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Poem  of  the  Week

The Economic Circus

11/3/2020

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The goal of meeting productivity 
is like a circus monkey on his back,
he knows his vast experience is key,
but can't predict this market out of whack.

Distractions in the center ring prepare
for what economies might do today,
and media, not heeding quiet prayer,
reports mad politics in disarray.

So what is he to do to keep their jobs?
The weight of workers' hope and open floor
is wearing, and executives, all snobs,
park Beemers where their workers can't ignore.

The savior for the circus will arrive
when markets turn again and come alive. 

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Published in "A Splendid Alternative" and "Eloquence"
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Open Spaces

10/27/2020

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The grasslands and hillsides of the western expanse
Continue to isolate despite man's advance
In technical gadgets and cellular gear,
Designed for inhabitants of modern frontier.
The sheer open spaces can simply transcend
All manner of contact one tries to extend.

With many reclusive, spending lifetimes alone,
Preferring escape from what society's prone,
The violent nature of the urbanites' lives
Depicted in newscasts with their guns, chains and knives.
A rural, unruffled ranch homestead or farm
Can keep their contentment from coming to harm. 

Most city folks live their industrial lives
Without thinking twice about how one survives,
As citizens go they are mostly sincere
And care about neighbors and friends they hold dear,
But living in backwoods or on desolate land
Is simply so tranquil they would not understand.

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Ghosts from August Herds

10/20/2020

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When wandering the back roads of the plains,
where waving grass makes way for corn and wheat,
secluded from the noise of speeding trains,
you leave behind the fractured asphalt street.
There, ghosts from august herds may yet remain,
the thunder almost felt beneath your feet
as native horsemen flush their bison prey, 
and others force the herd in disarray. 

An arrow in the heart, a bison spins
and promptly drops while others are pursued.
The chase complete, they load the meat and skins
to consummate their quest for warmth and food. 
Tonight they celebrate, a feast begins,
and then the season's hunting will conclude.
At times the festival still breaks the hush 
of evening plains among the sedge and brush.

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Looking Over Your Shoulder

10/13/2020

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Work
can seep
into your
personal life,
friends and confidants
caution; you have to keep
looking over your shoulder.
Jealous co-workers are watching,
waiting for private indiscretions
to prove they, not you, deserve advancement.

They can't compete with your intelligence
or experience, so they conspire
to find your hidden skeletons.
Looking over your shoulder
can be a tiresome chore,
distracting you from
more important
concerns, with
little
gained. 
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My Annie

10/6/2020

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I miss my Annie, 
still aboard my sailing ship, 
comforting and true,
leading us safely through fog.
No woman could measure up.

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Waiting ‘Til Harvest

9/29/2020

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The fervor of summer and long heated days,
the drying, warm breezes in afternoon sun,
make grasses turn brown, seeping groundwater scarce,
and signal the shift of the season's begun. 

Grapes waiting 'til harvest, with patience, resigned,
the sun is no longer straight overhead, peaked,
just sixty days' biding will bring out the crew,
and crush soon thereafter, the vintage critiqued.

The energy drawn by the vineyard's broad leaves
gives the clusters their health, and their palate repute,
for these are the grapes of the arid and parched-
a cool, rainy summer would ruin the fruit.

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The Ghost Town Saloon

9/22/2020

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While wandering the desert of Nevada,
Complaining of the lack of drink and grub,
I came across a bar in sight of nowhere,
"The Ghost Town Saloon and the Santa Fe Club."

Established in the height of golden fever
In nineteen zero five the sign had said,
I wondered if the souls of Virge and Wyatt
Were dealing out cards as the riches were shed.

One almost hears the bustle and the gambling
Of miners, ranchers, harlots and the sharks,
Piano playing on without a chorus,
And faro's lost bets by the victimized marks.

Now silently this building has been aging,
Its warping porch besieged with squeak and squeal,
I dared to enter, finding only locals,
And almost relieved that the patrons were real.
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Nature Is

9/15/2020

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Nature is the environment, certainly,
clouds delivering rain, ice or snow, 
wildlife in petite abundance, surviving 
in shrinking forests and flooded plains.

Nature is a single leaf, emerald green,
with intricate veins and living cells,
drawing energy, so miraculously,
from daylight born in our distant sun.

Nature is a flowing lava bed, growing
the landscape as magma spews from gaping mouths;
the inferno below on which continents waft 
provides the liquid that both destroys and creates.

Nature is with us when the earth moves
and buildings collapse from the upheaval;
and when the waves come inland shortly after,
sometimes thousands of miles away.

Nature is the process by which living things
propagate, enlarging their sphere of life,
interacting with surroundings of their own
making, or that which has been handed to them.

Nature is a set of calculations collaborating
to control every action and reaction,
refusing to be completely understood by
anything or anyone within its domain. 

Nature is mankind, though many think it is not.
Everything humans create is equally nature; 
"man-made" is an ambiguity, a delusion
by those who believe we can be set apart.

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The City on an Inland Sea

9/8/2020

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Its downtown skyline on display,
this city on an inland sea,
it draws the ruralites away
from lonely roads and storms' debris.

This city on an inland sea,
with much to teach and lots to learn
from lonely roads and storms' debris,
it asks so little in return.

With much to teach and lots to learn,
the Chi-town's heart is open wide,
it asks so little in return
from those who share its civic pride.

The Chi-town's heart is open wide,
it draws the ruralites away
to those who share its civic pride-
its downtown skyline on display.

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The Spiral Staircase

9/1/2020

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I peer in the well
of the steep spiral staircase--
imagination
sees dungeons in bleak darkness
and princesses in dire need. 

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