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A Drop in the Bucket
His Holiness came to visit the Big Easy: a mixed race culture. He spoke to thousands: they lined up for hours to hear his message of peace. His smiling face shone on all those who assembled; what great energy! Practice … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged compassion, Dalai Lama, haiku, irony, New Orleans, poetic forms, poverty
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Imago: a decastich
Show, don’t tell, the modern critics rave! Let solely image drive the poet’s art; so that this generation weaned and fed on television’s drivel won’t complain. Describe in such a universal way that anyone with half a brain could find, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, decastich, imagists, irony, modernism, pessimism, poetic forms, poetry
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Kris Kristofferson
Light up another cigarette, crack open one more beer Let’s drink to those who lived and ended up with a career Who suffered the indignity of having their gold panned Who didn’t end up dying quite as young as they … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged friendship, irony, Kris Kristofferson, martyrs, songwriting
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At the bookstore
At the bookstore yesterday two young punks with their parents came in as I was going out; they were festooned with spiky hair, spiked bracelets and Doc Martens, and t-shirts both bleached clean and pressed, brand new, although the bold … Continue reading
Laughter of the gods
If you would hear the gods gambol and laugh, their rumbling chuckles echo through the land, and tickle divine humor, pick a path based on a well-conceived and thought out plan. You need not start out on it. Not one … Continue reading
Blues for Elijiah/Fallen Angels
For some reason, sitting out under the carport this morning in the rain made me think of a period during 1991 when I wrote about 30 songs in the course of 36 hours. It was a very strange Peter Gabriel … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged cities, civilization, frustration, futility, irony, limitations, mass media, progress, technology
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Overly Simplistic Solution #43293X/B
Thanks to a thread over at Have Your Say Today. The question: should guns be banned? My answer is, and I dedicate it to Charlton Heston, Tom Selleck and Arnold Swartzenegger – each who may use it as they see … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged bearing arms, Bill of Rights, freedom, gun ownership, guns, irony, NRA
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