Monday, February 09, 2004
Thank You George W.
Meet the Press on Sunday cleared up one thing for certain. My previously held assumptions about the President are right on the mark.
Subliminals
- Identity:: stolen
- Reveal:: expose
- Live:: moving
- Attitude:: stubborn
- Night:: nocturnal
- Nevada:: gambling
- Weekend:: fun
- Write:: poetry
- Friend:: companion
- Seventeen:: youth
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Cold
The young boys face
stung with the bite of the icy wind
but he said noting.
His mother's flesh was no different
than his. They waited for the bus
knee deep in the road waste piled
at the bus stop by plows.
stung with the bite of the icy wind
but he said noting.
His mother's flesh was no different
than his. They waited for the bus
knee deep in the road waste piled
at the bus stop by plows.
Friday, February 06, 2004
Newsletter
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Stick Poet Top 5 Blogs of the Week
It's Friday and I am on time - hooray!
No. 5 Ivy Is Here [First time on the list]
No. 4 One Good Bumblebee [Also No. 4 last week]
No. 3 The Poetry Hut [Also No. 3 last week]
No. 2The Chatelaine's Poetics [Last week's No. 1 on the list]
No. 1 Awake At Dawn on Someone's Couch [First time even on the list]
No. 5 Ivy Is Here [First time on the list]
No. 4 One Good Bumblebee [Also No. 4 last week]
No. 3 The Poetry Hut [Also No. 3 last week]
No. 2The Chatelaine's Poetics [Last week's No. 1 on the list]
No. 1 Awake At Dawn on Someone's Couch [First time even on the list]
Thursday, February 05, 2004
No One Listening
The glum will surely fade
and I, I can taste the grape exalted
to its supreme perfection
dry and with a hint of oak.
I want to dance
though my feet have no special steps
I want to shout though I have nothing distinguished to say
but only a desire to be heard.
And you, like so many others look at me and wonder.
It is the water passing swiftly in the narrow stream that
travels so far with so little,
And I look inward and see in myself a raindrop that wishes
beyond all hope to travel half as far in my quest. Sometimes
the desire is far greater than purpose. Then I too wonder
is there something missing? Is that why no one is listening?
I build a fire out of doubts and questions and douse it with
the enthusiasm that seems misplaced. I have no need for it.
At least I will be warm.
and I, I can taste the grape exalted
to its supreme perfection
dry and with a hint of oak.
I want to dance
though my feet have no special steps
I want to shout though I have nothing distinguished to say
but only a desire to be heard.
And you, like so many others look at me and wonder.
It is the water passing swiftly in the narrow stream that
travels so far with so little,
And I look inward and see in myself a raindrop that wishes
beyond all hope to travel half as far in my quest. Sometimes
the desire is far greater than purpose. Then I too wonder
is there something missing? Is that why no one is listening?
I build a fire out of doubts and questions and douse it with
the enthusiasm that seems misplaced. I have no need for it.
At least I will be warm.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
"Free The People"
"Free the people." he said
and took a walk along the shore.
Too many black clouds
and the hatchet men.
Oh you say we must provide affordable health care
by eliminating lawsuits that hurt good doctors...
but good medicine is the best remedy for eliminating lawsuits.
"Free the people." he said as he drove the truck into town.
Too much at stake
too many out of work.
You say we are at war with terrorism.
Why do you terrorize us?
"Free the people." He said to the teacher
as he left his daughter at the school playground.
You read to a class and tell us to leave no child behind.
Then pile a debt to leave behind for the children.
"Free the people" He said to his neighbor
standing in line at the polls.
The neighbor nodded.
and took a walk along the shore.
Too many black clouds
and the hatchet men.
Oh you say we must provide affordable health care
by eliminating lawsuits that hurt good doctors...
but good medicine is the best remedy for eliminating lawsuits.
"Free the people." he said as he drove the truck into town.
Too much at stake
too many out of work.
You say we are at war with terrorism.
Why do you terrorize us?
"Free the people." He said to the teacher
as he left his daughter at the school playground.
You read to a class and tell us to leave no child behind.
Then pile a debt to leave behind for the children.
"Free the people" He said to his neighbor
standing in line at the polls.
The neighbor nodded.
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