The Republic of Perpetual Outrage
Outrage, outrage! Get your daily dose of anti‑everything! Shouting, pointing, watch out now the rage is forming Maybe it’s him,
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Poetry
Poetry is a genre of literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
The Long Winter Vigil
Beneath the wooden rafter’s weight And beams with abandoned spider silk, Where hearth once roared with living flame Now but
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The Silence of Love
Love rarely arrives to the sound of trumpets and drums Nor does it storm ashore with the shouts of conquest
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Barter – Why We Trade
Paper bills are just paper now Backed by no one and nothing No vaults of gold or silver bars Worthless
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The Seven Deadly Sins
The sins of seven, counted here Deadly as they are revealing Cuts the truth from the souls of men Peels
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When The Dictator Falls
Eyes focused on the monuments and statues Propaganda posters with eager children Smiling faces on worthless currency Starving hands reaching
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In The Space Between Breaths
Alas, my soul does bid thee to come close Not for the sake of ceremony, nor influence But because there
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The Witch Returns
Silence came with a great exhale The land heaved with the unexpected weight Dark, ghastly, agonizing, and unsettled Turbulent winds
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A Dystopian New Year
We stand, not united, but wary The cusp of another year in sight Voices silently counting down not with hope
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The Wintery Sky of Christmas Day
In the lower part of Texas…We don’t really have Four Seasons. When it comes to Winter here it sweeps in
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The Final Frontier or A Superhighway of Cosmic Wonders
Out there, the great beyond, the final frontier Galaxies, star clusters, solar systems A superhighway of cosmic wonders awaits And
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War Is More Than Just Battles and Bullets
War is war, but so much more Secret agendas hidden in plain sight Yet so few can read the signs
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When Breath No Longer Gives Life
Breath, oh how we took it for granted Natural, simple, without a single thought But that was then, and this
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When The Feed Is No Longer Transmitting
When the feed is no longer transmitting Endless streams of mind-numbing videos Remakes and retakes of songs and movies Fails
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Finding Peace in a Turbulent World
Outside the world roars, screams, lunges Dangerous, like a wounded beast, threatened mother Teeth bared, twitching, trembling, fearful A mixture
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Krampus Stalks the Winter Roads
Krampus stalks the winter roads Driven not by malice or anger, but by purpose For his is the burden of
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Christmas Day in Those Bygone Years
In the country homes and little towns Where winter came without a sound Frozen breath and bodies thin Clapboard walls
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Emotional Contraband Identified
Static rages where silence once reigned, It’s everywhere, all-consuming, all-controlling There’s no escape, not even in the land of dreams
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The Wasting Age
Prosperity reigned, at least until it didn’t In the final century of promise, hope still remained The world heaved and
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The Cycle of the Moon
Illumination in the darkness Cold light on frozen ground The howling echoes through the quiet darkness Pack moving in the
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Vision Quest
I’m grounded, and yet no longer here My feet remain firm on hard tamped clay And yet gone I am,
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