Madam Blaze Starr: Whiskey and Sagebrush Truth in Eights and Aces (Book) - 10/30/2014 5:38:21 PM
OMG Sage Sweetwater, another story that teaches as it entertains, both with unique and dynamic dialogue and prose.
My lab tests show that even at my advanced age, I have a high testosterone count. But I don't think I'm brash enough to claim my testosterone is "rich-smelling and cocky." And I also picked up another verbal jab to use even though I doubt I will: "...your mouth is bigger than your cock."
Every visit to your AD site excites the senses and stirs the imagination. I'll be back! Yes, of course I will.
Blue Corn Woman (Book) - 5/8/2011 9:33:53 AM
Hi Sage, this book sounds real interesting. If you could send me a copy, I'd be happy to review for you. In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=62176 mine at Authorsden. You're such a talent. Love. Joyce
Dominga Rio of Cuero (Book) - 6/21/2010 4:14:01 PM
I can't WAIT to see the film. Extraordinary work by the best lesbian writers in the world.
The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler (Book) - 9/9/2009 4:32:50 PM
A delicious testament to Loons, Lesbians, Maple Syrup and Muskrat Love, September 7, 2009
By W. Joyce White "Joyce White" (Belleville, Illinois) - See all my reviews
Sage Sweetwater's The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler, is the poetic testament of a 26 year old woman who "steers her life with the help of two oars, nourishes it with maple sugar and spoon lures.." Sage writes. It is a story of a woman who loaded her birch-bark canoe like a delicatessen, making stops all along the the river to unload her bounty. "Greed," she writes, "can empty a forest of large life and tiny life, placing heavy emphasis on wildlife, tree life, and human villages." Sage is a wonderful storyteller interlocking metaphors with the knowledge of the past.
Her book wraps medieval pixie dust in shimmering mica and gives us definitions in a fairy encyclopedia. She paints fairies on her oars and chases them up and down the river in her mind. I like the way she tells how trees have hidden powers. To the Ojibwa, all trees had souls A living or green tree was never cut down, believing it could experience pain. They even rub healing lanolin on the spot where they tapped holes for their sap to run into their buckets.
This book is like a present for the senses. What you taste, smell, and imagine can fill you up deliciously. She compares her own sexuality with the gayness of loons as they ride on each other, spilling flesh, cleavage, and passion onto each other. This is a love story that goes on beneath blankets, out of sight of the narrow-minded men who just can't imagine why a woman would prefer another woman? "A relationship based on love is one in which each partner allows the other to be what she chooses with no expectations and no demands," writes Sage. A must read again for me. So much to digest. So much to think about.
Night of the Foal: The New Riders of the Purple Sage (Book) - 2/21/2009 5:23:27 AM
Sage-
Like I keep saying, I am so PROUD of you and I will always be, you bring
much certainty to you writings! Poetry and More, for many of us readers to explore!
You open reservoirs of streams of knowledge in all avenues!
I am so proud and blessed to have known you and still know you! and all the talents you are capable of, makes it even purer in my heart!
May your quill never run out of creative knowing ink!
May your journey never falter as you adventure many crossroads ahead! and share with those that try to understand and open their soul's to you Lesb. and human brand!
WRITE ON!
Warmest of Blessings, LOVE, Light and Inner Peace, Warrior Purple Lady SHEExooo
STAY POSITIVE! Through the warmth of your inner serenity....
Dominga Rio of Cuero (Book) - 4/10/2008 12:37:44 AM
Well done Sage -good thoughts and best wishes for your projects -i still need to sit down and read your others, i've had business to attend to here, hope you are well xx
Night of the Foal: The New Riders of the Purple Sage (Book) - 4/10/2008 12:14:07 AM
Sage,
I Am Blessed To Know You & Share In Your Beautiful Journey!
You Should Wear A Hat Of Pride Sweet Lesbian Poetess/Author!
A Feather Of Beauty Graces Your Pen!
Congrats On The Global Eyes Looking At Your Talent!
Embraced ~ Embrassé
Vickie
Dominga Rio of Cuero (Book) - 4/10/2008 12:05:08 AM
Sage,
This Sounds Delishious!
Provocative Intro :)
Congrats!!!
" The Judas sniffs the fragrant air with fugitive scents. He takes a quick scan of the Arizona desert inhabited by dense catsclaw, ocotillo, paloverde, and saguaro. His instincts have taught him how to read the landscape in all of its language of sound, color, and movement."
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Your Words!!
Embraced ~ Embrassé
Vickie
Dominga Rio of Cuero (Book) - 4/9/2008 8:29:54 PM
you have been working hard as usual-sounds great!
Stone Creek Woman (Book) - 3/6/2008 1:00:47 PM
This is the best damn synopsis I've ever read at AD or for any novel really - I wish I could get you to write my own synopsi. As I write this my little old 18 year female cat is sitting on my desktop purring even though she may be on her last year and has infections. I love her more than the stars. Anyway I think I want to read this one first, give me a few weeks to ponder, as I'm broke again. But I like your story so far. I think many men should read something like this but their too self involved and plain chicken. With your life and Native American interest you have much to offer besides the Firebrand bit (which is good for those readers too) I'll be checking it out. Sounds like it could be a good read for a guy like me (fisherman, nature lover, musician, poet, etc) Good luck
Michael Guy, novelist, poet, jazz musician.
Blue Corn Woman (Book) - 3/6/2008 12:49:29 PM
Darn good writing in the excerpt - this would probably appeal to others besides Lesbian readers but no one would venture here I bet - too afraid, especially most men. Even I at first steered clear, thinking nothing for me at your site. But there's a lot more to you, then meets the capsule review! Besides, I like the western beat especially if you can throw in some "pro-environmentalism" (won't make you popular though)
It looks like it is full of western and Native American imagery and characters probably well-drawn. Who knows unless that other "we" could read a little more for free first.
Success to this... michael guy, jazz composer/pianist/author
Stone Creek Woman (Book) - 1/6/2007 4:06:08 PM
"Karvanukanu."
Oh, Sage you are a Healer of tender, thorough proportions!!
I look forward to purchasing both novels:
• "The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler"
and "Stone Creek Woman" ... and all your works soon when I'm financially abundant!!
