 Dane-geld
by Rudyard Kipling
In honor of hearing that we are paying off the insugents in Iraq so they won't blow us up I am posting this poem by Kipling. Mark it well. (Read more...)
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"Hope's Hose"
by Walter Donway
An earnest American questioning a leading Democratic candidate for President gets more than he bargained for. (Read more...)
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Crystal Cabinet
by Julian Huxley
This poem, composed by Julian Huxley, one of the chief architects of the Darwinian Synthesis of the 1930's, was the frontispiece to his Essays of a Biologist. It repays careful rereading, and presents a fully naturalistic spirituality. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 25, 2007 |
My Soul is a Pack of Coyotes
by Ted Keer
My Soul is a Pack of Coyotes My soul is a pack of coyotes Trying to catch a rabbit In the field of my imagination. My heart is a flock of seagulls sleeping on water With fish going right under them In every direction Just like my bloodstream. My body is like an Encyclopedia of bones, ... (Read more...)
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Don't miss more than you have to.
by Ed Thompson
I wrote this to piece to encourage myself to live more happily. I'm sharing it in case there is someone else here who could gain some value from it. As a work of art, it's actually not that great of a poem (it's "campy") -- but some of you may still like it. (Read more...)
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Adam in Chains.
by Brede Armozel
This poem was inspired by the song of the same title by Billy Idol. It came as a realization of many life long problems I've been wrestling with or had. Enjoy. (Read more...)
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Territorial Imperative
by John Paul Sherman
I used to believe
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The Battle
by Marty Lewinter
Our young people in uniform may be called on to fight major battles to save the USA. Do they know what they are fighting for? (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 19, 2006 |
Plain Truth
by John Paul Sherman
And hordes of falsehood ravaged the land,
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Tuesday
September 12, 2006 |
A 911 Call
by Lorie Sjogren
Mourn our dead enshrined in dust
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Wednesday
September 6, 2006 |
Dialogue Along Stone-Dark Corridors
by John Paul Sherman
"Guard-watch says he died rather well."
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It Can Be Done
by Marty Lewinter
Some of the most triumphant people have fought a hell of a battle. The title of this poem says a mouthful. (Read more...)
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The Moon Lake Romance
by Lorie Sjogren
She tonight in full bonnet blue,
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Wednesday
November 30, 2005 |
Dreams
by Marty Lewinter
Fuel for the undaunted. (Read more...)
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Depth Perception
by John Paul Sherman
If life seemed a pebble in an unknown palm ... (Read more...)
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Mystery
by Marty Lewinter
Loving a person and loving nature are both reflections of our sense of life. The thrill of a winter night sky and of a rendezvous with a lover have much in common. This poem was written with this in mind. (Read more...)
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Dehydration
by John Paul Sherman
There was a man who pricked his heart / On the thorn of an unfilled need / Who clamped a bandage, crushed the smart / Refused to let it bleed. (Read more...)
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Night Where
by John Paul Sherman
My hands broke free / Stripping away the thin silk of alarms / As I tasted the full bite of passionate dew ... (Read more...)
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Shaman, and the Evil I
by John Paul Sherman
Should one be non-transgressing, Yet have this curse hurled at his heart, The bane becomes a blessing. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 26, 2005 |
A View of Heaven
by Marty Lewinter
Atheists view death as it really is—the final curtain. In the realization that life does not go on forever lies the potential for heroism. To write a symphony at death's door is the badge of a brave soul in love with life. (Read more...)
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Brave Lad
by Marty Lewinter
We desire the continued survival of liberty even after our own deaths. (Read more...)
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The Munificent Seven
by John Paul Sherman
Seven short poems. (Read more...)
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Escape From Academia
by Marty Lewinter
Educators are not teaching our kids to reason. They are, for the most part, indoctrinating them with drivel in a host of subjects from philosophy to art. (Read more...)
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Generation Gap
by John Paul Sherman
Along the wall of Time appeared / A singular niche ... (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 27, 2005 |
The Nectar of a God
by Marty Lewinter
Son of Zeus, oh bursting sunshine ... (Read more...)
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