Monthly Archives: October 2011

Consuming you all way around and through With lips and mouth and tongue made young From loving strength and pride of you I am, too, consumed and stung, And lifted up here leaping/lying. With mortal flesh immortal flying, As on … Continue reading →

“I saw her face and I ascended”— So the classic song does say. I’ve seen your face and I am blended With Paradise in all its May. Glad stranger, I, to thing so strange; It all my mind does re-arrange. … Continue reading →

Surrounded by steel and concrete, They say my life is dull; “If you would grasp pure nature Your life would be so full.” But rational thoughts work for me, Support and bear and lift, And I am always thankful For … Continue reading →

No rights for me means none for you; No rights for you means none for me. If we’ve no right of property we have no right to be. No right for me is wrong for you; No right for you … Continue reading →

He stood high up, near the small cave. He had climbed where none had dared And now no one would he save. They shouted, “Selfish!” He didn’t care. They threw rocks and missed by a mile. The lion came and … Continue reading →

They call me selfish and glorify my name; They say I’m egotist, I egoist remain; I’m too serious, self-centered, out of touch With others. Glad I am (and very much) That such are not my brothers. I think too much, … Continue reading →

Steel I-beams are your eyes That never bend in fear; Steel strong of your hard soul That stands true beauty here. Beauty solid, full self-made, That glitters challenge high— Fast star winking hard as day That hero dares to fly. … Continue reading →

Occupying space Their only occupation, Occupyers face Their final destination: Tear down and destroy Others wealth and joy. Ninety-nine part feeling Their minds are dealing, And one percent thought False teachers taught. Drunk on ignorance— Ninety-nine percent proof, Bowed to … Continue reading →

The Torch of Freedom’s fierce; Its flames are just and true. So let your mind it pierce And glow a torch for you. Then light your days and nights As man of freedom fierce; Your individual rights— Re-fire in all … Continue reading →

Me, and the book, and the cigarette (And the coffe, of course, black and strong), Sit under the light in the cool clear night, While the traffic hums by like a song. The book is a mystery, with a plot … Continue reading →

Ah, Sleep, divine Sleep, fair restorer of divine Wakefulness, Thy job though hast done right well, And I’m again refreshed to my very best. What more of sleep can I say but this? She soothed me truly with her beautiful … Continue reading →

“Let’s rail against government spending, Social Security, shout it to ending, And Medicare, blast from our sights! But whisper no word of individual rights.” Weak pragmatists are at it again, Backward, of course, these backless men; Up on dwarf horses … Continue reading →

Rare unique one are you, Naked all the way through, Never letting another one Stand in for you. You face through the night In your very strange way; How naked your joy is! The sun beholds day. Your strangeness—fierce strength— … Continue reading →