Thank you for this excerpt!! Enjoy the editing process with Jake ~ I'm still looking for an editor .. things are so slow in Australia!!
Good, well-deserved fortune to you! And, great news about the Seal Cubs... Non-violence all round!!
Love, friendship and best of Everything for the New Year and Always!!
Suzie xoxo :-D Blessed Be!
Stone Creek Woman (Book) - 7/5/2006 4:21:01 PM
Wow, Sage! You're churning out the red hot novels these days!
Stone Creek Woman (Book) - 7/4/2006 8:58:01 PM
In honor of the Sacajawea dollar coin, STONE CREEK WOMAN represents feminist frontiers. The lesbian character Stone Creek Woman is a half-breed modern-day Sacajawea who leads groups of battered women on a therapy trek to alpine refuge across Colorado's western frontier via llamas to get themselves back into the primal element of life in an undiluted, natural environment.
Sage
Loraine Leatherbow: The House of Spleen (Book) - 6/25/2006 8:20:39 AM
So, Sage, do you ever sleep? Seriously, this sounds like an interesting story.
Sonny G
Loraine Leatherbow: The House of Spleen (Book) - 6/24/2006 5:45:50 AM
I love to explore the legends, history, religions, etc. of other cultures. This is great!
Blue Corn Woman (Book) - 6/14/2006 3:34:45 PM
Sage Sweetwater introduces Blue Corn Woman, in her growing lesbian pulp fiction novels, shepherding them into the marketplace...
Donald Trump Groomed For 2016 President From Sweetwater's Film The Electric (Short Story) - 11/9/2022 9:10:46 AM
Wild horses are amazing survivors, a.k.a. Donald Trump. And wherever they graze, they leave those horse apples that certainly are good for something. In the case of Donald Trump it is clearly horse shit from his loud hoarse voice.
Just named his new vice presidential partner and it isn't Pence because feeling betrayed, he only wants him lynched in the town square at high noon. Such a forgiving guy. The only president with multiple felonies to win office from jail.
Ron
Enduring to Wait For Prison (Short Story) - 10/3/2022 11:27:31 AM
Kevlar is a cut above. That appears to be a hemp rope you are cutting…
Ron
I'm not Lisa (Short Story) - 9/2/2020 10:12:09 AM
You're not the only one who has had to hide matrimony. Let's hope that soon, stigmas like this will be gone except as a part of history. Bad history of the past when people were intolerant.
Ron
Sweetwater's The Winds of Eleven gets a Limited Series (Short Story) - 8/21/2019 9:15:44 AM
Good to see you posting again. Interesting little conversation posted. I understand that rebranding was very common back in the day. Rustlers faced hanging in most states, I believe.
Ron
The Winds of Eleven (Short Story) - 6/27/2017 5:54:32 AM
Greetings SS:
You name, books, and short stories are listed under the category, "Lesbian", and THAT is what I expected to be reading about. However, I don't see ANY of what I came for. As soon as I get better organized, I will post a few of my own short stories, so you may do a bit of comparing and contrasting. Good fortune, Dr. Jane Foxx, PhD.
The Winds of Eleven (Short Story) - 9/28/2015 12:22:44 AM
The wild west would not have been won without wild women!
The Winds of Eleven (Short Story) - 9/23/2015 5:42:42 AM
Good to see you posting again Looks like you've been busy.
It looks like Dillinger made a good election. That is, if he had a choice.
Ron
Mrs. Robinson (Short Story) - 4/8/2015 5:36:29 AM
And Paul Simon's song tied everything together. I remember her well. And I also remember Ms. Williams, my neighbor and her seductive leopardskin bikini by the pool. Oh, those California days!
Ron
test - dominga rio of cuero (Short Story) - 12/20/2014 10:26:29 AM
Your test worked very well. The video was clear and your reading was easy to understand. Sorry to hear that your postings have been messed up. For some reason, parts 1 and 2 of my last posted story are not showing on the list.
Upon listening to the reading I find that cigars are not my thing, smoking is not my thing, and cancer, in any form, is not my thing… Manly, womanly, or otherwise. However, upon the return of Cuba to the economy, I'm sure Cuban cigar sales will be booming. Will the Cuban sex industry return to its old glory? I hope so. I prefer Bacardi light.
Ron
The Life and Times of Sanders (Short Story) - 11/27/2014 8:16:43 AM
Looks like a great story in the making. I'll be looking to view it because I love all nature stories and rehabilitation of injured animals is one of the finest things we are doing.
Ron
A Miracle On Archdiocese Street (Short Story) - 10/4/2014 4:45:37 PM
Interesting.....I had four great aunts that were Holy Cross nuns, and I spent nine years in a school taught by the same order. I could tell you stories about nuns....
Chip B.
Evil Seed: New Jericho, Part 3 (Rewind) (Short Story) - 10/3/2014 6:12:38 PM
This is a screenplay, right? It leaves me eagerly anticipating what will come next. It's quite a departure from yoiur usual western fare.
Take care,
Chip B.
Evil Seed: New Jericho, Part 3 (Rewind) (Short Story) - 10/1/2014 6:15:05 AM
Your script shows great imagination, coupled with much earthly and astronomical understanding, and creativity… The kind that sells to a public interested in wild, crazy, imaginative science fiction. Reads like the beginning of a great video game.
My tendency is toward science fact in my science fiction, rather than science fantasy that is prevalent in yours. However I certainly enjoyed the Dune series even though it was highly fanciful. I would have to read a lot more of your Evil Seed: New Jericho, or see the film, to give my opinion on whether I liked it or not. I'm not on social media, so I can't give you a like or not, but I can say that you've written this little excerpt very well.
Ron
Evil Seed: New Jericho, Part 3 (Short Story) - 7/17/2014 7:05:40 AM
Ahab and the whale magnified! I get the imagery. For fantasy, this is pretty straightforward stuff, but the use of a harpoon against the behemoth seems like killing a Kodiak with a pea shooter. But such is the stuff of legends.
Ron
Undressing the Spice Mistress: The Lovemaking (Short Story) - 1/16/2014 12:18:01 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this write from you, Sage As soon as one image burst into its scented fragrance...another opened with the aroma of its spice...and it seems to me you do this with such ease...always writing flawlessly.
