Democratic Trust
...When I drove away from the family farm
to embrace my freshman year
at the University of Michigan
in Vietnam-era 1970,
I was planning on majoring in political science
which later turned into a ...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, america, conflict, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Rebuilding Paradise
...Paradise
like Rome
is not built
and not rebuilt
and rebuilt
and redeveloped
and healed
and redeemed
in one 24-hour
cycle
and recycle
and revolving
round day v night,
And/or
appreciat...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, earth, eve, god, health,
Form: Political Verse
Bipolarity
...BiPolarity
has been largely ignored
polarization,
Linear and stagnant hierarchies
peaking in well-capitalized severance
and sterile self-satiation
Use you
then leave you
win/lose planning...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, earth day, green, health,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
International Corelations
...S/he began our academic feast
in EcoFeminist HerStory Class
reflecting on the history of violent pissed communication
and nonviolent communion
between Afghanistan's empowered
and disempowering L...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, culture, earth, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Between These Wings
...The differences I hear
between Right and Left political Wings
and personal Hemispheres,
Right world views
are capitalistically clear that I
have made more than my fair share
of unhealthy,
un...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, america, culture, health, peace,
Form: Political Verse
Enriching Sacred Kinships
...Be kind to others
As you would have even your ecopolitical enemies
and win/lose ZeroSum competitors
be kind,
feel kinship,
speak kindly,
listen cooperatively,
take turns co-investing in win/wi...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, caregiving, environment, games, health,
Form: Political Verse
Deep and Wide Listening
...Where do I listen for meaning
harmonically compassionate
till will-power to avoid death
do us part?
For positive healthy and safe feelings
Left strongly nurtured control needs
Yang v Yin bip...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, caregiving, happiness, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Counting Cumulative Costs
...What does it cost
to love a degenerating Earth,
home,
habitat?
Where NO TRESPASSING signs
speak out for natural sound
defensive silence,
for spiritually medicinal fragrances
only,
in sacre...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, earth, earth day, health,
Form: Political Verse
Wealth Without Walls
...What could become relationships
between Matriotic
Whole EarthViews
and unheavenly patriotic
nationalistic worldviews?
Violence
oppression
intolerance
suppression
disrespect
repression
n...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, health, history, humanity, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Deep Wellhearted Minds
...I suppose my worldview life of mind
and witnessing view of few
deep well
hearted Earth
Bodies
Would feel easier
healthier
lighter
safer
more powerfully co-inviting
without chronic win/los...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, earth day, health, home,
Form: Political Verse
Great Recycling Retransition
...Icons are funny things,
she thought.
Heaven feels like a warm light circle
when we are thriving
and more like a cold dark triangle
of weaponed tipping points
against me
and mine
competitive...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, health, identity, integrity, psychological,
Form: Political Verse
Singing With the Earthday Choir
...The Assembly fills
with naturally optimistic,
yet kinda predative, ego-voiced ecologists
ready to discontinously
self-righteously prey
on hopelessly reactionary rightwing antifeminists,
To ...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, community, earth day, health,
Form: Political Verse
Inside Outside Delight
...A shaman has two vocations,
inter-related,
wise teacher
and robust healer
With emphasis on noticing healthy natural systems
shared values
wealthy spiritual development of seasons
with timel...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, destiny, health, integrity, wisdom,
Form: Political Verse
War of Worldviews
...YangLeft: Those still capable of right thinking,
as our more civil
humane reflections
on bilateral political
and economic investment inflection,
sometimes cooperative
and democratically co-inve...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, analogy, caregiving, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
Today Is Different
...Today is assiduously
religiously different,
as I review our local RiverEast News.
Every week
Mike Thompson writes a solid Editorial
in a compelling voice.
I expect to only add
my hearty sacr...
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Categories:
bipolarizing, america, health, integrity, prayer,
Form: Political Verse
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