Monthly Archives: March 2012

What burning, tight’ning anger do I feel Against these petty leaders of mankind. If anger was itself a thing of steel How sharp would fly the bullets from my mind. Blast them for their pity-playing ways; Blast them for their … Continue reading →

(A poem from my late teen years.) When all the clouds are flying And heavy darkness dying, And the gladsome light comes trembling through the air, We flowers all call to one another, “Harken, sister! Harken, brother! Waken, rise, and … Continue reading →

(This one was written some years ago for a cousin of mine who was wondering about love.) I float above all leaves and flowers, streams and rivers, towns and roads and bridges. I float above all things that are— Except … Continue reading →

(This was written when I was twenty, heavily influenced by the greatest English lyricist, Algernon Charles Swinburne.) Fair Vivien our voices do fire up the heavens for With a whirlwind of mad-eyed singing, And God cries aloud to come down … Continue reading →

(I once drove across the country with a woman I hardly knew, with this slightly humorous result.) We’re driving coast to coast O’er mountains bare and dry; Each morning eggs and toast, And coffee for each eye. Yes, we’re driving … Continue reading →

With Valentine’s a week away I’ll not be weak to something say, But good strong words for good strong day Will blast omission’s wrongs away! The wrong of kisses that I gave, That were too few, and thus, not brave, … Continue reading →

If stars could sing like birds do sing And throw down songs all night, If clouds could shine like stars do shine And make their storms more bright, If winds could speak in verses fine, And nature’s forces be all … Continue reading →

When Light upon your lips does shine He knows he’s hit my Valentine, And when your hands does gently touch, He knows that I am jealous much. Yet such a friend is Light to me, To show your beauteous rarity, … Continue reading →

Fate has raised him up again, Spread his mangled wings again, Laughed his laugh at quaking men, And over-flown life’s skies again. Wide and dark his form does spread, Wider, darker, overhead; Sickly laugh is filling dread Into each man’s … Continue reading →

You men who love your liberty, You men and women true, Do not sit still if you’d be free, But thoughtful acts pursue. Clear thinking, it must be your own, Your reason your sweet guide; In love with truth through … Continue reading →

If all the world rang just one tone And I could hear but that alone, I’d make it be one note of you To echo in me through and through. And if the earth had just one height On one … Continue reading →

My verses swirl around and ’round, They hit my girl, and back they bound; And from her lips to ears of mine Sail loving trips of “Valentine!” The windy air, it catches, too, And whips my verse into the blue! … Continue reading →

So, you’re not happy with this statist lot. Why? They’ll be taking you for all you’ve got, Be cooking, boiling you in your own pot. You’re altruists, you can deny it not. The man of reason does not seek your … Continue reading →

You base politicians, you freedom-killing, Choice denying, life-defying devils; You mind-hating half, half men, I look down upon you all, Oh so shrunken, oh so small, Full of fakery and deceit, Why, as a whole you are a cheat, A … Continue reading →

I’m strollin’ along (right along, right along) Just singin’ a song (with a song, with a song), ‘Cause everything’s right (it is right, it is right) All day and all night (day and night, day and night). The moon and … Continue reading →

Oh, Jack, he felt him sick one day, But shouted out a great “Hooray! Doc Government I’ll go to see, For my health care is fully free!” Jack went to see Doc Government And waited in a chair. A week … Continue reading →

Long long hours of glorious toil Thrust wheat and corn up from the soil, Push all the food that’s rich and sweet Up to our hands for us to eat. Long days and years of toppling trees Built million houses … Continue reading →

Strong principles of right aren’t hard to find, Just look within your life with your own mind. You were not born to lose, nor stamped with sin, But sucked in your first breath so you might wn. And winning yours … Continue reading →

The bad and false philosophies are done; They’ve met their match and they are on the run. The rationalists, who came to play a game, Go slinking off to hide them from their shame; The trickster false logician turns and … Continue reading →

I’m squeezed so tightly in your arms you flatten me; I drink your corded throat, you are inside of me; My legs and feet do clamp you fast, embracing in; We are now one, and ah! and ah! I aim … Continue reading →

Bird optimist did fly the tower ’round (Five weeks in building, and still more upward bound). He liked to see men finishing the sky; Was sure they would, and happily did fly. Bird pessimist did peck about a wall, Did … Continue reading →

From ranks of common, wavering men Will one rock-solid come? A man who’s great with principles, Like sunlight’s great with sun? A man who’s straight and will not bend For weasel foe or seeming friend? A man who’s reason reigns … Continue reading →

I sing the heart of reason, Which is not feeling—No! But concepts joining thought to fact With definition’s glow. I sing the soul of logic; It’s not a whim—oh nay! But honest words that don’t deny That every A is … Continue reading →

The sky—thin gray; the sun—dim bright; The mountains climb to some dim height. All shadows ’round are dim on ground And faint and soft comes every sound. A sparrow flits right near my feet, Hops and stops, and peeps light … Continue reading →

“Do you believe in God?” she asked. He replied, “No, I am not ignorant.” “What?” said she, “Have you no faith?” “Oh, no, I have no blindness.” “Do you never pray?” “I don’t permit myself idle wishes, nor pretend I … Continue reading →