The Sundance Wives Episode One: Ministry of The Morgan Silver Dollar (Short Story) - 8/19/2013 5:27:51 AM
"Thus it is that the preacher escaped to die another day." Nicely put together Sage. Are we as God's children so engrossed with the worth of a dollar that we forget the worth of a person? That is pretty shallow if we have. Thank you for sharing, Sister Sage, this piece that makes us as readers, think.
Love & hugs,
Barbie
Leg Traps, Baits and Lures: The Wolf's Paw Bleeds (Short Story) - 3/12/2013 1:24:53 PM
What you say about predation is unfortunately a fact of life. Fierceness and wisdom overcome it. Vigilance is an absolute necessity.
ChipB.
The Chocolate Heiress (Short Story) - 3/12/2013 12:38:26 PM
As I recall, good chocolate is made my a kneading process, much like Jolie is doing to Lotte. It's called conching, and it breaks down the chocolate particles to microscopic size. Thus a good massage does to one's tenseness and tightness.
Good story sage, with plenty of sweet double meanings at the end. Alas, I don't feel as if I am one who would be privileged to sample Miss Lotte's chocolates.
Peace,
ChipB
Raising the Piano Player's Bustle (Short Story) - 3/8/2013 2:46:12 PM
At first this kinda reminded me of something out of "Blazing Saddles," then I think I began to see where you were going with it. And you are right....for most guys, it's only about the boobs. It's a good way to miss meeting an interesting woman.
Peace, kiddo,
ChipB
The Village is Missing its Coyote (Short Story) - 3/6/2013 6:30:16 PM
Oh my Sage....I kind of like this, and as always enjoy your use of symbols and imagery, but since I'm only a guy, and an old one to boot, it''s beyond my pay grade....
Take care,
Chip
The Priest's Abortion (Short Story) - 1/6/2012 4:21:16 PM
The Priest's Abortion--
A tragic circumstance that occurs in predictable sequence when we members of society grant other sexual beings unaccountable clerical authority to serve God with their pants dropped on the floor. Ho hum, just another day.
God sits shaking his head in disgust.
Will we never wake up?
I love flash fiction. This piece grabs our attention and provokes
serious thinking. Well done, Dear Sage.
Richard
The Priest's Abortion (Short Story) - 1/4/2012 9:06:56 AM
Abortion itself should never be. There are childless couples out there that pray for a child to raise every day. The priest is Jena said:
It is he that is
the rapist, lier,
the accuser of his
own sins
He will have a hard reckoning on the final judgement day. I will leave my comment here because I don't need to get started on priests.
May the Lord Jesus bless you, and those whom you and love you, and be with you always and at your side constantly. With much love in my hart, joy to the world, peaceo n earth & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your little sister, Barbie
Five Lessons Being a Self-Made Billionaire Taught Me (Article) - 12/14/2015 10:34:59 AM
I once made about $500 million for my investment clients. Then I parked my own small pile in a risky place, and took a year off. When I came back my money was gone. I didn't take my own advice. I guess you could say I'm dumber than I look. Well, I said it. Now I give free advice.
The Path to Hardscrabble: Spiritual Awakening (Article) - 1/6/2015 7:01:20 AM
Life is full of treachery and trickery. Especially from the spiritual side.
No one goes where the moss grows… anymore. Unless they have their trusty GPS, that is. Sad that we can't navigate without some kind of device.
Ron
Bear Trap (Article) - 10/22/2014 11:22:41 AM
Will look for the title, "The Life and Times of Sanders."
Ron
Shrink Wrapping: Five Facts Why Plastic is Controversial (Article) - 10/7/2014 6:29:42 AM
My external catheters shrink wrap around my thing nicely… Especially when hot pressure is applied externally. Wonderful stuff. But it does require good glue as well. Unfortunately they don't work well on the female anatomy, regardless of sexuality. Or do they? What are you implying? Oh, I think I get it.
Some things just need to be contained… Right?
Ron
Sweetwater Franchising Chain of Biker Bars Brothers, Jugs and Weed (Article) - 9/16/2014 6:54:55 AM
With the revival of Harley Davison from the dead and biker chic on the rise, tattooed to the hilt, the franchising of the concept should be a big hit making Hooters passé until Hooters is again revived when all these tattooed freaks discover that it's impossible to remove them even with repeated surgeries and road burns from bike spills. You got a love your tattoos, they're with you for life.
Ron
Text Messages, Other Messaging, Emails, Phone calls are Admissible in Court (Article) - 7/8/2014 12:08:38 PM
A good "heads up" for anyone online or using the telephone. Since there are still blue laws out there in communities, and sometimes on the minds of individuals who think that they are better at censoring than others, and we know who they are, we have to be careful.
The best way not to get caught up in surveillance nets is not to do what is considered by society to be aberrant. Oh you can still do it, face-to-face, and in the privacy of snail mail, but put it in writing on the Internet, or talk about it on your telephone, and you're asking for the net (big brother) to pick you up like Google and have a search warrant leveled on your house, and especially on your computer hard drives and backups. Like marijuana busts with big punishment for using, if you engage in societally unfavorable shit on the Internet, you will be caught.
You won't find a nude picture of me on any computer file anywhere. But then, who would want to look at me in the nude, anyway? You will find a lot of subversive stuff that I've written in jest. I sure hope the censors can tell the difference.
Ron
Sweetwater's Three Boats in Film (Article) - 6/7/2014 7:00:07 AM
Very interesting. The paddle wheeler looks similar to the one we were going take from the San Jacinto Monument to Galveston one time. My girlfriend's dance troupe was to perform en route. There was a chefs' strike and the boat never set sail.
I'm more familiar with birchbark canoes that transformed into the aluminum ones (very heavy) that I paddled and the lighter, fiberglass ones of today. That historic boat may have been made for a motor because of its square stern.
Ron
Bounty Hunter Duane Dog Chapman & Beth Dog Chapman For Jett Durango (Article) - 2/16/2014 7:43:52 AM
Outlandish is the word. They take big risks for big profit. I like how they treat (at least on television) those they bring in. Counseling them on appropriate behavior. Larger-than-life, that's for sure.
