Author: stevehaarman

 
 
 
 I love art in general; every little work
 Is someone’s creativity; it is true art
 There is also craft; it comes from concept,
 Creativity and the ability to repeat until
 Burn out, then on to a new project
  
 I have witnessed a review of artists in struggle
  
 Who loved their few patrons because rent would be paid, 
 giving them the passion to 
 Continue in spite of impending failure
 And ultimately in the end
 Their perseverance was rewarded
 For us more than them and so it is in life
 Ideas presented which will improve community
  
 Ego gets in the way; what could have been
 Never comes to fruition
 The potential for us all is stymied by the few
 The individual creators answer to themselves
  
 Those who decline progress are in fear of losing power.  
 Andy Warhol advanced creativity
 His work was out of the box
 Many cannot understand or else feel threatened, 
 but guess what – he wins
 Lichtenstein and Warhol
 Had two pieces in auction
 That sold for over forty million dollars
  
 So what do we know?
 Those who assume authority
 Make judgements contrary
 To the good of us all
 Shouldn’t we put our energy
 Into finding solutions rather than
 Stigmatizing certain conditions?
  
  
 Shouldn’t we be putting our
 Resources into the betterment of community
 If we do – there will be no regrets
  
 Stanski 
 March 4, 2021 ^ 

 
 
 
 Here we are
 Together or alone
 We are in this together
 By choice or default
 A mixed up administration
 An occupant who is in decline
 Still signing executive orders
 Handed to him by those in charge
 I pray for him
 Hope the Light will help him 
 Overcome his darkness
 He made promises
 Was elected fraudulently 
 Now breaks every promise he made
 Is putting people out of work
 Opening our borders
 We have a legal entry program
 That includes a path to citizenship
 What are these people doing?
 They must hate this country
 And have to be Marxist Socialists
 Socialism never works
 There will be legitimate anarchy
 We want our country back
 The way it was before the Wuhan Virus
 Before Comrade Napoleon Fauci
 Back when there was promise
 When order could be restored
 Before the civil unrest and 
 “Peaceful Demonstrations”
 Is that asking too much?
 Yes, because the Marxists are in the way
 Doing everything they can
 To bring down this country
 All kinds of fiats affecting
 Everyone except themselves
 Get rid of beef, but
 Fly my private jet because
 What am I supposed to do?
 Take a boat across the ocean
 To “important” climate meetings
 Which are a lot like going to church
 In a way it is a religion, an ideology
 A concept treated like a God
 By people who have sold
 Their souls to the devil
 Still worship their ideology and
 Will continue to do so because
 They can rub elbows with 
 Their Hollywood heroes who
 Although popular have no 
 Basic knowledge about the climate
 Other than it can be used to control
 The citizenry and keep them in fear
 What happened to Ted Danson after
 His prediction that Manhattan would
 Be under water by 2012?  Nothing
 The media never mentioned it again
 Now others are making bold predictions
 I will make one also
 There are special places in hell
 For people who bring misery upon others
 What can we do?
 Look at what is in front of us and take 
 Care of the little problems we see
 Make things right that we can affect
 Little things done correctly, repeatedly
 Lead to big things being done properly
 And finally everyone will wake up and
 As Leonard Cohen sings:
 “First we take Manhattan and then
 We take Berlin”
 It may be a metaphor but it rings true
 I like the sound of the music
 How about you?
  
 Stanski
 March 3,2021 ^ 

 
 
 
 Life is precious
 A miracle
 Gift beyond measure
 What to do
 To add luster to
 This wonderful treasure
  
 No magic way
 Strictly day to day
 Nothing phony will prevail
 Determined to reach a goal
 Of spiritual richness
 Be ready to lift your sail
  
 No time to fret
 About the weather
 You’re out to sea in a ship
 You’re worthy of it
 Move forward with care
 So easy to slip
  
 You look everywhere
 Try looking at yourself
 Everyone has a chance
 But as in romance
 Everyone won’t win
 Be ready with an olive branch
  
 Life passes quickly:
 The wink of an eye
 No time for more tears
 Life for you will be over
 Was it a mixture of peace, love and joy?
 Or wasted:   All those years?
  
 No!  You told me what to do
 Follow You; carry my cross
 Be true to yourself
 The path will be shown
 You will not be denied
 Truth is such a lovely thing
  
 Stanski
 March 2, 2021 ^ 

 
 
 
 I am observant
 Draw conclusions
 Mostly correct
 Will no harm
 Search for solutions
 Feel I’m solitary
 Even though gregarious
 Can hold my own
 Have suffered struggles
 Walked uphill both ways
  
 Can laugh at most things
 Ingenious and astounding
 Sometimes wicked, but
 None the less humor
 Original or retelling
  
 Now alone; isolated
 Except for spiritual relationship
 With the Light that overcomes darkness
 Say many prayers for many reasons
 I even pray for you, my reader
  
 Now I’m faced with reality
 A huge home in the process
 Of being sold to an authentic couple
 Loving everything about the place
 All the furnishings, collections
 Displays of novel items and
 The artwork on the walls
  
