Hierarchies Poems

The Hierarchy of Needs

...(“The Mothership”, 2024, photo collage of original encaustics)

The Hierarchy of Needs

In this world there is a hierarchy of need.
Of course it’s different for each of us.
Some just wan...

kings and their ilk

...kings

hierarchies

are the stuff of

stories

of history

of the stage

featuring the 

impossible 

splitting of

simply nothing...

No more divide and conquer

...ideal of opulence in the flesh called human
harboring a false sense of control and power
listening to voices you claim as your own
cynical laughter with mouths that spew arrogance
no regards for ...

In a universe of glass and steel, where fluorescent light dances on cold walls

...In a universe of glass and steel, where fluorescent light dances on cold walls,
We have lost ourselves, men of the age, caught in the trap of a paper dream,
Where the tie becomes a noose, suffocati...

outside my window

...Outside my window are voices that speak in the direction I am looking. They are trying to convince me of something. They argue and cajole, they laugh and admonish. Sometimes they threaten. They tell ...

PARADIGM SHIFT

...

In the medical field where hierarchies reign,  
Students’ growth can be stifled by the chain.  
Boss’s word, as stone inscribed,  
Leaves one baffled, thoughts denied.

Without an iota of do...

A Murder of Crows A Pantheon of Gods

...A Murder of Crows, A Pantheon of Gods!
Monotheism, we’re told, is the way it should be.
But the Heavenly Court doesn’t make it agree.
Similar to the pantheons of many a belief.
All kinds of being...

A Murder of Crows, A Pantheon of Gods!

...A Murder of Crows, A Pantheon of Gods!

Monotheism, we’re told, is the way it should be.
But the Heavenly Court doesn’t make it agree.
Similar to the pantheons of many a belief.
All kinds of bei...

ReCentering Domestic NonViolence

...This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.  

Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to read the new Center for Safe Futures "will be taking a hug...

Within Us and Without Us

...(Five Buddha Mandala, 2018, original encaustic)

Notes on Religion and Faith

The superstition of religious content applies to all religions and faiths.

They are the context of faith.
...

Society and Politics

...The two intrinsically interlinked aspects
of human subsistence, society and politics,
design the fundamental tenets of world order,
that regulates the dynamics of human coexistence.

The context...

A Writer's Heart

...Building lands, lives, loves, with words, from the bottom up.
Crafting hierarchies, creatures, laws and sins,
spinning worlds, oceans, rain and wind.

Beings wild, loyal, devious, strong and weak...

Empowering Voice

...It seems to me,
declared the preacher
to the distracted music Teacher,
that sacred MonoTheism
smugly explains 
and exalts AnthroOwner Privilege
to ordain,
buy and sell
Earth's health-care rig...

One Day

...One day not so long ago 
I walked
Never alone
For the world 
Is always my home

It was a late
Spring snow
Yet I felt
Invisible red roses
Offering sweetest perfume
To my nose and soul

Th...

Green Resilience Theory

...I've been warmly remembering
your peak solidarity experience
joyfully shared

When you suggested
in a state-wide wisdom circle
that our cooperative advocacy
might feel more robust
and become ...

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