Skeptics Poems

Tale of Two Cities and Two Captains

...Well what the Dickens is going on?
My choice as the greatest scribe and voice of our tribe
Charles not himself a cricketing man but definitely a fan

Twas…the tale of two skippers and two cities
...

Heaven Is For Real

...
White seraphs sing in four-part harmony
Their hymn a song of hope for humankind
Angelic voices join the reverie
Supernal music soothes each heart and mind

To live each day in light that n...

But This Was Real

...

I recently watched a documentary on SAVANTS
In particular, Daniel Tammet, whose mathematical abilities
As well as other astounding mental capabilities
Will not only blow your mind

Y...

White Smoke

...Perhaps the new pope
Can offer some hope
To those who are lost and in need,
But to ones who can’t cope,
At the end of their rope,
That improvement is not guaranteed. 

Though white smoke fille...

Prolegomena Soliloquy - Pt 1

...Tell me, my friend,  
does infinity not unsettle your reason,  
or is it a comfort—to believe it meaningless?  

Look beyond the rust of your disbelief—  
this isn’t the frostbitten dogma you im...

Annie Londonderry

...In 1894, Annie climbed on a bike
Told the doubters to take a hike
Planned to cycle cross the planet, found sponsors, took a gun
Though she died 50 years after, her legend had begun.

How much is...

Dreamer and the dreamed

...
Written: February 19, 2025 For contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker

Line of inquiry:

as an entity in the dream, we conjured
we know not we are both the dreamer and dreamed
...

Blind Man’s Five-Legged Dog Rap

...Blind Man’s Five-Legged Dog Rap 

Yo, gather 'round the table, let me spin you a tale, 'Bout a blind man named Benny, he was never frail. Owned a dog with five legs, yeah, you heard it right, A mut...

Fleeing my song

...
The Irish band was playing on a Vermont Green
People brought their outdoor chairs, it was a charming scene
I got carried away, tried to sing along
But from the looks on the faces, I'd done them ...

Beyond Reasonable Doubt - Jesus is Risen

...Skeptics think that it is foolish,
to believe Christ died and lives again.
The human mind just cannot see,
how such a thing can ever be.

The fact that life exists is clear
then surely it must ...

Prospecting for Gold

...
   Prospecting for gold 
     in a mosquito-infested ravine
   The junior explorers all mighty keen
     to prove their skeptics curmudgeony scolds

   And sure enough, they return all gap-too...

The Thornless Wonder

...In hushed greenhouses, a marvel grows,
A pilgrimage for those who know:
A rose unmarred by nature's thorns,
Its beauty is pure, as morning dawns.

I dreamed of its stem, a silken cord,
Coiled g...

Silent Scream

...It was a movement 70 million strong
So the CCP decided to annihilate Falun Gong
You wouldn’t think the movement was much of a threat
It was non-political, but its doom was set.

Normally a good ...

I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather

...I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather

I haint no spring chicken,
("Buk buk buk buk ba-gawk!")
but in Summer re: 
long in tooth sexagenarian 
nostalgic for the following imagery 
ev...

The Ides of March

...
The ides of March sing consideration
for widows who must accept that new name.
 
The guides of March bring realization:
 life, as it was, will never be the same.

The tides of March trace rec...

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