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Happy New Year: an acrostic

Posted on January 3, 2017 by John

H ow many times must we repeat the same old lines, a nd with conviction try to p rove that our broken and misguided p olicies provide us with medicine and not poison that y ou and I so joyfully … Continue reading →

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Election Day: an acrostic

Posted on November 3, 2010 by John

E ach of us would make some change: L eave off those evils of the past, E mbrace some thread of common good, C hoose what is best for all, not one. T his thought in mind, we cast our … Continue reading →

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Om Mani Padme Hum

Posted on July 31, 2006 by John

Oh, to express in simple words My fervent wish and prayer: Mankind, to find its center space And seek beyond rebirth and death; Not worry that it leaves behind Infinite unfinished possibilities. Peace: that is what we lose Amidst this … Continue reading →

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The Storms We Name: an acrostic

Posted on October 9, 2005 by John

H elpless in the laughing face of elemental change u nloosed as a pointed reminder that we each exist – r eally, at the mercy of the Mother’s loving hands, the r ight extending blessing, while the left removes our … Continue reading →

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Self-Similarity: an acrostic

Posted on April 1, 2004 by John

I: J ust give me a moment O f your time, and together, we’ll try to H onestly explore the taste of N ew wine in old wineskins, L ight cigarettes with old matches, and I n the process, attempt … Continue reading →

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Enough Crying Are Everywhere People: an acrostic

Posted on February 19, 2003 by John

Population perpetrates paranormal piecemeal poppycock pollution pornography. Posterior politics police pollen poltergeists, producing portable priest polygraphs pushing Plato purity. Extremist existential elephantiasis egos elevate egrarian elation, eclipsing elliptical ergonomic energy. Exception ends ecclesiastical evolution, exacerbating eternal eventide. Alarmist action attitude … Continue reading →

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Stating the Obvious

Posted on February 14, 2003 by John

Night will tend to fall at the end of each day – Only a few see such a thing as a threat. Men with something to hide direct your attention Overseas, where the enemy is an easy target, flailing Rhetoric … Continue reading →

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