Ron
Sweetwater On AD Author Michael Messineo in Sweetwater's Biker Film (Article) - 1/27/2014 9:47:55 AM
Many years ago a graduate student wanted to start his bike (not a Harley) for the winter and I offered my large basement garage. The day he rode the 8 miles from town to store it, it was only about 20°, but he froze his ass off. Bikers were one of the first to discover windchill factor after sailors.
Ron
Spin-Off Fever: Endorsements and Product Placement (Article) - 12/28/2013 1:04:51 PM
And I'm still reeling from when Clark Gable took off his shirt and didn't have an undershirt! I guess undershirt sales and stocks plummeted for sure!
I tend to notice the cars in some movies and know that a certain manufacturer was supplying them. As for liquor and cigarettes, clothing and the like. Those little props don't affect my buying one way or the other.
I'm sure without the endorsements, some movies wouldn't be able to garner enough investment to finish production.
Ron
Making a Film Set Look Real (Article) - 12/27/2013 10:36:32 AM
I hate it when that happens… At least it is only a set and can be rebuilt.
I've only experienced two Hollywood sets in my life. One was someone throwing a birdcage out of a hotel window in the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco for a little-known movie (Daddy's Gone a Hunting) having a suicide (homicide?) there. I was at the Fairmont Hotel across the street and came out to see a crowd gathering while the stunt was performed.
The second time was when I was on a tour of Pagsanjan River and Falls in the Philippines. When we came upon a rustic river dwelling I remarked how authentic it looked. My guide, one of the Rodriguez brothers paddling our dugout canoe, remarked, "it's for the movie, Apocalypse." I didn't understand. I believe he also mentioned, "Marlon Brando." Later, before arriving at the falls, we came upon this ancient stone temple built on the river. Before I said anything, Rodriguez again announced, "for the movie for Marlon Brando, the Apocalypse. I still didn't know what he was talking about, but that sure was a cool looking ancient archaeological site.
It was only later that I learned that there was a movie being made by Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now! Movie sets can be very realistic on location.
Ron
The Resurgence of the Symbionese Liberation Army (Poetry) - 11/4/2022 12:16:53 AM
you made me quite intrigued about her that i needed to check her on the net. i learned something from you again. thank you for this piece.
The Resurgence of the Symbionese Liberation Army (Poetry) - 11/3/2022 9:45:46 AM
A very good example of the Stockholm syndrome. The capture becoming a loyal follower of the cult. Yes, very insightful. We are seeing the rise of both right and left extremism again that leads to unspeakable violence for no other reason than twisted, brainwashed minds who think they are doing good when they are doing very, very bad.
Kudos for the insight. And the memory.
Ron
Bombshell! (Poetry) - 10/30/2022 5:31:53 AM
just the right dose of action poetry from you, Sage. intriguing image, almost the same as your profile picture. thank you for this piece. no one does it better than you. i love the uniqueness of your pieces.
Bombshell! (Poetry) - 10/26/2022 8:56:23 AM
A lot of familiarity to this tale. Familiarity breeds content for the starved hungry fan masses. Zero Duo sounds just about right to me. A bombshell about to explode on the scene.
Ron
Watergate (Poetry) - 10/21/2022 4:57:52 AM
woah!! you're charged up on this, Sage, full force. i wasn't even able to take a moment and pause from reading. there is no stoppingyou on this one. this was immense. love it! thank you for the experience.
Watergate (Poetry) - 10/20/2022 11:59:38 AM
Love it! Covered every little nuance.
Strange, I love Nights in White Satin, sing it badly for my partner.
Once while driving proposals to DC with three foreign invader students in my car, I pulled into the Watergate garage and we took the elevator to the fourth floor where the restaurant was for breakfast. To be frugal, I didn't take the five dollar breakfast buffet. Instead I ordered two over easy and toast, coffee like I always did. Came out to be $4.50. So much for saving money at a famous place in a town where money is required and the plumbers aren't cheap, diving deep for data.
Ron
Repulsion of the Anti-Christ (Poetry) - 10/19/2022 9:18:36 AM
There certainly is a lot of folks around that don't seem to understand the example of Christ by the way that they live and the hypocrisy that poets find so easy to reveal and politicians, celebrities and ill-gotten rich want to hide.
Ron
Repulsion of the Anti-Christ (Poetry) - 10/19/2022 2:03:45 AM
that was skillful the way you described the scent. i can say, i think i also smelled him just by reading your piece, creative and crafty.
Letter to Antwerp (Poetry) - 10/17/2022 9:59:18 AM
So true. Blood diamonds, primarily from Africa and often mined by children enslaved if they want to eat, are easily washed clean of the stain of their source when they are polished and faceted to the orders of the very rich and very clean who desire the very best and the very unique baubles come out of the prestigious Antwerp diamond cartel.
Cross them and, while Diamonds Are Forever, nations will fall.
Ron
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 9:19:59 AM
Thank you for the revelation. I never thought of it like this. Perhaps a reference to an all-powerful control over us that we don't even know exists, rocking our cradles.
Coincidentally, in anger when I asked for her to use her mobile phone to find out why our power was out this morning, she flared up at me and told me it was because in exchange for the little things she did for me like that I stopped giving her a Christmas gift of $50.
I stopped giving Christmas gifts and getting gifts from my family over 30 years ago. But I gave Christmas gifts of cash cards for those I supervised at work, my employees, and my tenant. It was my primary caregiver told me to stop giving my tenant a Christmas present.
Why do women bring up old issues over such trivial things as money for Christmas?
Ron
The Model (Poetry) - 10/14/2022 4:32:53 PM
we headed for wealth and scandal, things got really escalated here. the ending was a great twist. much enjoyed, Sage, thank you for this piece.
The Model (Poetry) - 10/14/2022 11:14:31 AM
Enjoyed. That kind of dining as a way to get satisfied without adding any extra calories. I guess everyone should try it. I have often thought it would be great to marry the model. But she had no care for me, absorbed in her art she was.
Ron
Music of the Spheres (Poetry) - 10/12/2022 3:35:43 PM
that was a joy to read, Sage. i'm just enjoying my morning with coffee and your piece. thank you.
