben Franklin put it, “A stitch in time saves nine.” Much … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Creativity, Culture, Death, Labor, Life, Lifestyle, Meaning, Modern, Monetize, Patience, Poems, Poetry, Prevention, Progress, Risk, Short Poems, Sleep, Time, Western Civilization
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POEM: Confused
If you are confused, you are well on your way Life can be complicated. If you delve into the intricacies of most any situation or topic, you will find many shades of gray, and undoubtedly some paradoxes or contradictions. If … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Compassion, Diminishing Returns, Enlightenment, Facts, Greed, Life, Modern, One-line Poems, Paradoxes, Patience, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Short Poems, Simplicity, Superficial, Values, Virtue, Western Civilization, Wisdom, Work
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POEM: Eminently Bad Business
Some might suggest that we run everything like a business This is eminently bad business The notion that everything should be run like a business runs like a disease through Western Civilization. This delusion leads some to believe that capitalism … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Children, Disease, Economic, Humanity, Life, Love, Poems, Poetry, Sacred, Short Poems, Soul, Western Civilization
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POEM: Sinking Ship
When a ship is sinking It may be wiser to follow the rats Rather than the humans That is, if you can tell the difference This Titanic poem juxtaposes the zeniths and abysses of humans, created only a little less … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Crises, Experience, Foolish, Life, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Rat Race, Short Poems, Simplicity, Titanic, Western Civilization, Wisdom
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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
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Awe, Commercial, Food, Freedom, Image, Literate, Modern, Monetize, Nature, Ode, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Prose, Puns, Western Civilization
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POEM: Efficiency Expert
The efficiency expert asked me How many poems can I write Per hour Well, if I only Had but one hour I would guess a singular poem Western civilization seems obsessed with efficiency. Of course, high efficiency is no guarantee … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Blessed, Courage, Dream, Efficiency, God, Hope, Humor, Integrity, Joke, Joy, Life, Love, Mind, Modern, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Scientific Reductionism, Short Poems, Success, Thoreau, Time, Trust, Western Civilization
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POEM: Work Week
One day I didn’t feel like going to work Some people call them weekdays This one goes out to all of you who feel, chronically and/or acutely, that going to work is, well…work. I wouldn’t mind being the guy who … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Anti-Corporate, Class Warfare, Culture, Dream, Economic, Experience, Freedom, God, Greed, Hindu, Jewish, Jobs, Journey, Karma, Learning, Life, Mind, Mindfulness, Money, Poems, Poetry, Reality, Sabbath, Security, Short Poems, Spiritual, Wealth, Western Civilization, Work
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POEM: Pillar of the Community
I have a well-paid job I am a captain of industry I am a member of platinum circles I am a pillar of the community My name will live on On plaques And maybe a street I need not Pay … Continue reading
POEM: A Taste for Happiness
Dining with Kings and Queens Courtly balls Knightly duels And priestly indulgences You can avoid it all If only you are happy Eating beans This short poem goes out to all of those people who feel conflicted about all the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Happiness, Jesus, Life, Lifestyle, Money, Politics, Poor, Poverty, Power, Rich, Simplicity, Spiritual, Values, Wealth, Western Civilization
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