 I love these things, too
 But they are only things
 I think of Van Gogh
 A beautiful man
 Burnt some of his work
 In order to keep warm
 Gone forever as is he
 They couldn’t understand
 They never will
  
 What has meaning and why?
 A question that is very deep
 How do you search your soul?
 Are there any good answers?
 I look at the stuff and think
 Of all the connections
 Where did I obtain it?
 Who was I with?
 Why?
 But here I am with things I love
 Choosing those I am willing to let go
 And how to assign a fair value to them
  
 This is luxury
 People are starving
 Hoping for relief
 Dictators get in the way
 Give us this day our daily bread
 How crass we are in general
 Collectively we must find solutions
  
 Let’s all go down to the river
 There is a man walking on the water
 He knows what we will do
 He gave us free will
 He said to follow Him
 Nothing funny about this
 Who shall dare to walk away?
  
 I open my mind and heart to Him
 Ask Him to work through me
 He laughs because I am part angel
 You know what to do, He says
 So, no easy journey for me
 Climb the mountain He urges
 The Spirit will be with you
  
 I look at the meat grinder I must go through
 Encourage myself with peaceful words
 You can do it; just begin
 It will all fall into place
 You will succeed and be happy
 I feel at peace
  
 Stanski
 March 1, 2021 ^
   

 
 
 
 You implied a hundred times
 That you thought you should leave
 But every morning when I wake up
 I have you laying by my side
  
 Leonard Cohen inspire me 
 To write down his words
 In a way peculiar to me
 The truth of which I observed
  
 The dear heart that wanted
 To fit into the crook of my arm                            
 Was ready to leave to set me free
 I told her my reaction meant no harm
  
 She had to understand
 I had recently lost my bride
 It was rather soon to have
 A new body by my side
  
 I cried, said she was fine
 I had love for her and her mind
 It wasn’t the same as being in love
 Be patient, dear one; I am kind
  
 She remained; we got along
 At times the road was rough
 But we survived dire episodes
 It showed our love was tough
  
 Four years went by
 There was plenty of excitement 
 Then a head wound created problems
 Treatment was required; no time to vent
  
 A neurosurgeon employed
 Removed the cause of the wound
 The infection Doctor prescribed medication
 An allergy; success was called too soon
  
 Her mental disposition changed
 She suffered from lows and highs
 Blame of course had to be placed
 The hospital at fault was the sigh
  
 She made her decision
 Move back to her condo
 Forget her covenant to me
 Asked why?  Answer:  I don’t know
  
 Then she said she had made a mistake
 Confessed that she had hurt me
 The conversation was disrupted
 Basically she wanted to be free
  
 So she took the path she chose
 Left me alone to walk
 She claimed she was having a wedding
 At least that was the talk
  
 It was only the blessing
 Of a relationship, which
 Made her sort of a Mormon
 Because we still have our covenant 
  
 Now I walk to the window
 Look at the beautiful snow
 Think about that relationship
 It couldn’t have been all for show
  
 All of the wonderful things
 Now just my memories
 The crook of my arm is empty
 I can often taste the misery 
  
 I will take the high road
 Though difficult to hike
 Forgiveness is an absolute
 She is gone; out of sight
  
 I pray for her; I pray for me
 Life unfolds so expectantly
 Sometimes we lose the value
 Of love, honor and respect
  
 Stanski
 February 28, 2021 ^
  
  
  
   

 
 
 

 The Washington D.C. bunch
 A thousand more or less
 Seeking total control
 No accountability
 Selling their souls
 Power is their God
 Full of lies, deception and fraud
 Will never achieve their goal
 Light will overcome their darkness
 The whole system will unravel
  
 Our enemies are shrewd 
 They are here
 Operating within
 With our invitation
 Then in thanks 
 They steal intellectual property
 Act as if everything is normal
 We have turned a blind eye
 Some of us, however not all
 Others care a whole lot
  
 The former occupant
 Took bold measures
 To reign in China’s evil
 Was having an apparent affect
 Now a new occupant
 Family in bed with China
 The media is quiet
 Good policies reversed
 Potential consequences ignored
 What are we to do?
  
 Soldiers sent to war
 Many come back fractured
 But are soon forgotten
 Until the last occupant
 Did things to improve condition
 For those broken and needing help
  
 Border wall and agreements with Mexico
 New occupant puts an end to the wall
 Allows illegals to be released into country
 Instead of being retained in Mexico
 Who does this help?
 Citizens are terrified because of 
  
 The dangerous people being released
 Some traffic in humans or drugs
 Others satisfied with murder and rape
 What are this D.C. bunch doing to us?
  
