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On the Veranda: serenade
As the evening enters like a dancer from the wings, and we turn our backs on busy days and other things, listen as the dull roar of the world begins to fade in a gentle twilight serenade… A sliver of … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, companionship, love, moonlight, nature, poetic forms, serenade, sharing, twilight
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If Privacy is Power
If privacy is power, then our public-facing selves are palimpsests of who we are; and that which we pretend to be (that hides our truest form) has more in common with a mist than blood, muscle or bone. If privacy … Continue reading
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Tagged mob mentality, power, privacy, public exposure, sharing, silence, social media
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Nobody Wants to Hear
I could be bitter about all this shit or at least, start to doubt a benevolent universe; whine on in rhyme about storm clouds and sunshine that doesn’t come out ‘cept to drink up the water. My angst could flower … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs
Tagged anger, grief, holocausts, Hurricane Katrina, loss, New Orleans, sharing, suffering
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Integrity
Even the high road floods in times like these, and one who distains those who learn to swim still pretends the water lapping at their knees won’t soon splash up to soil their halo’s brim. Never mind that humanity may … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, integrity, poetry by request, responsibility, sharing, sonnet
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