The Division That Unites Us In Continuing Controversy
All of my life I’ve heard nauseous quips, such as, “the South will rise again!” and “Lee surrendered; I didn’t!” Born in Jackson, Mississippi, in August of 1970, I grew up mostly in southeast Alabama....
View ArticleScotus Recasts Marriage, Sends Us to Our Knees … And Gives Us Hope?
The debate still rages about marriage rages on despite the Supreme Court’s recent decision. I know, I know, but hold on! Same sex couples have been given the right to marry, but, as I’ve asked in...
View ArticleLiberty and the Warrior’s Nightmare
Please, Lord, take this sword of mine, And turn it into a ploughshare fine. Let me cut through the earth for food, Instead of soaking soil with blood. Is there peace now; oh, can I rest? Come back...
View ArticleShocked By How Many Poor Are Not Considered Poor
Something close to my heart ~ particularly as I have lived it ~ is the plight of the poor. Imagine how shocked I was to learn what the actual “poverty levels” are in the United States! Point in fact,...
View ArticlePriorities, Priorities
Just today many of us learned the sad ~ dare we say, angering ~ news that the U. S. Senate is recommending $1.7 billion in education cuts. Wow! Meanwhile, military spending is projected to hit right at...
View Articleİsa Dear, So Far, So Near
İsa dear, so far and yet so near, you seemed so strained As time wore on, and you bore so much more while Looking to cross in store; your words became hard, No longer song of the prophet-bard; did you...
View ArticleWorld in Harmony: Can We Do This?
Can we find common ground upon which to stand, to work toward harmony and peace in this world? Can we do so without compromising dearly held beliefs and convictions? Yes, I do believe so; in fact, I...
View ArticleAnnette and Julietta: A Love Story
Fields of flowers, yields of apples, dancing and prancing: Pretty girls, brown-eyed Julietta, and Annette was brunette; One was rosette for the other, who for her played clarinet; Like one, the two...
View ArticleMemes and Bull S**t “News”
Australian prime minister tells Muslims to leave; And atheistic geophysicist now comes to believe! His Holiness Francis claims Jesus born of Satan, Lays blame for pain on God since Christ was torn From...
View ArticleReally Now … It’s Time To Change!
Far past time, really. Christopher Columbus didn’t even discover “America.” In fact, Amerigo Vespucci (for whom two continents have been named!) didn’t discover “America.” Scandinavians “discovered”...
View ArticleSmile Fool Smiles; Live Peace
Who taught us violence in which we persist? Or do most of us senseless battles resist? In wars fought, of what do our lives consist? Who are those few who’ve taught us to insist On yet another bloody...
View ArticleBelieve Me, I Know: Blow the Show!
Oh believe me I know how it feels, when you peel away the protective layers from around my bound heart; …Continue reading →
View ArticleIn the Temple of Tomorrow
All the world’s aflame, and everyone to blame, In the Temple of Tomorrow; And you borrow such insane pain on …Continue reading →
View ArticleDiabolus ex Machina
Disgusting display of emotion to cry When we’ve got a new product to try! Higher up, and fly the friendly …Continue reading →
View ArticleWith Love From Above
Around and around goes the merry-go-round; Can we get off at the next whistle sound? We’re bound to be dizzy, …Continue reading →
View ArticleToo Young, Too Young
Too young to see such horror; are we ever old enough? Too young to sing funeral dirge, of death to …Continue reading →
View ArticlePaltry Prayers & Victory
ℑ And so my own paltry prayers are not faulty; To change the world in which they’re hurled, May not …Continue reading →
View ArticleCome Now to the Reservations
We crawl-cross thru mountain passes, the journey hard and long, Even for the strong; forced from hearth and home our …Continue reading →
View ArticleAs the Cold Wind Blows. . .
As the cold wind blows and far flies the snow For winter’s grand freezing show, do we know How the …Continue reading →
View ArticleFather Dyēus Weeps
Dyēus stood and broke the silence, looking at the brood and spoke, “You cannot remember primordial days and the ways …Continue reading →
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