The World Is Changing
...("I of the Beholder", 2014, original pen and ink)
The World Is Changing
Quick as thought
The world is changing
Right before our eyes
Everywhere
People waking up
To what needs to c...
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Categories:
piggybacking, life, perspective, society, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
Seasoned
...in spring
I am tears on your window,
and spears of thistle,
piggybacking your breeze …
in summer
I am warmth on your brow,
and dew,
cool upon your dusk and dawn …
in autumn
I am burnt co...
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Categories:
piggybacking, analogy, metaphor, seasons,
Form: Free verse
The Era of Area
...The Era of Area
Diameters
Circumference
The whole sector
My vision is the mirror of the world I'm reflecting
Led by my Path and direction
I said I was reckless
But only to rela...
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Categories:
piggybacking, deep, growing up, heart,
Form: Free verse
Free Speech
...Hateful words ring out, attacking,
Full of malice, piggybacking
On the wings of dire dogma that is narrow to the core.
And the people who are screeching
To the heavens, say their preaching
Is...
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Categories:
piggybacking, freedom, racism,
Form: Verse
Drop the Mic
...Ida- “I was the first one not to move on the train
I won a settlement, for my emotional pain”
Rosa- “But I was the one who went down in history
So I’ll s...
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Categories:
piggybacking, books, pain,
Form: Narrative
Question For the Believing Parent
...when a parent of a child
experiences
with an odd mixture of shame,
humor & wonder,
that very first lie
which their children tells them,
does this parent experience the same feeling that they
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Categories:
piggybacking, lifework, child, children, work,
Form: Free verse
Third Down and a Long Way To Go
...Of those who have lost their places in life;
And may display their misgivings with a frown;
For them little time seems left for change;
And hope is at best the name of a jester now passed.
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Categories:
piggybacking, socialtime, time,
Form: Rhyme