Saturday, August 22, 2015

Above the Noise


Above the Noise

Above the noise, below the toys
I see beyond horizons
Inside my head, the background's red
I try to keep the lights on

While purple haze goes on for days
the rhyme's the first to go
I watch TV and drink green tea
to await the best-of-show

The talk of war outside my door
will never cause me harm
but feed the poor and you're a whore
Forget you bought the farm

I've always seen the world between
a rock and the place of hard
Rewind to the start, refuse to lose heart,
and rely on the mind of the bard

Billy Radd
Asheville

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy




There certainly is a vast right-wing conspiracy. 

Its roots are in American Evangelical Churches 
in league with the military-industrial complex and white, wealthy men. 

Its wealth rules the game of politics and is their main tool 
used to manipulate Big Lies 
like swords against common men and women.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Wilderness Sea


Wilderness Sea

I stand on the shore

of the great open blue

from the top to the core

of the deep ocean cool.

Do the gulls really see

that I stand all alone?

Or, because they fly free,

they don’t hear my low moan.

From the tips of the mountains

 to deep ocean's abyss

my voice sprays just like fountains

but, will never be mist.

Billy Radd
Inlet Beach, Florida