Music of the Spheres (Poetry) - 10/10/2022 8:44:43 AM
Good old gravity holds everything together, creating circular orbits and spherical spheres of dust and rock that we call planets. Just waiting for Ziggy Stardust and Sage Sweetwater to explore… "Ground control to Major Tom!" Some of the most eerie lines in all of the music universe, creating an immense loneliness of traveling great distance for so long in the void between planets.
Ron
The Grifters (Poetry) - 10/9/2022 9:47:48 AM
There are a lot of hopeless people who easily find grifters as their saviors only to dig a deeper hole in their collective misery. Some do it for years and don't even know that they are being had.
Much of the economy of southern Nigeria is a result of young men without jobs seeking favors from American widows and raking it in big. There's a big business and milking loneliness.
Ron
The Grifters (Poetry) - 10/8/2022 9:55:16 PM
nothin but creative expression of humanity's hidden truth. your piece reminded me of what you said about the surveillance being placed on poets. you are one daredevil, Sage.
Bankable Ethics (Poetry) - 10/8/2022 8:14:31 AM
Sex sells and I believe with this you have bought the farm. The only thing left is to look for the shit eating dogs to come around and clean up the mess.
Ron
Bankable Ethics (Poetry) - 10/7/2022 8:05:34 PM
you laid it down, Sage. powerful images with a message that can no longer be ignored. bravo!
Pipeline Enjuto! (Poetry) - 10/7/2022 11:18:31 AM
We are getting the kingpins but the drugs continue to flow as long as we wealthy Americans have to have our fixes to our various addictions that seem to grow and grow.
Ron
Pipeline Enjuto! (Poetry) - 10/6/2022 9:42:07 PM
wow! this is an action packed piece and sounds like a mission accomplished, Sage. bravo!
Hit! (Poetry) - 10/4/2022 9:41:56 AM
Reminds me of the poem I wrote, Thrill Killer. Property rights certainly do make the owner a hit man if a terrorist trespasses.
Ron
Vision (Poetry) - 10/2/2022 7:03:25 AM
i love your use of metaphors. this is probably a cliche and you must have heard it too many times, your style and technique is uniquely you. i have not read anything quite like it.
Vision (Poetry) - 10/1/2022 12:19:20 PM
It's a lion eat lion world and I ain't lying… Neither is you.
Ron
Phenomena (Poetry) - 9/29/2022 9:54:17 AM
It certainly is phenomenal how the conquerors by blood gather up all the spoils and become monarchs displaying riches and their phenomenal good taste.
Meanwhile among the grubbing people there are those that seek the shining stars and create all of the wonders phenomenally at our fingertips these days. Hopefully we can regenerate before we implode.
Ron
Phenomena (Poetry) - 9/29/2022 2:49:08 AM
wow. this was exceptional, Sage, a fine piece of poetry. and the image adds more elegance to it.
The Jericho Maze (Poetry) - 9/28/2022 3:23:02 PM
i guess there is only one way out of the maze, through the walls. thank you for this piece, Sage.
The Jericho Maze (Poetry) - 9/28/2022 9:35:51 AM
You trapped me!
Ron
The Divine Plan (Poetry) - 9/26/2022 9:27:16 AM
The Emerald and the Ruby. Signifying the new Green Eden (Canaan) conquered for the chosen people by blood (the Ruby). I hope I haven't massacred your intent.
From what I've learned. The holy land was much greener in the days of the Old Testament. Why Egypt was also so powerful. The gradual climate change of the last 3000 years has rendered both areas mostly desert. We can also blame cutting down the massive cedars of Lebanon that no longer exist.
Ron
Politics of a Lawsuit (Poetry) - 9/18/2022 4:09:40 PM
wow! very impressive, Sage. quite the long read but all worth it. this all adds to the already colorful character of who you are in my mind. i love it. thank you for this piece.
Politics of a Lawsuit (Poetry) - 9/17/2022 11:50:16 AM
Has she died or her partnership with you dissolved? And I'm trying to understand how the "lawsuit" enters in. But Gianetta Ellis certainly seems to be an accomplished individual in her field of environmental studies and conservation.
Coming from northern Wisconsin, I've had the pleasure of experiencing loons close up, and they are, indeed, wonderful birds to observe and to let live in the clean waters they need.
Ron
Hitman Coming To Collect (Poetry) - 9/15/2022 8:18:51 PM
this was truly immersive. i love your use of metaphors and that Dubai handshake. i sure did went on another movie here. thank you, i have enjoyed the ride of your words.
Methane (Poetry) - 9/15/2022 7:42:27 PM
was it just me, i was humming and kind of singing through this piece. it's like every word has a corresponding intel unlocking in the reader's brain. as always, much enjoyed your piece, Sage. thank you.
X Marks the Spot (Poetry) - 9/9/2022 4:01:41 AM
yes, move on is all there is. supper sounds kinda inviting. with this poem so lyrical and melodic, i think i might just take a finger dip in that pork and beans. thank you for this, Sage..once again, i have enjoyed your piece.
X Marks the Spot (Poetry) - 9/8/2022 9:49:57 AM
What a feast for the reader! The map showed clearly where to hunt for the treasure… The X marks the spot, for sure. Are we on the verge of another war over whose ex serves the supper?
I forgot to tell you that I love your original artwork, dots and all. ;-) You are a tiger in panther's clothing.
Ron
Skin in the Game (Poetry) - 9/6/2022 4:41:15 PM
your words again took me on a journey, Sage. with you, poetry is never ordinary. the leopard prints on your images are also becoming intriguing. thank you for this wonderful piece.
Skin in the Game (Poetry) - 9/6/2022 7:30:51 AM
Now that's a death dirge! I don't want no stinking resurrection. But I sure want a fiery cremation where my ashes don't take up prime urban real estate until eventually when those marble monuments weather and no longer can be read. When the diggers move all the bodies to some appropriate dumpsite so the new building can go on for the space city of the future. Where all bodies henceforth are dropped from outer space into the atmosphere to burn up and sprinkle pixie dust throughout the earth for all nature to love and grow.
Ron
Oedipus Complex (Poetry) - 9/5/2022 4:28:10 PM
woah, your piece took me to a lot of twists and turns of your mind. it made me also sing this morning, which was a lovely addition. thank you as always for your poetry, Sage.
