the brash hermit

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🗽East Coast. 🧔‍♂️He/Him. 🪩 Millennial. 🖋️ Writer. 🎸 Songwriter. Mainly post poems & micro poems here. Art should be made by humans, not machines. Music here:

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the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· 19d

In the space between giant leaves of forest green a blossom beckons #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #haiku

Photo: A yellow pumpkin blossom in full bloom between two large pumpkin leaves.

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· 22d

This is a poem about the strange and tragic phenomenon of certain people in America repeatedly voting for politicians who directly harm them and their communities. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

Pavlovian partisans
with partitioned minds,
trained to see the world
within party lines,
who with dogged persistence
vote against their own existence,
have finally lived
to see their wishes fulfilled;
self-served poison suicide pills.

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Mar 6

#Imperfection is natural, go look at the #trees; scarred yet standing, like you and me. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

A foggy river bend overgrown on both sides.

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Feb 7

I originally wrote this one years ago and shelved it because I thought it was too over-the-top. Maybe it still is, but I'm going to publish it anyways. Patriotism means criticizing your country when necessary for the sake of trying to improve it. #poetry #poems #writing #America #USA #politics

A Land Called the United States

I come from a land called the United States;

“where everyone is ‘free’
to determine their own fate,”

“where ‘hard work’
a hammer and nails,
built great empires
of road and rail."

I come from a land called the United States;

"’selected by god’
and the hand of fate,
to spread the light of freedom
in his name."

I come from a land called the United States;

where the least who can stand it
bear the brunt of the weight,
but they can get the help they seek
and the hand they need,
so long as they're willing
to kill and bleed.

I come from a land
of war and peace;

of the ball and chain
and the sweet release,
that to hold a few above
keeps many more beneath,
while it shackles the young
to the cost of their dreams.

I come from a land
of shock and awe;

where the battle never ends
and the wounds are always raw,
that celebrates brutality
and heartless cults of man,
who are the first to form a fist
and the last to lend a hand.

I come from a land
that worships fame and wealth;

that forsakes the common bonds of man
for the sake of self,
that exalts the wants of few
above the many’s need,
who break the ties that bind
for the sake of power and greed.

I come from a land
where you can speak your heart and mind;

whether your opinion
and power are aligned,
injustice must be challenged
whatever be endured,
whether first you find the courage,
the vision,
or the words.

I come from a land
seized by ignorance and fear;

dancing with the darkness
and the ghosts of yesteryear,
that forgets in time
how empires rise and fall,
recurring words of warning
echo down the hall.

I come from a land called the United States;

where everyone is free
to determine their own fate,
land of light and liberty
though the hour may feel late,
know there is still time
to change your heart,
and your state.

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the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Jan 6

'Dear Leader' #poetry #poems #writing #authoritarianism #politics #fascism

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Sep 22

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #materialism #progress

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Sep 19

#poetry #poems #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #oligarchy

the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Sep 14

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the brash hermit@thebrashhermit· Aug 21

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