Neverland

~ Neverland ~ .

With every demand and cleverly handed off item on the list as it stands, for another to rebrand while the masses treat each endeavor with their heads in the sand, I catch a drift and instead lift off into never land.

Thoreau said in wildness is the preservation of the world. As long as the childishness that’s a derivation of each little boy and little girl doesn’t hurt the GDP. For the wild child isn’t dubbed the pearl of great price but rather fodder for the BBC.

But my neverland isn’t just a place where you never grow old, and you never grow up. It’s a place where you’re never told to believe in the empty cup. It’s a place where dreams don’t always end in tears for the reckoning they will never be. A place where creators face and conquer the fears they thought they would never see.

My Neverland is a place where no one ever goes hungry, where no one ever freezes to death in their sleep. Voices are heard over the machines mumbling, and quality time we keep sacred. We lie naked before all that is known. We stand motionless as we bow our heads. The best of the best in my Neverland is thrown, met by those awake asleep in their beds.

Neverland is a place where injustice never prevails, where love never fails, where storms never break sails, and where tall tails are challenged with what is true.

In short, my Neverland is when ever I come home to you.

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#poetry #photography #neverland #art #demands #creativity #dragonfly #peterhazelart #reno #renoisrad #morearteverywhere #biggestlittleartscity

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Neon Eyelids

~ neon eyelids ~

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Laying down to rest, unable to sleep, as though the test is remembering the secret you keep. So many distractions, hearts ablaze, wounded souls in need of assistance, roadways of thought, and errands to run. So many potential pathways and actions in this maze, entombed goals, heeding the resistance, throw away plots, daring the wind itself to run.

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#poetry #photography #neon #playapark #road #streamofconciousness #awake #asleep #dreams #distractions

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Addiction

~ Addiction ~

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It can come in many forms, in any form, contained in small plastic bottles or mindsets. Only when we acknowledge the power that we have to build new bridges, to rewrite connections, and to establish new and different patterns, can we begin to combat these edifices of habit. Some wounds are self inflicted. Some are the direct result of others. Love must come before judgment otherwise we will all be laying beside our bottles just as empty and still.

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#poetry #photography #addiction #bottles #thought #synapse #bridge #habit #wounds #observations

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Grab ‘em by the hat

~ Grab ‘em by the hat ~

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What does America mean to you? Is it the land of the free? Is it the home of the brave? Is it where anyone can be all they can be? Is it a nation enslaved? A melting pot, a land of have and have nots, the stars and the stripes, innocents behind bars, and online gripes. The Roman Empire waiting to fall, a military-industrial complex, one gigantic shopping mall, a land of bounced checks. a place where anyone can make it, anyone can fake it, anyone can take it, and anyone can break it. Rooted in genocide and theft, with mass shootings in pride bereft of reasons why. These divided states of hysteria, with wide skies, where edited profiles stare at you, and try to close your bright eyes. A land of enchantment and hope, a land of planned and slippery slope. A land of divide and conquer, and the illusion of control. A land of media and mayhem, of families trying to make ends meet. A land where everyone has things to say, platforms to say them, and yet the majority feel incomplete.

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#poetry #america #redhat #opinions #facts #media #politics #landofthefree #homeofthebrave #redwhiteandblue #administration #leadership #history #country #world #events #past #future

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The Shape of Sadness

~ the shape of sadness ~

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Beautifully shot, and elegantly collected, I don’t know but it’s not just what I expected. Like Amelie meets the creature from the Black Lagoon meets government conspiracy, all three intriguing to me. But where was he from, why was he here, and how did this shape come to be? Such a beautiful outline to a story, and so well cast across the board. The imagery was gorgeous, but left me wondering what was moving this vast loss forward. I did love when she flipped Shannon off in sign, and she did have one absolutely fantastic line. I kept trying and trying to fall in love with this movie from start to finish, but just didn’t and it left so much on my wish list.

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#poetry #photography #movieposter #screen #datenight #tickets #shapeofwater #shapeofwatermovie #shapeofart

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Nevada Sunset

~ Nevada Sunset ~

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#photography #nofilter #sunset #coloredsky #highdesert #nevada #homemeansnevada #renoisrad #sparks #biggestlittlecity #fridayevening #silence #clouds #cottoncandy #nature #naturalbeauty #sky #skyporn #love #instapics

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You are enough as you are to be loved

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You are enough as you are to be loved.

~ You are enough as you are to be loved ~ (longer version)

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I have no glory.

The Glory is God’s.

But it’s become part of my story, to challenge the odds.

So even if one hand snaps,

And one head knods,

I’ll be writing poems and raps,

if no one claps, most take naps, and there’s no one there who applauds.

Words thrown like lightning rods, drawing the manifest spark, I can only see the silhouettes of your bods,

I want to feel you in the dark.

The glory isn’t mine,

but I’ll happily take the Joy.

And there isn’t anything divine,

that I wish to destroy.

Boy oh boy, it’s St. Valentine,

wasting away in a cell;

Trying by praying day by day,

and saying things in a certain way, through Love Letters to whomever it may,

trying before dying to stay far far away from earthly hell.

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#poetry #valentines #loveletters #sidewayseightprojects #poetsofthecaribbean #openingpoem #writers #poets #poet #poems #poem #mic #stage #show #voice #love #lovepoems

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Hosting Poets

I am so happy to be hosting the next installment in the special event series on Valentine’s Day! Spoken Views Collective presents ‘Poets of the Caribbean: Love Letters’ live at the Bruka Theatre. Grab your love, a friend, a loved one, or fly solo. We will dig into the meaning of Love itself. The show will begin at 7pm (6:30pm Doors)

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#poetry #arts #show #host #spokenword #loveletters #poetsofthecaribbean #love

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Reno Arts News

At Sideways Eight Projects, we are so proud and excited to be one of many consistent creative contributors to Reno Arts News!

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#poetry #photography #spokenword #stage #screen #reviews #opinions #arts #artists #creative #artistic #reno #renoisrad #biggestlittleartcity #biggestlittlecity

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