Oedipus Complex (Poetry) - 9/4/2022 8:32:59 AM
You went well beyond the Oedipus complex for this romp through the raunchy. to think I loved eating that creamy white tasteless vitamin devoid cereal when I could've had the protein and vitamin rich real thing. But, being heterosexual, I never admired distaff like the altar sex can.
Ron
Expiration Expired (Poetry) - 9/3/2022 10:48:41 AM
When the panther turns black, the spots still remain.
You are very profound in describing clearly how we cling to what has expired like Saran wrap leading us closer to our own expiration date.
Fortunately, we can predict many things that can help us avoid much of the future that has been written, but hasn't happened, yet. The trick is knowing exactly what to expire and what to promote, and be able to get it written down in history soon enough before the next big expiration date comes along.
Ron
Expiration Expired (Poetry) - 9/3/2022 4:47:42 AM
wow! you again blasted off my mind. i just love your exotic wordsmithery skill, none compared, Sage, one and only. iam always thankful for your pieces.
Electronic Puppetry (Poetry) - 9/2/2022 12:39:05 PM
I would liken her to everyone's fairy godmother. Madly googling all their harebrained thoughts and finding all kinds of geniuses that will mother them into robots without strings.
Love the word play.
Ron
Electronic Puppetry (Poetry) - 9/2/2022 4:30:42 AM
wow, Sage, you just blew my mind. i was gonna say that's a cute image, but when i read your piece, it feels like i'm watching a james bond movie. well done.
The Mentalists (Poetry) - 9/1/2022 5:31:11 AM
just like those hot pretzels, this piece is perfect for my evening coffee. thank you, Sage.
The Mentalists (Poetry) - 8/30/2022 10:54:57 AM
Why I be where all speakers of the truth. The truth is not in speech.
Ron
Corporate Pheromone (Poetry) - 8/27/2022 12:10:06 PM
Loved the futuristic prediction and this one. I'm sure that it will come to pass given the direction that corporations are cashing in on the latest ooze these days.
There are many notable phrases of great ingenuity, but probably one of the best is, "Dispensers the scent of Uranus."
Back in 1989 in the dark ages, my girlfriend wanted me to research pheromones. We went to the medical center library. All I could find was one guy who seemed to be enamored with pheromones as some type of love potion because it works so well among plants and some animal species. Sold a lot of books.
Perfumes were originally made to cover-up the stench of not bathing, particularly popular in the court of Louis XIV.
Ron
Corporate Pheromone (Poetry) - 8/25/2022 6:43:31 PM
that was such a treat. i love how you weave words from cosmic to corporate. simply, i love your style and technique.
Our Bengals Talk Forest (Poetry) - 8/24/2022 11:28:45 AM
Girl talk I will never understand. Alas, I am of the male species. I claim no animal powers.
Ron
Reality Warping (Poetry) - 8/24/2022 12:20:10 AM
marvelous piece, Sage. it made my mind erupt images of some sort of exploration. i love your style, btw. thank you. and i'm always learning. you have a great day.
Reality Warping (Poetry) - 8/22/2022 11:17:31 AM
I agree. But not the Salvador Dali kind of warping, but the perfecting of our flaws that if we don't will continue to just destroy everything that is built along with everything that has evolved to our benefit, not misuse.
We must get smarter anyway we can.
Ron
Gaslighting Woes (Poetry) - 8/21/2022 8:41:44 AM
Peter, Paul and Mary, not to mention Peter's peter, shouldn't have led Puff the Magic Dragon out of the bag. Now he is seen everywhere even in a new HBO series, Kingdom of the Dragon? Shouldn't they get royalties?
Yes, no one is above the law. The truth has a way of leaking out along with the gas lighting the way.
Ron
Attempted Murder (Poetry) - 8/17/2022 9:28:14 AM
While your poem is obscure to me, it certainly seems to refer to Putin's preference of using deadly poison to eliminate his enemies. Sometimes recently failing more than he wins.
The image is striking and reminds me of the one I created for my satire, Thrill Killer.
https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=171056&authorid=3918
Ron
Attempted Murder (Poetry) - 8/16/2022 6:42:08 PM
that is my dose for current events for today, summed up by an artist through the mind of an eloquent creative poet. thank you for sharing this piece, Sage. i have enjoyed reading it.
Mar-a-Lago Raid (Poetry) - 8/15/2022 12:27:46 PM
Guilty! And he's fired.
Prison term: Life plus 3 days.
Burial: Half to the fireplace. Half to the commode.
Now, let's give him a fair trial.
Mar-a-Lago Raid (Poetry) - 8/11/2022 6:26:50 PM
as always, i have enjoyed reading your piece and learning a new thing once more. i prefer to read the news in this creative form of yours, Sage. i especially love the 4th stanza. thank you for sharing this.
Mar-a-Lago Raid (Poetry) - 8/11/2022 1:08:47 PM
"Probable cause" and civil lawsuits go a long way to helping the crumbling mythical dynasty built on a shaky foundation of lies. No one is above the law.
Ron
Fathering the Emerald Paternity Test (Poetry) - 8/9/2022 8:50:29 AM
Unwed fathers of fuck and run beware the Ides of DNA March. Your time will come when your offspring will find you and ask for their inheritance.
Thank you, Sage, for showing the way to reveal the scoundrels.
Ron
Ace High and Cannabis Cigars (Poetry) - 8/7/2022 11:26:00 AM
Nice perspective of our near future. Throughout technological history, private enterprise driven by greed and illicit activity (weightless sex anyone?) has always started off a luxury, but when casinos need customers, a ticket to space will probably be the equivalent of a two dollar lottery ticket today.
Ron
Ace High and Cannabis Cigars (Poetry) - 8/7/2022 6:17:53 AM
you got me interested at those cigars. that would be fun to try. much enjoyed your piece, Sage. i especially love the last stanza.
The Eighth Month (Poetry) - 8/5/2022 2:45:00 AM
wow. super enjoyed this one, Sage. i love the whole element amd atmosphere of this poem. i forgot who said that, babies are magnetically charged untainted energies summoning everyone for their needs as all is prepared for them when they are born.
Top Gun Prison (Poetry) - 8/3/2022 7:48:57 PM
Your poem would make a worthy poster for
the Top Gun school or San Quentin. Aim High!
