As time grows shorter
blank page asks, “What is the sound
of one poet napping?”
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Author: 2garrabrants
Ride the Wind
When in a hurry
how can we keep from being
flurried and uncalm?
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Bury the flurry.
Erase the haste and worry
not about the coming storm.
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Ardent Question
Could all this talk of
spring and bloom, bud and blossom,
yield libidinous ardor?
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That’s a question best
answered by the birds and bees
and those ever young at heart.
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It’s a Guy Thing
Did little boy blue
have to blow his horn because
nobody else would?
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The inuendo
that’s galloping through my mind
is best withheld, at this time!
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Wealthy Matters
Does great wealth provide
greater potential to cause
greater good or greater ill?
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It’s all a matter
of what matters to the one
who’s blessed with such wealth.
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Tough Choices
When the least among
us have so little, what do
those who have the most still have?
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Like those with little,
those who have the most still have
a choice of how to use it!
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No Fooling
Now that April fools
had their day, dare we hope the
“fools on the hill” are done too?
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As long as there’s fools’
gold to be had, you can count
on those fools to persevere.
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Bearding the Lion
Who is more foolish
today – the fooler or the
one caught being fooled?
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The true fool is he
who responds in anger to
one who honors him with glee.
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Heart Problems
On our myopic
leaders: Is their vision fault
a problem of eye or heart?
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To see or not to
see is a question for all
leaders’ and followers” hearts.
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Blind Bindings
When did our leaders
lose concern for others and
turn the focus on themselves?
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Mighty myopic,
are they not? They can’t see past
their fear, to clearer futures.
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Unseasoned Freedoms
Our founding fathers
did not fight for our freedom
to impress others, did they?
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You might be thinking
not of our founders but of
Young Turks on the hill.
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Buyer Beware
But what about those
who peddle us their poisons
in liberty shaped bottles?
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Just as clothes don’t make
the man, neither does container’s
shape reveal what lies within.
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Hard Though It May Be
When confronted by
harsh and bitter, unpleasant
truth, what is the best response?
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Because the truth can
set us free, we must embrace
unpleasant liberators.
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New Spring for Old School
How likely is it
that we will ever see real
liberty at Liberty?
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I suspect I’m not
“at liberty” to say, but I’ll
bet “Sweet Briar” flowers first!
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Heavenly Offering
Since we’ve managed
to vint heavenly nectar,
what is manna’s recipe?
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Manna’s recipe,
at the risk of sounding not
modest, is momma’s.
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Transubstantiation
How do we begin
to transform the grapes of wrath
into communion wine?
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Strip first, the bitter
skin of anger and vengeance,
then ferment the heart and soul.
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What Light Can Do
And when that light shines,
What manner of creepy things
Will scurry for deeper clefts?
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When light reaches breadth
and depth, perhaps then creepy
things will be transformed.
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Illumination
When every which way
we look, we can only see
dark dead-ends, what then?
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Then, perhaps, the time
is ripe, to cast a little
light into those dark corners.
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Final Thoughts
And what, do pray tell,
Is it, about our demise,
That seeds such dread in us?
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Ah, if only it
were not so final perhaps
we’d be able to relax.
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Delaying the Reaper
Even when we know
a stitch in time saves nine, we
still procrastinate, but why?
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It’s just a habit
for some. But for others
it’s practice postponing death.
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Best Laid Plans
With united goals
and singular purpose,
how can we be overcome?
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Trust me, my dear son,
when I say we have somehow
always found a way.
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Strength in Numbers
How does one achieve
balance in an unbalanced
world spinning out of control?
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If many people
join hands and spin together,
balance can be restored.
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The Real Deal
Words can not describe
The truth of any thing. So,
Why do we talk constanly
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The truth that silence
brings can pierce our defenses
and reveal reality.
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Cutting Critique
When ignorance is
bliss becomes the foundation
of belief, what can be done?
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You can quote Occam
to the closed minded fools,
but his razor will miss them.
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Rock Hard
If the Almighty
made this yesterday, can’t he
heal all our rifts tomorrow?
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The earth might be more
cooperative than our
hardened human hearts.
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Life Lessons from the High Desert
What wisdom are you
bringing back with you now that
you’ve been to the wild west?
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This place has taught me
that, despite hardships untold,
life will always find a way!
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Legacy
Walk in this canyon
and wonder. What legacy
will we leave for those to come?
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May we leave behind
a canyon and a world where
wonder is still possible.
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Wisdom of the Reed
When reason fails and
bluster holds sway, how can we
make a difference?
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Bend while the gale blows,
Knowing that the breeze will pass.
Rigid trunks will be broken.
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My Fellow Americans
When all has been said
and not much of anything
has been done, what then?
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Why, you raise money,
Of course! The hour grows late!
It’s time for re-election!
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Escape Into Timelessness
Where can you run to
Escape this modern world
And it’s electronic leash?
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To escape, walk, don’t run,
to a quiet place, open
a print book and read.
Mondo Sedoka 