Categories
Random Posts
- By Request Only: a capitoloOh, how I love to take requests, while playing, for songs outside the realm of what I do. How subtle the reminder I’m not slaying, …
- ChoicesNeither my acts or words will stop this war; when you believe diplomacy has failed and only destructive force is a sure way, the coffin …
- The weather againIt’s raining and the air is cold, the skies are dark and gray There’s not a speck of sunshine on this January day And not …
- By Request Only: a capitolo
Recent Comments
- Irene on Some ancient affirmations
- Rekha on No More Sad Weepings of Regret
- Novena on Wake Up: sonetto rispetto
- John on On the Veranda: serenade
Subscribe
Join 298 other subscribersMeta
Tag Archives: oppression
The Ballad of St. Orwell
It might seem uncommon, to some passing strange, that your life some others would like to arrange, to limit your options, your sights and your range; a preposterous thought, you’ll agree. It might seem presumptuous, to say the least, to … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged ballad, class struggle, dichotomy, George Orwell, NaPoWriMo, oppression
Leave a comment
Some music must be free
All music cannot be contained in simple structures, common forms, by formulaic skeletons that would restrict the way it’s made; it reaches out beyond those lines, a crayon in untutored hands that blurs the edges in between the guidelines of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged chaos, diversity, expression, life, music, NaPoWriMo, oppression, order, silence
Leave a comment