Top Gun Prison (Poetry) - 8/3/2022 3:47:42 PM
i love that line- Cruise on autopilot, kinda plays with my mind. thank you for posting this, Sage, made my breakfast more enjoyable.
Top Gun Prison (Poetry) - 8/3/2022 9:39:30 AM
And there are plenty of guns going around to make it so. Flying is limited to the atmosphere and to the gravitational pull/push the body can endure. Planes with AI can fly much faster and turn much faster and very soon fly boys will be obsolete and probably already are except for studies of how much punishment a human body can stand and still think before blacking or redding out.
But you're not writing about fly boys, you are writing about high boys in prison places. Many will get out in time and show their ability to annihilate very soon. Isn't that nice? Sugar and spice.
Ron
The Satellite Worker of Wall Street (Poetry) - 8/2/2022 9:53:32 AM
Yes, put it on your bucket list, all ye faithful. Be sure to get a billion-dollar life insurance policy before you go, just in case, you know. Let's blastoff, "Go cat, go!"
Ron
The Satellite Worker of Wall Street (Poetry) - 8/2/2022 12:11:43 AM
nicely done and so cleverly put, Sage. I am just in awe reading this piece and fiding myself to keep agreeing. i never thought of it that way. very creative. i love it.
Atom Transfer and Eve's Apple (Poetry) - 8/1/2022 11:31:24 AM
Never give up your reality and sense of justice. Well penned, Sage.
Atom Transfer and Eve's Apple (Poetry) - 8/1/2022 8:19:27 AM
Everyone should read your poem. I only hope those fake fruit that would spoil on the table were all wax. But if they were plastic underneath, it is a clear warning that we should rapidly change our ways. In this case, the good old days of reusable or biodegradable containers and other enclosures were just as good and probably better.
Change your buying habits and change the world! Manufacturers will not change their ways unless they see their sales plummeting from lack of respect for the environment.
Ron
Catalyst Chlorophyll (Poetry) - 7/31/2022 9:43:30 AM
What a warning! Brilliantly written. Unfortunately, very few will get the message that came strong and clear to me.
Ron
The Scent of Us (Poetry) - 7/30/2022 9:26:44 AM
I read somewhere that humans can sense millions of aromas. I guess why we have created thousands of perfumes to douse our bodies with to cover more embarrassing ones that you refer to that are actually quite primal and sexual.
I prefer the scent of a woman rather than the scent of a man and will leave it at that.
Ron
The Scent of Us (Poetry) - 7/29/2022 11:52:46 PM
our phosphenes are vivid images- i love this line. i agree, everything is sealed and only the future bears witness in the present that it is born. thank you for this piece, Sage. i enjoy learning new words from you.
Skeeterrenault (Poetry) - 7/27/2022 8:26:40 AM
I love this little bit of satire espionage. The way you described evil as a ship carrying passengers and finally declaring its true mission, diamonds, coke. and other illicit cargo. No cruise ship this.
Ron
Innovation (Poetry) - 7/26/2022 9:26:21 AM
I don't know about Judgment Day. Basically that is everyone's death, right or wrong. But I agree that underneath it all our society is coming apart because we no longer address our problems directly but in the fairytale realm of who is the richest of the Joneses around the world, gathering all the wealth of the world to a very few people richer than the richest monarchs who ever lived. And we don't see it coming because we think we have free will when we don't.
A hard-hitting poem that gets at the underlying fallacy that most people believe from the myth of government for the people, by the people, and of the people.
Ron
Life From Behind Bars Death From Justice (Poetry) - 7/24/2022 9:11:34 AM
You seem to have greater insight that I for what happens after we are imprisoned by our death. I prefer, nuttin' to the sumpin' that you suggest.
But I guess everyone is wondering about the consequences of how we have lived our lives when things change drastically. Your guess is the good as anyone's.
Ron
Life From Behind Bars Death From Justice (Poetry) - 7/23/2022 11:17:50 PM
beautiful expression of a melancholic dim world. and no matter how or what circumstances people are in, it is art that is still going to be wielded from within. people are amazing. you are amazing and always have been wonderful. thank you for this piece.
Ground Zero (Poetry) - 7/21/2022 9:41:32 AM
"Non-Science Toxicology drunk
On God juice and stoned on Bible "
Describes the Republicans in our government perfectly. When will they see it and open their eyes to what harm they are doing to our society by continuing this drunken state instead of the razor-sharp action needed to scientifically fend off coming disaster.
Your best poem ever.
Ron
How Long Did It Take For David Koresh to PERISH! (Poetry) - 7/17/2022 12:08:48 PM
Thanks for the reminder that people need to beware of being brought into evil cults that claim to be something they aren't. So often in these religious cults, the focus is on the leader and the leader uses his power to abuse women in the name of whatever religion enables them to do.
It is insidious and the Internet needs to be searched often to find the culprits before they start taking advantage of young women and girls.
Ron
How Long Did It Take For David Koresh to PERISH! (Poetry) - 7/17/2022 10:40:14 AM
People need to be smart enough to NOT let this kind of lying s.o.bitches lure them into their cult. A good reminder for all of us. Thank you, Sage!
Sandie
How Many Minutes Can We Sell You? (Poetry) - 7/14/2022 12:06:50 PM
Your project seems to be behind the curve. There are already firms offering orbital treks for less that are longer. But like the first airline, only for rich folks. The hordes of po folks will come later, like it always does.
I sure hope this entrepreneurial effort on the part of billionaires' largest and fun will turn into spending a lot more on sustainable infrastructure and consumer products like cars and trucks.
Eventually bringing the price of sustainable lower than the high-priced, wasteful, throw away world we now live in.
Ron
Eight Zero 00000000s (Poetry) - 7/11/2022 8:52:53 AM
In the hands of the likes of our last deranged president. Let's ride those siloed steeds all the way to oblivion!
Ron
Weaponized (Poetry) - 7/8/2022 10:50:11 AM
Cinema certainly has contributed to the weaponization of America. Perhaps there should be more accidents like what happened to Alex Baldwin telling us we should probably not be playing with such devilish instruments. Our latest fighters are capable of killing their pilots if the pilot chooses to simply change direction too fast. G forces are a nice killer.
