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Blowhards

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How many shoulders

were dislocated this month,

patting themselves on the back?

~

The answer, my friend,

is blowing in the wind that

swept humility aside.

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Jul·31

If It Bleeds It Leads. Otherwise, Shoot It.

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Where, oh where have those

old values gone in this age

of gross incivility?

~

Statesmanly reason,

and measured, nuanced response,

offer no zippy soundbites.

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Jul·30

To Win Or To Serve

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How can people tell

politicians from statesmen

before the ballots are cast?

~

Before and after –

statesmen don’t scorch the earth,

they nourish and protect it.

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Jul·29

Superlative Dunsail

Posted by 2garrabrants

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 If Trump can’t govern

his tongue, how can we expect

him to govern a nation?

~

Some people believe

that he who governs the best

is he who governs the least.

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Jul·28

Trumpets Blare

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How can this great noise

emanate from one with such

an insignificant voice?

~

For him to be great

again requires only

volume but not a sound plan.

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Jul·27

True North

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How many maxims

can you state and break before

you have completely maxed out?

~

One with no compass

relies on sententious pomp

rather than admit he’s lost.

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Jul·26

Call Of The Wilde

Posted by 2garrabrants

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What did Wilde call

he who knows everything’s price

yet has no clue its value?

~

Cynics fit the bill

but never want to pay it –

not now or going forward.

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Jul·25

Recipes

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Why not begin and

end the day with gratitude

for one small happening?

~

One small happening

that punctuates every day

assures gratitude.

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Jul·24

Lost And Found

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Must politicians

always found their campaigns on

endless animadversions?

~

Negativity

and blame is much easier

for those of small heart  and brain.

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Jul·23

Familial Fallacy 

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Why do we insist

that father knows best when it’s

clear that mother knows better?

~

Fathers and mothers

comfort and protect the young:

perhaps adults need neither.

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Jul·22

Taking The Leap

Posted by 2garrabrants

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However can we

hope to salvage sanity

in this constant news cycle?

~

The wheel goes round and

the sanest among us jump

off and find sanity there.

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Jul·21

Miasmic Maunderings

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Do idiots bloom

or do they simply unfold,

revealing their ignorance?

~

There is a fragrance

to an unfolding blossom:

from idiots, more a stench.

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Jul·20

The Best We Can Do

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As summer swelters

and tempers begin to fray,

how can we knit social wounds?

~

The best we can do

in the heat of the moment

 is pause and listen.

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Jul·19

Slow Down! What’s The Rush?

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Have you considered

how the world might be improved

if we thought before we talked?

~

Nothing would get worse

if we thought before we talked…

and talked before we acted!

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Jul·18

Yowling and Howling

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the big wind hits

Cleveland, will it silence you

or blow you away?

~

Though I don’t live there,

I’m confident we’ll all hear 

catterwalling even here.

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Jul·17

Alas, Silence.

Posted by 2garrabrants

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What might a chipmunk

want a poet to know and

what keeps him silent?

~

His message is lost,

be it mundane or profound,

muffled by cheeks full of nuts.

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Jul·16

Looking For Answers

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the fire burns

or when the rain doesn’t fall,

are we better off than trees?

~

It’s all a matter

of whom the question is asked –

each of us or all the trees.

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Jul·15

Deep Rooted Wisdom

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As we sit and look

at the forest, can you tell

me what we can learn from trees?

~

Each tree can teach us

that we are at the mercy

of forces beyond control.

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Jul·14

To Do List

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How can we prepare,

now, in this summer, for fall,

lest we be caught, unaware?

~

Rather than prepare

for what’s not yet come, why not

enjoy what’s right here?

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Jul·13

Workday Woes

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the day is done

what do you look back upon

with pleasure and a smile?

~

The problems I solved

that they didn’t know they had

in ways they can’t understand?

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Jul·12

What Helps

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As the days heat up

right along with politics,

can we ever keep our cool?

~

A breath of fresh air

can lower the heat of both

days and politics.

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Jul·11

Justice v. Rhetoric

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the powerful

are held to a different set

of rules, how do we keep hope?

~

Just hope that justice

has been served and the noisey

rhetoric is sour grapes.

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Jul·10

The Base Of Choice

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Does it seem to you

that choosing the least of three

evils is an evil choice?

~

  Faced with no choice but

to choose, a choice based in love

can’t be considered evil.

 

 

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Jul·09

Divine Vision

Posted by 2garrabrants

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If we could peer past

differences, what might we see,

and what might we learn?

~

We might see the face

of divinity, and learn,

at long last, to live in peace.

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Tagged acceptance, differences, peace, vision

Jul·08

Ask The Workhorse

Posted by 2garrabrants

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If I hold the reins

while someone else draws the plow,

do I become the tyrant?

~

 If you use the reins

only to guide and steady,

you’re no tyrant then.

.

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Jul·07

Will Mill

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When caught between rocks

and hard places, how would you

suggest we get out?

~

In that narrow space

between rocks and hard places

is where souls are finely milled 

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Jul·06

Those Fields

Posted by 2garrabrants

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And if by some chance,

we shed our yoke of bondage,

will our fields ever get plowed?

~

Wouldn’t you like to

 hold the reins as you plow fields

of your own making?

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Jul·05

Bondage

Posted by 2garrabrants

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 Independence Day ?

 then why are we enslaved

by corporate tyranny?

~

Do we not all wear

shackles of our own creation

at least to some degree?

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Tagged bondage, chains, freedon, shackles

Jul·04

When Knowing Comes

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When orbits decay,

does a falling body know

where’s the point of no return?

~

 Brits might say knowing

arrives when reality 

finally comes crashing in.

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Jul·03

Infamous Inroads

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Is it a matter

of talent, influence, or

luck that leads to prominence?

~

Never trust in luck

but when talent and skill fail,

influence buys infamy.

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Jul·02

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