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Tag: poem

  • Tears and willows

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    Tears and sadness
    Mixed with gratitude and gladness
    Of lives well lived
    Because we give to each other
    All that is in our hearts

    The trick
    Is to glide through the illusion
    That we understand
    And be
    In each glorious moment

    We can enhance the web of knowledge
    And experience the best of our time
    Making something good

    Tears yet gratitude
    For all we have been given
    In the lives we have shared

    Each of us who remains in this realm
    Honor in the depths
    The blessings we carry forward

    We do well to acknowledge what has passed
    But is not lost
    We deserve to be happy

    Tears and willows

    (170314 @Brew)
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 03/14/17

  • Why do we hire poets so they can tell us the obvious?

    Change is a continuous part of life.
    The simple contains the profound.
    The profound is often simple.
    Sunlight and air belong to all.
    Hope and despair trade places regularly.
    Honoring the planet honors ourselves.
    Love is the solution, the answer, the problem, the everything.
    Not a bad poet
    Sharing when we know it
    The simple is profound
    we see it all around
    Hope emerges
    then it merges
    with air and light and sound

    #livepoetry #nothaiku

    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 03/13/17

  • drink like a young lady

    You shouldn’t drink like a young lady
    but you think like a young lady
    and you sing like a young lady
    and you dance like a young lady
    as you move through time

    You shouldn’t think like a young lady
    because then you wink like a young lady
    and you’ll drink like a young lady
    and you’ll laugh
    as you move through time

    If you laughed like a young lady
    and you were a nice young lady
    and you danced like a young lady
    I would find you there
    and show I care
    for winks and drinks and time
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 02/19/17

  • Awaiting the dawn

    Fall leaves

    Awaiting the dawn
    Leaves flutter and spin
    Light from the east a promise
    For this thing to begin again

    Travelling in the light
    Of tenuous connection
    To seeing the way bright or dark
    Opaque through a reflection

    Passing time passing days
    Hold on to these illusions
    That what we give and what we take
    Will lead to clear conclusions

    Wondering how the leaves can hold
    Until another dose of sun
    Withered yet secure until
    New buds in time begun
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 02/07/17 5:00 a.m.

    Wind and trees and wind
    This night sky be blowin’ thru
    House of green crashed down

    #haiku #livepoetry
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 02/07/17

  • Here we are

    170121 Womens March Santa Rosa (8)

    Here we are amongst the most and the least of the people
    Here we are searching for wisdom and value
    Here we find our valor to change the ways of the world
    And raise up our selves and our society

    Here we are amongst the most and the least of the people
    Here we declare that kindness is simple although not always easy
    Here we are amongst ourselves because we are the least and the most of the people

    We hold these truths to be self evident
    that all people are created equal
    And endowed by our Creator with life liberty and happiness

    Here we are amongst the people, in our times,
    To still strive for happiness in life as a free people

    Here we are, sisters and brothers,
    We stand as one democratic nation
    To uphold our constitution
    And strive to do what is best for all the people
    And our planet

    Here we are amongst the most and the least of our people
    To assure that they are housed and have a pillow for their dreams
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/30/17

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  • Like lilies and ivy

    Happy Easter, internet.

    The ivy will rise and lilies will grow
    Upon the detritus of what little we know
    Needles or leaves, byproducts of trees, upon the ground
    Hold space and protection as sprouts they surround
    The earth it transforms although it is just dirt
    It keeps changing components to something of worth
    Like lilies and ivy which use what is there
    To sprout up through the ground cover and find the air
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/21/17

  • pigeons on a lamp post

    pigeons on a lamp post
    watching cars go by
    wondering where they’re going
    really don’t care why

    pigeons on a wire
    high above street
    pigeons don’t need no cars
    they’re already complete

    pigeons flock together
    flying through the sky
    all for each other
    intertwined in life and the by and by
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/18/17

  • Live in the moment

    Shame and pride are stupid
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/07/17

    Live in the moment
    power and grace feeling each
    breathe in time and space
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/12/17

  • Like hearts in the wind

    Sunflowers & wine

    The kindness of poverty
    The poverty of kindness
    Has overtaken us
    In the midst
    Of a blessed holiday season

    Like hearts in the wind
    Spinning on each breath
    Love and spirit ride
    On a whirlwind of Hope
    Full Community flying

    Like hearts in the wind
    Wholly seen
    Without a screen
    In this holy season
    We call life

    A selfish loss finds us
    And sneaks up behind us
    Awaiting a time to be seen

    True lives and desires
    Each one conspires
    To find the space of one

    Though memories long gone
    Creep into this song
    And make the new dawn much brighter

    Hold on spinning hearts
    Hold on to each other
    Living each day and its parts.

    May blessings of sky
    And blessings of water
    Come to us now
    And our sons and our daughters

    For life’s days are blessed
    And life stages are few
    Now that we’re here
    I am glad I am with you.

    Our blessed in life
    Are blessed tonight
    No one is sad or blue

    Come together now
    This is how
    We’ll last
    Our whole lives through
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 12/25/16

  • Ferocious fierce kindness [a definitions poem]

    Homeless not hopeless
    Ferocious fierce kindness
    Fierce kindness drives me
    Relentless inspiration
    Breathe of re-creation
    Of the stuff of life
    Relentless in the pursuit
    Of the best for each person
    Judgment be damned
    Until equity reigns
    To begin again
    And toil anew
    Here I stand
    Awaiting you

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    Homeless not hopeless (feeling or causing despair about something)
    Ferocious (aggression, bitterness [anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment] and determination )
    fierce (showing a heartfelt and powerful intensity )
    kindness (friendly, generous, and considerate)
    Fierce kindness drives me (propel or carry along by force in a specified direction
    Relentless (oppressively constant; incessant)
    inspiration (mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.)
    Breathe of re-creation
    Of the stuff of life (the existence of an individual human being or animal)
    Relentless in the pursuit (an activity of a specified kind
    Of the best for each person (of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type or quality)
    Judgment be damned (condemned to suffer eternal punishment)
    Until equity (being fair and impartial.)
    Reigns (to hold or exercise sovereign power)
    To begin again (perform or undergo the first part)
    And toil anew (work extremely hard or incessantly)
    Here I stand (in, at, or to this place or position)
    Awaiting you (be in store for you)
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 12/09/16