I've been making a conscious effort to put out more poems and short stories of increasing quality alongside my usual output of essays on politics and the media. Here are seven reasons why: 1. There are

Get to work you lazy slob, join the line find a job. Abandon all your dreams supreme, take one for the capitalist team. Busy busy no time to think, barely alive for that 5 o'clock drink. Idle hands are

Leaving hints and clues from perspective views along the path toward awakening. Sang the blues tethered to booze the process of unfakening. Lost a shoe and a friend or two doubtful voices quaking. It's

“A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.” Impress people so they will like you, love you, be your friend and think highly of you. Not so loud

We are a culture of children. We have a limited understanding of the world. We rely on 'the adults' (experts, politicians, pundits, authorities, wealthy elite, priests) to make decisions for us. We have

I want friends who aren't complacent. Make me brave, make me face it. Not those who give in to distractions ample, but those who are an inspiring example. I want to do better; do you do too? Are you trying

Creativity is a bottomless well, so I climbed in and fell and fell. Before I knew it I was under its spell; my right brain half began to swell. In free-fall there was no friction, I grabbed my pen and

We see the world through different lenses. Yours disturbs me, mine's offensive. We build fences to keep out the other, though the key to our cage is with our brother. Clinging to our perspective though

I've come to realize that Truth does not need to be argued, it need only be spoken. It is not my duty to convince; it is up to each of us to open up ourselves. The shaky foundation of false 'truth' will

Learning about our history and foreign policy / imperialism has been a disturbing and mind-bending journey that one can never come back from -- a truth that has been seen, cannot be unseen. Context is