The Way of Community
1 There is only one border: Destiny 2 There is only one community: The Living 3 There is only one homeland: The Earth 4 A child is born: it is…
Dan Corjescu
The Way of Doubt
1 What is greater a brother or a sister of the flesh or of the soul? 2 Put out a fire with another fire 3 Strength is the deepest knowledge…
The Parable of Food
There once was a little fish that swam happily in the sea. One day the little fish met a bigger fish. And the Big Fish said to the Little Fish:…
The Way of Eternity
1 It is speaking to you; ever speaking 2 Dip your hands inside the Waters: it is You. Breath in the Air: it is You. Eat: it is You. Love:…
The Way of Art
1 Listen to the wind and dream 2 When creating always keep one eye on the Creation 3 Always ask: does my work serve Life? And if not, explain your…
Civitas: School For Democracy
Civitas is an ancient Roman concept which recognizes that a political entity and its citizens are not simply a collection of individuals governed by the rule of law and taken…
The Way of Prayer
1 You have hands. The Universe has hands. Put them together 2 Flowers open. You open. Endless opening 3 Water flows. You flow. Endless flowing 4 The sun gives. You…
The Way of Every Day
1 I say: the Way is the Sacredness of Life. And you ask: But what of this day? 2 You are sad? You are angry? You fear? Ask yourselves: how…
The Way of God
1 The quest for God is a holy one; the quest for Life even more so 2 And you shall ask; and ask again; All is Asking 3 And you…
The Way of Love
1 To love Life is logical. To love is logical. Understand this and thrive 2 Suppression of emotion is not the way. Rather understand and transcend 3 It has been…
The Way of Creation
1 What is greater than life? The Creation. What is greater than the creation? The Creator. Love life, understand Creation, and, then, and only then, see The Creator 2 The…
Logos
1 Logos is Life 2 Logos is the argument of the universe; its divine message to Man. 3 Logos is not speech; although God is talking 4 Logos is not…
The Way of Wisdom
1 Stoicism is cowardice disguising itself with reason. It is not a belief, but a psychological tactic. It is the ultimate defeat handed to us by the philosophers. 2 A…
The Way
1 You say: I shall commit evil for no one shall see. Know this: All is Seen 2 You say: You are a false prophet for behold: I, king, do…
100 Theses of Faith
1 I do not ask you to believe in me. I do not ask you to love me. I do not command you to fear. I but ask you to…
Hymn To Freedom
Ὁ Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν(Hymn To Freedom) Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψητοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν τρομερή,σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψη,ποῦ μὲ βία μετράει τὴ γῆ. Ἀπ᾿ τὰ κόκαλα βγαλμένητῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ…
The 31 Commandments Of Gaia
Deus sive Natura 1) Gaia is both a complex planetary ecological system and a Goddess. This may seem paradoxical even contradictory but it is not. It depends how you approach…
Bride of Palestine
It was hardTo lift PoetryOut of the grave It was so veryHeavy It was difficult to findUnderneath the rubbleUnderneath the lies Its lips of ironIts hair of plutonium So stillIn…
A Felon In The Matrix
RespectNo one SpitIn the judge'sFace Give the fingerTo the police SlapThe president MistrustThe doctor Tell the lawyerTo shut up And the priestTo stop lying No figureOf authorityIs what they seem…
Keep Your Eyes Open
Pay attentionTo what you see You see a peopleBeing murdered You see a landBeing blotted You see a dreamBeing slaughtered You see thisAnd you believe In your presidentsAnd your chancellorsAnd…
Upon Hearing Of The Death Of Navalny
What were you thinking? Opening up your heartTo the Monster in the TowerOpening up your heartTo a people without power Could you fill the DemonWith fear? Could you fight the…
Two Beasts
There is a paradoxIn the heart of the world There are two beastsThat contend for dominion One is ferocious and bloodyAnd knows no pityOnly vengeance The other is magicalOf infinite…
Ecce Homo!
If EvilHas carefully stolen youFrom the World If EvilHas gripped your heartAnd will never let go If EvilHas imprisoned youIn deepest Hell If EvilHolds you mockingly in its armsWhispering its…
Love Is King
I have a sad secret to tell you:Love does not conquer all Only Power can do that Love is:That much is true But it can breakAnd be stolenMuch more easilyThan…
In Memory Of Hind Rajab (Six Years Old)
"I'm so scared, please come"--Hind Rajab What have you done What have you done? I would askAnother time But I knowThat you know A little girlSix years old Pleading on…
Come To Gaza
You want to seeThe empty faceOf God? Come to Gaza You want to seeThe true RulerOf the world? Come to Gaza You want to seeThe filthy lieOf Freedom Come to…
Abandoned
AngelsWill not touchThis land God will notWave His hand Over this landHe will not point Or give direction Silence is this land The men prayThe women screechAnd the children quickly…
Witness
I've seen the ugliness I've felt the pain I've lived the rage I've watched the mothers I've counted the children I've mourned the men Evil has heated my bloodEvil has…
My country
My countryIs of pain My countryIs of sorrow My countryIs a chorusOf wildness My countryIs the songOf tribulations My countryHas been whippedBy torture My countryHas been deniedThe light My countryWeeps…
Weapon of Love
Make this poemInto fire Mould itInto a bomb Launch itOver theHigh wallOf murdering lies Make each lineA bullet of justiceA jab of the Divine Sing itIn front of torture Sing…
Palestine Beloved
Do you see Do you see, my friend? The dead want to kiss you They want to breathe through you They want to dance with your feet They want to…
Cursed
You don't everWant to be hauntedBy children By the childrenYou've killed But you will be I hope they comeIn their millions I hope they suffocateI hope they strangulateI hope they…
We Are Here!
