Tag Archives: Larry Piltz

VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Gulf

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from illusion360.The Gulf “The water was fouled at once,but they drank it none the less,a mess of mud and blood”– Thucydides Oil on the waterblood on the sandscruel and unusualbig business planseleven souls dyingthen millions moreof fellow live beingsdamn … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : We’re Focused in Going Forward

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Piggy Banker.” Painting © Zina Saunders 2009. We’re Focused In Going Forward (a song) We’re focused in going forwardhoping we’re not moving backwardthat our dreams are not shatteredand we’re doing things that matter We have a laser-eye viewof what we … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : Richard Bowden is an Instrument for Peace

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Richard Bowden, organizer of the Million Musicians March for Peace, plays with Leeann Atherton at the Rag Blog Benefit Bash and Albert Einstein 131st Birthday Party at Jovita’s, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Richard … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : You Asked Us To Believe

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Library” by Bernard Zackheim, 1933. Detail from a mural at the Coit Tower in San Francisco. It was part of a series of murals produced under the auspices of the New Deal’s Public Works Art Project. The massive effort stirred … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Wise Man” by Jim Warren / Jim Warren Studios. New Perfection(The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists) The sage saysthe world is perfectalready arrivedyet arriving stilland drifts backinto meditation The sophist explainsthat perfection is the standardby which we need … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : A Poem of Judicial Atrocity

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Corporate zombie. Photo by Ian MacLellan / MacLellan Images. The Sniff Test[A poem of judicial atrocity] The corporate zombie creatureraises a misshapen nostrilout of the feudal muck,smells air sweet enough to fouland emerges uncontrite,lunging onto stolid groundthe mud beneath it … Continue reading →

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Bush to Haiti : You’ve Got to be Kidding!

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

George Bush and Bill Clinton: a marriage made in Haiti.Back to the scene of the crime:Bush ousted Haiti’s Aristide, blew it with Katrina This is just the last straw for me with the phony baloney bipartisanship fetish. By Larry Piltz … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : From God’s Lips to Yours

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“A Marriage Proposal.” Wood engraving by Barnard from an 1877 issue of The Illustrated London News / Old-Print.com. From God’s Lips to Yours Happy New Year! At the calendar’s turn past choice becomes clearas our marriage strolls into its fourteenth … Continue reading →

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POETRY / Larry Piltz : The Messiah is always coming

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon: Jesus-ufo-nesara / mattstone.blogs.com. The Messiah is always comingwith a wink and a constant drummingwith a fife and annoying hummingto a world that believes He’ll be slummingyes the Messiah is always coming The Messiah is always arrivingwith His seatbelt fastened … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : Bush’s Final Jenga Surprise

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Jingo Bush Pulls Out the Last Piece and the Tower Comes Tumbling Down By Larry Piltz / The Rag Blog / September 30, 2008 1st Jenga piece: The 9/11 Attacks – Bush, with his “9/10 mentality” and bring-it-on, laissez-faire national … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : The NeoContry Fair

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘George W. Bush and the Iraq’ by Werner HorvathThe NeoContry Fair Come on up now everybody to The NeoContry Fair drag your spouse out of your cave and all your terror-free lairs be sure to bring your bulletproof armor-piercing underwear … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road…

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

old stork’s a good friendbringing me my next of kingirl boy scale of tenjoy hope win win where goeth cousin toadhopping round its damp abodedisappearing by the loadcroaking as its sky erodes every mile that we gotakes us with it … Continue reading →

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