Spirited discourse

Defying this

Eventual state feeds

A revitalized cultural

Debate.

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/476/as-we-lay-dying

Shadowy presence

Sinister are these

Perilous times of

Elaborate perfidy, of

Candidates aligned with

Trumpeting assertions

Erroneously, and with appalling

Ridicule, designed.

Stealth separation

Disuniting

Is at the

Very core of certain

Individuals’ political

Desires,

Especially those beyond these

Shores.

Kneaded rock

Molten in subduction zones,

A thick,

Gooey silicate mix

Might rise to the surface as lava

And then we’re in a fix.

"Tent door" in Phoenician

Down by the mouth of

Egypt’s great Nile, 

Learned Herodotus saw a

Triangular pile of sediment

And called it this with a big Greek smile.

I was at Olympic National Park’s NatureBridge with 6^th graders this past week. The word ‘delta’ came up while we studied water flow and its impact on land. It also means change or difference in mathematics.

Pacific Northwest

Carved from

An aged cedar tree, it

Navigates rivers

Or

Even the sea.

Echoes

Bow-wows, trees,

And boats all

Refer to this word, you

Know.

Cozy stay

Constructed in

A practical, woodsy way,

Bark-clad shelters are

Ideal

Night and day.

Froth

Such a shallow cur the truth

Conceals,

Undermining this country with his

Maddening spiel.

Pleasing

Pleasant, peaceful is the

Lake

As they glide in sparkling

Circles;

Indeed it makes a lovely

Design, the wake.

Wound

Sticking a threaded needle

Through two sides

Is a 

Tried and true way to

Connect them, help

Heal them, and protect them.

For Katie Y.

Affront

Outrageous,

Filterless behavior

Feeds the masses,

Encouraging the

Narrow-minded to be

Dangerous…blockheads.

Vision

Wisps of beings often

Readily

Appear

In the misty dimension between

There and

Here.

A twisted thought?

Lines that coil back

Over themselves are

Ornate and/or

Practical, much like ourselves.

Open-minded

Perceptions

Evoked from different points of view –

Regarding

Situations,

People, places –

Engage

Creative

Thought

In you, who

Voice

Equitable graces.

Rooted in 'bloom'

Blunt as a

Leaf or sharp

As a knife, both relate to

Death – an

End – or life.

Lover of mankind

Paul Gardner Allen

Had

In his

Lifetime

Afforded

Numerous groups

The financial

Help they needed;

Research, education, various

Organizations, the arts,

Professional sports and more, the

Idea Man in computer

Science soared. Through him

The world has greatly scored.

Thank you, Paul G. Allen.

Criminal

Depriving

Individuals the

Sacred right to

Elect our

Nation’s leaders is a

Flagrant immoral

Reaction of

Adversarial factions. They purge

Names of

Constituents and

Hide behind voter

ID rules in

Stealthy legislation; it is an

Electoral abomination!

Where is a fair and decent-minded Supreme Court for the People when we need it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-senate-battleground-native-american-voting-rights-activists-fight-back-against-voter-id-restrictions/2018/10/12/7bc33ad2-cd60-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d8a346cea348

Return to "civilized"

Relationships of

Affinity

Present in a community a

Positive spin

Of energy; how can we

Repair

The current calamity?

Shock

Tremendously troubling events often

Result in

A turn that can then

Undermine a person’s life,

Mental stability,

And cause relational strife.

Happy 4th Anniversary!

Let this lovely woven flax

Inspire a

New year of

Endearing acts, and so we

Nod abundant “Congrats!”

Happy 4^th Anniversary, Emma and Bryan G.! Thanks for the fun memories of four years ago!

The furor

Ranting and raving,

A’stirrin’ vexation,

Get everyone riled with

Equal sensation.

Olympic

People are

Enticed here for

Natural beauty, even though

It is

Not quite an island; the

Strait, Hood Canal, and

Undulating seas

Lend it its grand

Authenticity.

                                                                 

Utter foolishness

Does this word sufficiently

Explain the scope of the

Ridiculous rhetoric

Proclaimed?

Thank you, Emma G., for introducing me to this word and concept.

The talk of blowhards

Braggadocio and

Ludicrous assertions

Underscore a

Serious aversion

To forthright,

Ethical,

Respectable versions.

...and justice for ALL!

Prejudice

And partiality

Reject

The notion that the DOJ

Is to serve ALL in

Society; the motion to

Assert one side

Negates democracy, justice, decried.

Photographic memory?

Eyes and minds that

In an instant see every

Detail and

Easily recall

Them vividly

Incite in me strong

Curiosity.

Falsehoods

Lately, verbal

Inventions are an

Enormous

Source of caustic contention.

“You can’t blow your nose without a…”

Pouches once worn

On the outside

Could carry necessities. Now the

Kind we women find can’t

Even

Transport our keys.

With gratitude to my mother Glorya Moore, for sharing this wisdom. Happy Birthday, wherever you are in the Universe!

Perverse reversal

Quiet the voices,

Undermine the process;

All this

Suppression

Hampers progress.

Diversion

Run an

Unexpected path as

Subterfuge to

Elude attack.