POEMS:VIOLENCE

                                                               VIOLENCE

                             

                              War, historical and present 

                              Weapons, easy to get

                              Video games, movies, the news

                              Contact sports, players and fans

                              

                               Opinions with bad sources

                               Not listening to others        

                               Closed minds, too confident

                               Add emotion and hate

                               

                               Violence in speech and writing

                                Physical fighting and worse

                                Harming others demeans ourselves.

                                Our community and country suffers.  

POEMS: VISION

                                                                                       

 

                                                                              

                                
                                  Vision

                           The eyes see the natural world,

                            Plus words upon a page.

                            Bright light, large print are aides

                            Necessary as we age.

                            

                            The ears hear the natural world,

                            Plus words from many sources

                            Experience and knowledge are aides

                            More wisdom as we age.

                              

                            Our vision of the world

                             Of earth and all its creatures

                             Arrive through our senses

                              More truth as we age.

                                          

                               How to judge what we see

                               

                               How to believe what we hear

                                   

                               From past, present, and future

   

                               More wisdom is required.

                                                              

                              

                              

              

                              

                              

                              

                              

                              

                               

                                                                                       

                              

 

POEMS: Origins and Conclusions

                           ORGINS

All cultures have their origin stories

How the universe and humans came to be

Accept our families theories

Or form our own philosophy

 Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Christian

Try to explain the unknown

Used sun, moon, and constellations

Stories of many gods or just one

Events first told orally

Then written and translated

Supernatural stories

Some texts often debated

Supernatural powers in control

Form our world and destinies

Prayer and thanks to save our souls

Or belief in physics and chemistry

         

            CONCLUSIONS

All cultures have conclusion stories

What happens after death

Afterlife with no stress or worries

Or just a peaceful last breath

Earth's conclusion; heaven's begun

No pain or suffering involved

Eternity with departed loved ones

All problems have been solved

But nature reveals the cycle of life

Birth, completed purpose, death

No more questions or strife

This conclusion is the last breath

Natural or Supernatural

Two opposing thoughts

Factual or spiritual

Conclusions to think about

 

POEMS:COUPLES

                                                                                 

TEACH

 

LEARN

 

 

You decide if you are too young or too old to be something or do something.  Others in your world may have opinions or even form laws regarding what you want to be or do.  Perhaps they think they have your best interests at heart or are protecting you from something.  Down through history, women, especially, have been barred from many activities and still are not encouraged to make some decisions.  Men also have been told they are too young or too old to participate.  We all need to keep freedom alive.