 We are stunned with the Wuhan Virus
 Incredible gains by the former occupant
 Are reversed because of fiats by
 Those in charge of our well being
 Close down small businesses
 Big box stores open but limited
 On what they can sell
 Churches shut down
 Stay sequestered at home
 Depression, suicides, drug use,
 Alcohol and abuse rise
  
 Then the riots because of the
 Wrongful death of George Floyd
 The former occupant while
 Promoting warp speed vaccine production
 Offers to make the National Guard
 Available to the cities where the 
 Peaceful protests are taking place
 As then transform into looting, murder,
 Injury, millions of dollars in structural damage,
 But liberal leaders decline and watch
 Their cities being destroyed by Marxist Groups
 Such as Black Lives Matter and Antifa
  
 The media is silent as is the “bunch”
 Former occupant defeated in flawed election
 New occupant points out all the failures
 Signs many fiats which he has not read
 Or possibly cannot understand, which
 Reverses many of the gains which brought
 Our country back to prominence and 
 Where world leaders began to respect
 America for what we truly were
  
 Say good-night my friends
 The fat lady is singing
 The over-ripe plum is about to fall
  
 Stanski
 February 27, 2021 ^ 

 
 
 
 There are doubters

 Even when you actuate

 The release of the truth

 Deniers do not listen

 They suppress reality

 Leaving many in the dark

 We look at the occupant

 He is putting America last

 Campaign promises made

 Promises never kept

 Reverses President Trump’s

 Actions which made us first

 Follow the science – No

 Follow the money – the

 Strategy of the left

 Think about it

 Look at the reality

 All of the jobs lost

 In the energy sector

 Is the occupant a dictator?

 It looks that way

 Opening up the border

 Putting a stop on the wall construction

 Pushing for a Covid-19

 Relief package of which

 Nine percent is actually

 Going to give relief 

 The rest will bankrupt 

 Our grand children

 Listen, don’t you see

 You do not have a party

 The old Democrat Party

 Is now the Marxist Socialist Party

 The real Republican Party

 Is now the Deplorable Group

 Isn’t it time to wake up?

 What do we want

 Our country to be?

 Children out of school

 Unions in control

 Indoctrination on hold

 Do away with our

 Energy independence

 For what reason other

 Than the false climate ideology

 How many jobs impacted?

 What is the number

 Of businesses affected

 Closed or bankrupted?

 May we wake up or

 Is that asking too much?

 Life, liberty and the 

 Pursuit of happiness

 Let us not destroy by fiat

  
 Stanski
 February 26, 2021 ^ 

 
 
 
 Then there are those who say

 Our country is systemic racist

 Racism does exist

 It may be generational or

 Territorial, but in my eyes

 I do not see most people

 As outright racists 

 They love all people as

 Children of the creator

 And follow the teachings

 Of Christian people around

 The world even as the left

 Creates the illusion that

 We are a divided people

 If we are it is not because of race

 Most want nuclear families

 Real education for all students

 Without accompanying indoctrination

 They desire successful minority businesses

 Want diverse police forces

 Minorities have been used by the left

 Promises made to them but never kept

 True believers in equality are repelled by this

 The minorities are waking up

 They read the news and know the facts

 Understand how the media suppresses and distorts

 They see who has really done their bidding

 And understand promises made and kept

 They are beginning to understand that

 Being used is not a good thing

 We should all be pulling for each other

 Differences should not be a factor

 We become stronger by coming together

 We reject that this is impossible, but

 Adhere to the concept that all men

 Are created equal and endowed by

 Our creator with certain inalienable rights of

 Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

 How can so many on the left be so wrong
  
 Stanski
 February 25, 2021 ^
   

 
 
 
 Distance existed
 Several states
 Numerous counties
 A safe range
  
 Misgivings present
 Excuses offered
 Verification impossible
 Heart strings strummed 
  
 No longer a teacher
 Just a facilitator
 Principal alarmed
 Student skipping class
  
 Look at the miles
 So many cities
 Task mastering difficult
 Easier to give pity
  
 Mouth flying like a plane
 There comes a time
 To end the nonsense
 You must walk the line
  
 You never liked hearing
 Advice from me, did you
 You would rather tell your stories
 Then to face up to any miscue
  
 Humility is a wonderful virtue
 Just offering a clue
 No flowers in the winter garden
 Or I would send some to you
  
 Stanski
 February 24, 2021 ^
  
   

 
 
 

 New found lock-down powers

 Are being evolved into dictatorships

 Infringing on first amendment rights

 Infringing on second amendment rights

 The ruining of multi-million jobs

 Putting small businesses into bankruptcy

 Condoning “Peaceful Protests”

 Which results in injury and murder

 Destroyed buildings by fire and bombs

 Looting and burning the flag

 Funding raised to bail out criminals

 By left wing advocates including

 Our now Vice-President

 Denial of Antifa and Black Lives Matter

 As Marxist-Socialist Organizations

 Providing Covid-19 relief monies

 To areas that have nothing

 At all to do with the virus

 Adding up into the trillions

 Our “leaders” want division

 Corporate America is becoming radical

 Murder rates are increasing

 Schools kept closed by the power of unions

 Churches kept closed or restricted

 Abuse, drug addictions, depression

 And suicides all on the rise

 Suppressed or disinformation

 By the mainstream fake news

 Demands for psychological evaluations

 Is there any wonder that we are

 Faced with fear and horror

 Is there any wonder that the swamp exists

  
 Stanski
 February 23, 2021 ^