Retributive Poems

Once Upon A Christian Time

...Once upon a Roman Empire building time
a brilliantly pleasing boy was born 
of humble Jewish means,
named Jesus.

Born into autocratic occupation,
to avoid military police threats 
of mass Jew...

Crazy NaughtiMess

...Crazy
that you can listen
to glistening gospel ministers
missing Messiah's GoodNews non-sinister
transNazarene re-sistering
whole Earth uniting salvation

Crazy
Jewish lay teacher
and EarthN...

NonViolent Musicians

...When he speaks
transparently
he feels co-passionate
as long as s/he appears
to vulnerably listen

Without Me v We risks
of retributive judgment,
body shaming
and mind blaming,
when he aims
...

Open Poetry 9 - Not Worthy of Life

...An outcome more preferable than becoming a slave.
Peace beyond dreaming on the way to my grave.
Accused and found guilty, I was not remanded.
Inflicting retributive punishment is what I was handed...

ComPassion's Braver Angels

...Impressive values,
like love,
claim resources that liberally breed
ecological
natural
physically happy health
and conservatively feed
emotional
spiritual
mentally glad wealth.

Oppressive ...

Speaking From Felt Experience

...Enjoying Earth's promised land
of compassionate
multicultural communion,
we share a preference for deep
rich soil
and fertile green-blue
resonating surf

As our bodies adjust
to rocky and pr...

Messiahs and Bodhisattvas

...What do top and bottom
transcendent and immanent
above and below
lead and follow
high and low

Day and night
mountain and valley
up and down
autocracy and democracy
pole and hole

Convex ...

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...

Paying To Play

...Imagine
if you would be so kind,
join me
in striving to become 
less blind

Brilliant God says:
Give to your oppressively militarized government
weaponized suppressive
defensively repressive...

Assythment

...
Accused of wrong doing, recompense was demanded.
Inflicting retributive punishment is what I was handed.
Relentless struggle to take in air, my voice so rasp. 
Agonizing, laborious striving to i...

More Resilient Dancing Days

...Shared enthusiastic curiosity
between two or more

Lovers
may also become felt 
as mutually assured
active hope
we might make it through dinner
without seeking reparations
while digging our ...

Not So Great Expectations

...My favored Muse
mysteriously asks
muted
kinda sexist
win/lose 
either/or 
complex bilateral questions.

Oppositional
defiant
nearly despairing quests
exploring why I have yet to find
Fait...

Healing Systemic Trauma

...Can you make any sense of
systemic racism?

No more common sensory sense than
too much patriarchalism--
all leftbrain-rightwing dominance
oppressing sacred Earth's
polyamorous win/win systems
...

After the Sad Mad Event

...I woke up feeling better today, 
in a post-trauma kind of way.  

This prompts me to give priority to gathering notes 
with supporting documents
from my previous 
nonviolently communicating
li...

Healthy Caring Systems

...Too many times sadly
too seldom gladly
I must learn to trust
Earth's future more

Both Father Sun's timeless 
rounds of enlightenment
and Mother Earth's
codependent rhythms
regenerating rich...

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