Light Powers
Lately,
I too often experience
anger begets anger
to also remember
love begets love.
This same appositional binary
appears in retributive criminal justice codes
culturally outweighing
restorative EarthJust climates
of healthcare giving
is also wellness receiving.
Our criminal justice codes
are designed to hurt
and disempower
oppositionally defiant individuals,
greedy
ego-self-righteous
Takers,
Terror capitalized
Otherers,
Rapists
with rapid-fire militarized
Take Up PatriarchalCapitalist Arms
against Motherers,
Angry
and coldly calculating
Murderers,
Enslavers
Hate Preachers
Right means Fight teachers
Avoidance Addictors,
And their neglected
mental/spiritual
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Categories:
ghandi, anger, caregiving, community, health,
Form: Political Verse
Advice
often times we shall miss it
due to undying drive for speed
quick answers what we solicit
the right questions what we need
there is plenty of good advice
to be found in books we read
wisdom gained at so little price
from wise people we should heed
be it Dao, Christ or Ghandi
all had the same basic notion
always keep the truth handy
subjectify
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Categories:
ghandi, education, judgement, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Lyric
Ghandi Changed the World
Ghandi changed the world.
He showed us how to love
How to get along with others,
How to look for the best.
Ghandi showed us how to shake out of our egos.
He allowed us to visualize the benefits of living more simply.
Ghandi did not change a country, or a mere generation.
His ideals and ideas influenced and persuaded more globally.
He
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Categories:
ghandi, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Ghandi Girl
She whispers at lilies to go back on there track. She sees through Ghandis eyes she can remember being that. Her rose is a rose of breaking boxes apart to bloom in season through her tears she is watered about. She knows she is looking at a river a far off like the knats in
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Categories:
ghandi, angel, autumn, blue, community,
Form: Free verse
Politicians Vs Ghandi and Mother Theresa
Out of touch in their Limos and jets
making promises not fulfilled yet
they can't hold a candle
to the pair who wore sandals
vote them all out of power? You bet!
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Categories:
ghandi, humor, political,
Form: Limerick
Paraphrasing Ghandi
"First you're ignored, then laughed at by the government,
then they fight with you, and then you win"
- Mohandas Gandhi (but I'm paraphrasing him)
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Categories:
ghandi, people,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
ghandi, people, politicalallah,
Form: Free verse
Mahatma Ghandi
I saw the top twirl
As he whispered over again to the crowd,
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
I breathed in his air as he did the same to me.
I could feel his presence,
His pressure
And yet he had no name.
He was homeless, he was free.
His speech ran through my bones
As he
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Categories:
ghandi, warworld, change,
Form: Dramatic Verse