You cameFrom the gas chambersWith HistoryTattooedOn your arms You cameFor justiceFor freedomYou said But we were hereWithout knowingWe were waitingTo be toldThat we were notPart of History'sOr God's plan We…
Gaza
You come at meWith hate You come at meWith acid argument You come at meSo as to erase me But I'm still here Breathing the smokeStaring into the fireListening to…
Breadcrumb
For millennia Truth was the supreme task Beauty was mere consequence But what if the first is impossible? Should we, therefore, discard the second? Beauty is felt not proven It…
Tolstoy’s Dilemma
Art It is the tiny pink rose Behind the ear of God I place mine there Not because I rage against death I a short interval between the not yet…
My Yellowed Loves
Yellowed loves Come The punctured gutters of God Open The veins of silent gold In the lazy mouths of mocking youth Fountains overflowing with first sun A flock of oaths…
The Ten Essential Powers of Great Literature
What makes a work of literature great? Why, to name but a few, are Hamlet, The Iliad, The Divine Comedy, War and Peace, The Flowers of Evil, Don Quixote, Faust…
Dinner Guest
Death Sits at the dinner table with me He has Impeccable manners Never touches anything Never talks out of turn Truly A somewhat amiable chap Except He has the nasty…
Arrival
I searched long for You In the infinite fields Of Being I followed the myth Of your laughter I composed What I thought Was the heart Of Your Song I…
In Memory of Harold Bloom
How shall I climb When the ladder Is not mine? How shall I reach Thine ear When such is not my speech? How shall I engender Words When diction, close,…
Dark Mystery
The Flesh on the Cross It is a great meditation It is a great Truth Of the World The nails of our traitors Slowly bore into us As we call…
Papillon
They chained you Made you know Inside and out What it is like To be rock They taught you The secret hardnesses of time The Gorgon Face Of the clock…
Las Vegas
The Gangsters were all waiting for me Their uninvited guest Their cigarettes were all lighted Their black ties were all straight I owed them without knowing And now had to…
In Memory of Leonard Cohen
Do you think that love is waiting Do you think that someone's there There are only the hounds retreating There is only a ghost going up the stairs Now all…
Eternal Command
Stand at attention All you dogs And make fire for me Do not take the white branches From under the sea Leave me the Winter's song On my tired breast…
No Poet
I'm not really a poet I'm anti-gravity I'm stale mashed potatoes and gravy I'm what's left out After your last pay check I'm the last words your wife says Before…
For M.M. 1992/2022
Stretching into love again After a hiatus of years Lips need old lips To see past new tears Our hands hung In Time's hammock Patiently waiting For a rose Moon…
Democracy
All the chicken heads Are hung against the wall And in invisible velvet rooms Choice chokes on power And the stupid dance Of commanded wraiths Processes its time Declares victors'…
You are not a great poet
You are not a great poet The swan does not stir No flower bends No mouth opens for more breath The universe remains steadily in place All the clocks tick…
Medea in Hell
A Short Philosophical One-Act Play The Place: Hades (World of Shadows) Medea: In that eye within which I saw a world reduced I engendered a treacly venom so strong that…
Forgive Thyself and Others: Reparations Now!
The question of Reparations for the historical crime of slavery is not primarily about money. Rather it is about spiritual cleansing and healing. It is about recognizing the fact that…
Environmental Ethics
I A Kingly creature; now creatureless King An Empire out of breath while breathless doing Air, water, land all three commanded to remain in place and serve They wilt…
Will the Real Aliens Please Stand Up!
At the beginning of this year, I wrote an article for Counterpunch arguing that UFO sightings were a new kind of quasi-religion based on the cultural peculiarities of modern post-war America: technologism,…
Environmental Ethics II
The Peculiar Human Gnaw has overtaken all of life Or was it always to be so? In more Halcyon days Every hunger was checked by another Until Consumption reduced nature's…
Environmental Ethics
A Kingly creature; now creatureless King An Empire out of breath while breathless doing Air, water, land all three commanded to remain in place and serve They wilt under the…
Reason, Sociability, and Ethics
Aristotle famously said that man was a social animal: ζῷον πολιτικόν. He also strongly implied that what distinguished man from all other animals was his rationality. Today this description…
Stabbed in the Back—Again
After more than a century, yet another Stabbed in the Back Myth (Dolchstoßlegende ) is being born, this time in America. As is well known, Trump has never shied away…
An Incautious Defense of Optimism
(Optimistically dedicated to Steven Pinker) In a world suffering from a global pandemic, it would be both easy and understandable to be morosely pessimistic. Yet, even here, midst frantic calls…
To Be A Dissident
What does it mean to be a dissident? At its simplest, it means to critically engage with and seek to change the material and the ideological structures of the society…
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