Tag: peace
group name: politicalpoets
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January 30, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Riddle of Articulation, Starting gun - you fire
My brittle heart is broken; from this battle, I retire
Lying down to rest, my weary feathered pen of ink
Too tired now to struggle, too numb to even think . . . more
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August 09, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
(Born all of a sudden during this sleepless night...)
The only words I know in Georgian
Are: "Kamardjoba, Genatsvale!" -
What is intended to mean -
"Greetings, my dear friend!" . . . more
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . . more
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August 21, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
Hulking beyond the edge of vision,
Restive, yet still.
Power restrained awaiting mission
held back by will.
Strong, silent, invincible, immortal
wrapped tightly coiled.
Weapon. unused, prepared to battle. . . . more
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June 07, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
The air is full of political lies
and also full of fireflies
this autumn night, and as I brood
I'm moved to healthful gratitude:
for bugs I thank a godless nature,
for lies, a godly legislature.
My . . . more
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June 08, 2007 02:37 PM EDT --
When I was but a little boy, to big for mommy's knee,
I went to social studies school to learn of liberty..
The teacher filled my youthful head
with words from history
Give me liberty or give me . . . more
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October 05, 2007 02:11 AM EDT --
I am going to ask but one thing of you, the reader, and that is, Open your mind to the reality that faces us today in this nation. Thousand of pages have been written describing the curent state . . . more
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August 08, 2008 02:38 AM EDT --
Between Us
Too much unsaid between us
Too much blather, trying to be
clever, arrogant epithets,
migraine strong
"You," "No, you," are wrong!
Then wonder why we're . . . more
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March 22, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
A lesson for today.
Over a century ago, Alfred Lord Tennyson honored and sang of the bravery of the Light Brigade, 600 Cavalry who rode into the teeth of enemy artillery to break through a defensive . . . more
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December 22, 2007 01:51 AM EST --
"The truth is it took years to drive our country so far off track and it will take a lot of hard work and determination to get it back on track.
And while it's tempting to lay all of the . . . more
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December 11, 2007 10:38 AM EST --
Keith Olberman commentary 12/6/2007.
I have nothing but admiration for the courage of this MSNBC commentator, and this commentary is ONE OF HIS BEST.
"Make a lie, repeat it often, . . . more
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June 13, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
Psalm of fear and loathing
1 O GEORGE, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; . . . more
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July 19, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
Dawn always comes to the desert in a star studded sky.
Sol, rising, shuts the stars down one by one, night becomes day.
The last color is blue, led by pink led by gray.
Always, Always, Always, always . . . more
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December 06, 2007 09:46 AM EST --
If you are really interested in what is coming for this country, I suggest you read one, or more College Newspapers regularly. Try to find one that is affiliated with at least one of the wire services. . . . more
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June 11, 2007 04:12 AM EDT --
If roses are red,
and Violets are blue
the Lilly is White
And all of that is true.
Would a boquet
of Roses, Lillies and violets
Represent the flag to you?
Roses for blood,
Lillies for Death . . . more
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June 06, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
That pooch and her stuffed toy puppy,
she confronts, attacks, tries to destroy it.
I suppose confronts is a bit of over simplification,
she does chew it, bite it, throw it, and jump on . . . more
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June 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
astrology, alchemy, atheism
none a true science
so many endeavors
directed away from
reality, truth and beauty
so much wasted time
. . . more
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July 05, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
love can give warmth
sorrow, devotion, worry,
a headache or great joy
more
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June 05, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
witch's strange poisoned brew
what a horrible black broth of evil
gruel with bubbles of hate, malevolence
our long terrible war
victims scream a tragic song . . . more
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June 27, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
The myths, the philosophical significance, the Universal archetypes are my themes of painting mostly. In everyday life, in individual personal situations, of mine or other people, I try to find the archetypical, . . . more
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