Best Personhood Poems

Confronted with conflicting self-forces
my flesh groans in adversities’ braces
gripped by haughty human nature that reigns
over flawed sinful carnality strains.

Granted with grace of redemption by Christ
my...

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My one burning wish -
I want not to fade away
like rotten lace, dumped
onto a trash heap and forgotten.

I want to leave myself behind, 
for those...

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For this tribute poem, my heart exclaims:

Dad: you’re my greatest human fortress, steadfast indeed
The Almighty I praise for your legacy, thriving with blest breed.

Mom: being...

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Nostalgic angst… 
keeps on gripping my soul 
while apprehended by the question:
"Why are we here?"

Yes, I confess that my soul repents 
for wasted opportunities and...

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The rational subject
Dances in duality
Stripped of earnings, personhood urging
Marked by contract, on paper
Life transforms into property
Belligerent because of tooth enamel-
That unexpected biological decay
Proves that mind...

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Grateful am I to God for America’s great legacy
wholeheartedly enjoyed with freedom-bliss 
in my country, regarded as the “Pearl of the Orient Seas.”

Joyful am I...

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designed elections
a corporate personhood
money is free speech...

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The problem of the inclusive pronoun is still very much a problem for the writer, and needs an accepted solution.  I tried for years...

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I was nervous about my newest client.
Not every Permaculture Designer gets a contract
with the WhiteHouse.
But, when the President called,
or twittered,
for an intake interview,
I guess it...

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When I was 24, I would preach the gospel in Chicago projects, fearless and determined.  

And I had a 2 year old, Autumn, that...

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Though you conceived me against your scheduled time
my tiny parts felt so secure inside your love vessel
I then invoked for your painstaking care
grateful that you...

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I come not to enlighten you 
but in my way destroy; 
embellishment of personhood 
gives me such little joy. 
The dark I bring on wings...

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Mother, you are God’s good and great gift to me indeed
Opening and offering to my personhood … realities’ essence which I need
Teaching and training me...

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Confronted by conflicting self-forces
my flesh groans in adversities’ struggles
realizing that human nature lurks
then reigns to conquer carnality flaws.

Granted with grace of redemption by Christ
my soul...

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Our old nemesis,
capitalism,
is much older than democratic theory,
and even older than profoundly resilient democratic practice,
which is rather like Christianity--
often communion preached
and seldom democratically and multiculturally...

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