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Why Vegetarian?
There are many reasons a person may decide to go vegetarian. A person may choose to exclude meat from their diet for health, spiritual or political reasons. The diet of a vegetarian includes nuts, seeds, legumes, grains, fruits and vegetables.
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Black Coils
I. The black snake coiled its sleek body like a shackle around my arms its tongue lashed my wrists like the silver sliver of your pale lips you shed your skin as you slithered around my lifeless body drawing me near your teeth pierced the vein of...
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Poem: Bodies
Broken architecture like fallen bodies in poem.
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Spring Equinox
Dancing for the Equinox in a Poem.
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Crave the Glory
Poem written during a transitional spiritual phase.
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In the Lap of Society
Political poem about no issue in particular.
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Poem: Monsters in My Closet
Mom didn't believe me when I said there were monsters in my closet. They had lashing claws they used to cling to the walls and spiraling tongues which lashed out and gnarled themselves in the wallpaper design She didn't believe me ...
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In the Graveyard
A soul thrashing itself around a graveyard in poem.
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We the Predator Seeking Prey
Predator and prey poem about society.
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Juxtaposing
One last beautiful breath of two wild hearts lust before one garbed as death helps them to their bed of dust And in their serene rest will love still entwine these two souls and rage within their breast and burn and scorch like hot...
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Lady on the Corner
A poem about a lady and the bottle.
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The Killing Fields
An expression of animal rights in poetry.
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Beyond My Fingertips
Sometimes in the intensity of loneliness a silhouette of your face makes a block within my mind and sometimes as I reach for the silhouette I feel it shatter into dust beyond my fingertips It hasn't just faded to be recalled at a later...
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The Blinds are Drawn Shut
Poetry of injustice,trust and perception.
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Father, Mother
As a kid, I liked to write about social issues. Self exploration hadn't started quite yet.
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The Last Promise
A child's perspective on war. This was written when I was very young.
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Along the Tomb
An angry poem about relationships gone haywire.
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A Tapestry Woven in Poem
A tapestry of poems about the moon, transi and duality.
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A Beat of Night Hooves
A metaphysical poem about dreams and night mares.
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Keeping A Dream Journal
Dreams are a collection of social and personal archetypes and symbols. The characters in a dream represent different aspects of our psychology, just as they do in a story. This means that dreams are a personal story tailored just for us.
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Buy This → Word
"Buy this WORD" is a con-TEXTual experimental poem on consumerism. Its just fun;)
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Temple of the Lord
tone buildings built with hands worn, fingernails ripped Molded brick Stained glass windows
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In the Darkest Nights
"In the Darkest Nights" poems is an angry rant on patriarchy.
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Bound by Chaos
"Bound by Chaos" describes the contradictions in feeling.
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Overwhelmed by Intensity
A poem: I feel overwhelmed
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Natural Rhythm of Drums
A poem about music and metaphysics.
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Always After
someone always comes after I have died
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Valleys and Curves
Click edit above to add content to this empty capsule. the curve of your stomach like valleys of trees nurtured by the water which is your soul
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To the Angel With the Half-Dead Soul
A poem of love.
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War Veteran Speaks Out Against Violence
Diego Rayle, author of "Stay Out of the Wheat Field" uses the power of writing to document his experience through the Vietnam War, and to protest violence.
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Book Review: Stay Out of the Wheat Field
Stay Out of the Wheat Field by Diego Rayle is a thought-provoking, yet disturbing account of what it was like to fight in the Vietnam War, and to be a veteran coming back from such a horrific event.
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Book Review: SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
Review of the book written by the woman who shot Andy Warhol, Valerie Solanas.
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Five Ways for Artists to Survive A Dumb Job
Here are several tips on how artists stuck in dumb jobs can overcome the boredom and get paid for what they love to do.
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Sister of The Road
Review of "Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha" by Ben Reitman.
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Exploring the Superconscious
Our bodies are connected in this vast energy that spreads through everything in a kind of wave. One consciousness is a single part of this vast energy and is somewhat separate in that it is different than the other parts, and yet that different part helps to make up the whole.
