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Peace is a Verb
No passive meal, no rare stuff bird, true peace is not a noun, but verb; inaction, apathy and doubt that whisper are not her. She shouts from rooftops, making foul war shake in fear at her approach. Mistake not mewling … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, activism, challenges, change, evolution, pacificism, peace, war
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A Million Years
Just like we’ve done for a million years, we strike out blindly in the dark in fear. Some use rocks or bombs, that’s their choice; me, I use music, my words, my voice. We each know nothing, but take on … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, battles, change, destruction, disillusion, evolution, faith, war
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So You Want to Change the World …
but the World doesn’t want to change. And so, you insist upon changing it, by doing whatever you think the world needs (but it doesn’t, because if it thought it needed it, it WOULD change – because everyone and everything … Continue reading
Everybody Wants to Change the World …
but (and there’s always a BUT – depending on whose diatribe you’re reading at the time, it might be [and I’m making these up as absurd examples, they’re not real quotes]) … nobody wants to change their underwear. nobody wants … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged activism, bravery, change, failure, resistance, status quo
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If you would make a difference
So many look around the globe and say, “How can I start to help in what small way I can, and find work with a heart?” They look to spread their peace abroad, and be more well received than in … Continue reading
Let Those Who Would Reform
Let those who would reform the world desist their feeble mewlings at the citadel that those they choose to fight built to resist more legions than the gods themselves could quell. Let others beat to useless, bloody shreds their fist-clenched … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged change, evolution, illusions, pointlessness, reform, revolution, violence
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Democrats … Start Doing it for Yourselves
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: I recently received a mailer from you that included the following text: >> Dear Friend … why don’t you take the enclosed George W. Bush Disapproval Poll and use it … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, change, correspondence, democracy, Democrats, George W Bush, liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, politicians, politics
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