Witness Poems - Poems about Witness

...I CANNOT HEAR YOU I cannot hear you in the noise of traffic Among busy, fretting crowds, Unaware of the still, calm presence Of Mother Earth who bore her children To be cognizant of her natur......Read More

..."made from love" take not for granted what we see and hear gifts God made for mankind made from love entries of land sea sky and animals too claimed whole or alone from God are true skies of......Read More

...Several years ago, you stopped by here for a feast. I was not here to witness your presence, but family members living here sent us pictures. And they spoke of your symmetrical moves and your orch......Read More

... "Sitting with Koans" Zazen sits zafu'd in the zendo with the poetic monkey minds echoing the sound of two hands clapping producing sound bites bitten like Bottice......Read More

... sunrise or moonrise poet contemplating life poetry witness ......Read More

...Court I took the Universe to court For what I thought it did wrong I put the Universe on trial So I could sing my victim song How it set up an elaborate plan Gave me a false sense of pride ......Read More

...One day I was a witness to a Murder, a gang of crows devouring blood remains of roadkill that some car had torn asunder. A flock of crows, with Murder as its name. For moments I observed these ......Read More

... "Shrouded" found in the humanity not in the divinity many pilates wash their hands of this long enough for the clouds to descend then rise fly away ......Read More

...Scars Phantom pain from the senseless skin a body's memory of hurt a heart's witness to healing White lines - dead, inert Scars Stories of pain and recovery The body is well but the mind sti......Read More

...she crossed my threshold and went to his house, my only daughter, wed and his dear spouse, a girl once, a beautiful woman now, history is witness to fresh new love, said “he is my husband, I love......Read More

...I would rather B Easy in God Than B hard tough boastful in pride, overbearing, tough in a negative way, in a gang, Violent abusive disrespectful within? Mankind's righteously no......Read More

... Blest to worship amidst granted stewardship My human spirit* abides in God’s fellowship For freedom-fulfillment against selfish aim Prevailing as victor over carnal fame. When terror......Read More

...(Elizabeth II 1926-2022) Are we - crow, blackbird, sparrow - aware of what's occurring? We cannot tell, they assume, but gape and gaze from up here. This is a land with a new monarc......Read More

...T’was “a day that will live in infamy” January sixth twenty twenty-one “The Other America” waved its flag Her darker brothers witness the privilege On a daily basis throughout their lives When t......Read More

...A man with a hoary-haired head From shining black to innocent white Carrying wisdom and experiences Is the man to live with history Which can't be tampered and distorted His life carries the evi......Read More