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Reclaiming Your Visual Space
Corporate advertising bombards people from our television sets, the internet, radio, and even from billboards towering over our community. The availability of these mediums to artists and community members has been gradually dwindling away.
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Movies that Raise Important Issues Affecting Our Society
There are several movies that are entertaining, and yet raise awareness to important social and political issues.
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Redefining America’s Prison
The United States prisons currently are considered a booming business and imprison more people than any other country in the world. Corporations like Honeywell, Microsoft, Victoria's Secret, and Boeing use prison labor.
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Gaining Freedom in A Moneyless Society
It may seem convenient to swipe a card and have everything including our cash, credit, and identification information available on just a few bytes. However, it also means that corporations will have more information about people’s lifestyles, habits, desires, and needs than they could...
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Kicking the Addiction to War
Book review of "Addicted to War: Why the US can't Kick Militarism" by Joel Andreas.
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Getting Down With the Grassroots
"Getting Down with the Grassroots" explores political organizing and apathy.
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Language Within Symbols
Without question, people often take a philosophy, religion, or political ideology as their own even if they may not agree with certain aspects.
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The Positive of Negative Art
Herbert Marcuse, a philosopher that fled from Berlin to the United States to avoid the Nazis during World War II, developed a philosophy for art that encompasses using negative imagery as a tool to revolutionize human minds.
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Music Review: War (If It Feels Good, Do It!) Emcee Dubya Vs. Djs of Mass Destruction
Review of "War" by Hip Hop Slam on Alternative Tentacles label.
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Review of Ani Difranco's "Educated Guess"
Review of AniDifranco's "Educated Guess" CD on Righteous Babe Records.
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Within the Realms of Creation
"Within the Realms of Creation" is best described as a 'visionary' poem.
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Re Linguished
A poem about freedom.
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Connection
"Connection" is a metaphysical and political poem.
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Transcend
"Transcend is a metaphysical poem that delves into the uselessness of horrible work and consumerism.
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Political Repression of Falun Gong Followers
This article is based on a 2004 interview with Marcus Gale during a Falun Gong demonstration at Union Square in New York City. During the demonstration they did a theatrical display of the types of tortures that took place in China against followers.
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Book Excerpt from "Fly on the Wall"
On a date with his coworker, Jaylin dies and finds himself in a surreal afterlife world where he gets to choose to be reborn over and over.
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A Conversation Between Diaries
The essay describes the process of using a dream and thought journal to produce the novel "Fly on the Wall". The novel was written during the 3-Day Novel Contest.
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A Mode of Existence
There’s an old Indian parable about a group of blind men describing their experience of an elephant that I feel is a perfect metaphor for my personal beliefs.
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The Ouroboros Cannot Be Contained
Metaphysical ramblings on the mythical Ouroboros.
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Enchanted
Romantic love poetry and flowers.
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Eyes of You
A poem of love.
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So...
Ramblings of despair and love.
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To Fly...
Metaphysical thoughts on death and flying in dreams.
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Thus Is Destiny
Metaphysical poem that compares a writer to "Destiny"
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Flesh From Ashes
"flesh from ashes" is a metaphysical poem.
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Jungles of Palenque
Love and Lucid Dreaming
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The Shadow on the Tribute to Emma Lazarus: 2004 RNC Protests
The poem was written during the 2004 protests against the Republican National Convention in New York.
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Mass Cultivated
"Mass Cultivated" is a poem protest against large media conglomerates and the way they propagandize the masses.
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Shades of Gray -- Poem
"Shades of Gray" is a war protest poem by Robin Coe.
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Manufactured Destruction
"Manufactured Destruction" is a war protest poem.
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I Paid for You to Die
"I paid for You to Die" is a poem that works to link the connection between war and using oil.
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Deadly Toys
This a war protest poem.
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Machines of Death - Poem
"Machines of Death" is a war protest poem.
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From Mr. American President
"from Mr. American President" protests war for oil. It was specifically aimed at George Bush.
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Industrial Emancipation
The poem "industrial emancipation" by Robin Coe questions whether women obtained freedom by being able to work in factories during the industrial revolution because of men being sent off to war.