Ron
Weaponized (Poetry) - 7/6/2022 8:22:01 PM
been very selective of the movies that i watch. the best ones are always those kept in ones imagination. thank you for sharing your gift. always a pleasure to read.
Secured.Biz (Poetry) - 7/5/2022 9:55:37 AM
We certainly are victims of one great big snow job.
Ron
Secured.Biz (Poetry) - 7/4/2022 5:26:44 PM
We're all going towards communism. The government will take all your money. You use your real money from your bank, buy those bitcoins and whatever coins they name it. In the end, they crash, and your coins become zero dollars, or whatever they say they're worth.
If you buy real estate at the height of the market, and you think it will continue to go higher, but in a month, the bank will raise the interest, so the market isn't so good anymore. The real estate will come down, and you just realized you've lost a big chunk of your savings. Your house isn't worth what you have paid for. The sellers took your money and keep investing their real money into the bitcoins, which will eventually crash and will be worth nothing compared to what they have invested.
In the meantime, many food processing plants are on fire, some end in explosions, and we face food shortages. Inflation is up more than 50%, 100% in some, and you can't buy anything you want to eat because of food shortages.
Bill Gates is well-prepared for this transition. He has been buying farmlands all over the U.S. so those third-world immigrants who come to America will work for peanuts. It's like slavery all over again. Whatever has happened in the past, it will likely be our future. We are going to own nothing as property taxes will continue to rise and jobs are scarce. People will not be able to afford to pay high property taxes and will lose their homes and cars. We will all be farmers, slaving for a one-world government that will determine what we need and what we eat. We will order our daily supply from a huge computer system in the sky, monitored by someone who has become the world leader; or by someone on Mars.
Just my opinion.
Sandie
4th Reich (Poetry) - 7/3/2022 12:42:31 PM
I can see new clearly now from a different perspective. As this new clearness spreads like a virus on the Internet, is the 4th Reich close behind? Great satire and a sincere warning.
The Proud Boy brownshirts now decorated in either Dixie or Nazi flag run freely in the streets wanting to secure the right for arms to proliferate. But once they have them and their new clear power, will they build them? Use them? What a wonderful world it would.
Ron
Mistaken Identity Hard-On (Poetry) - 7/1/2022 3:13:26 AM
very interesting and sounds like an exciting world you are living in.
tc always, Sage.
Honey Trap (Poetry) - 6/29/2022 8:53:47 AM
Sounds like a great espionage affair. I too, wonder where she has snuck off to? Did she leave you in the lurch?
Or was she a very creative male writer in one of those propaganda mills?
Ron
Dehydrated Billionaire (Poetry) - 6/26/2022 9:33:30 AM
I guess that's why you haven't been up to writing and posting here lately. It's really sad to hear. Why I have advocated since Richard Nixon first proposed it, WorkFare. Basically, a living wage for those willing to work in whatever craft or trade they excel at, on a sliding scale all governed by annual income tax and paid for by preventing the very rich from passing on their wealth to their families, hidden in trusts and foundations, paying no taxes, whatsoever.
If you are in dire straits, I would suggest that you set up a Go Fund Me plea to help you make it and perhaps, pay for water again. The way you described things are is not healthy for you.
Ron
Dehydrated Billionaire (Poetry) - 6/26/2022 2:45:45 AM
hi Sage, much respect and hats off to you. even in times of trouble, there is always an abundance of beautiful expressions thru poetry. and i certainly enjoyed reading yours. perfect for the Sunday afternoon. thank you.
powder burn (Poetry) - 6/24/2022 9:46:06 AM
If all the sins that snow has covered wherever revealed… Oh, my!
Ron
Nashville (Poetry) - 9/27/2021 9:56:12 AM
Some great lines in this one. Old-time country is long gone for the glitz of Hollowood.
Another lot of pain relievers slipped into the phrases.
Ron
A Diamond is an Emerald's Worst Nightmare (Poetry) - 9/5/2021 10:48:28 AM
A diamond is a girl's best friend is a marketing coup by the diamond cartel convincing all young women that a diamond is required to solidify their marriage proposal. As if there was a ransom that was required to keep a woman captive by a man, rather than love between the two.
And I will add to that, the gold band that is supposedly a sign of marriage if worn on the right finger and following the rules of the diamond and gold sellers out there who love it when a good marketing plan comes together.
Jewels are wonderful if they are displayed where people can see them. If they are hidden away and replaced by fakes, they tend to lose their value. One of the sad realities of current life.
Ron
Phillips Screw (Poetry) - 9/4/2021 5:58:11 AM
I've never been on the receiving end of a Phillps head screw,
but you've given me new ways to think about applying it.
Phillips Screw (Poetry) - 9/3/2021 9:22:11 PM
Oh, it's a carney world, Sage, love your original take on our paper moon world. Go, girl!
Who's Your Daddy (Poetry) - 9/2/2021 10:44:17 AM
I think your writing humor this time. Or is it politics? There is a definite indication of the last two presidents in the last stanza. Why I always vote for the lesser of evils.
Ron
Who's Your Daddy (Poetry) - 9/2/2021 7:54:43 AM
Deep thoughts that simply ooze wisdom.
Many thanks.
Savage Winds (Poetry) - 9/1/2021 9:33:46 AM
I'd say they are in a jam if they can't have their P & J sandwiches. Another delightful read taking one back to the horse, of course.
Ron
Fazza! (Poetry) - 8/31/2021 9:43:13 AM
Dubai has no oil. Why their rich Sheikh has planned a playground away from ironfisted Islam where people can play if they have the bucks.
But those that have the oil and the power to bring economies to their knees are getting away with murder by their miserable treatment of women and people who may have a difference of opinion how life should be lived.
I hope you attack that in your next poem.
Ron
Camp Justice (Poetry) - 8/30/2021 8:27:44 AM
Another reminder that the lesson of Vietnam and Nicaragua was not learned and our regime changing efforts backfired into growing Al Qaeda and ISIS while a million Iraqis died in the process. Isn't that sweet? Not to mention Afghanistan, so I won't.
Ron
Your Leader (Poetry) - 8/29/2021 12:13:10 PM
It would be nice to be able to rid the world of terrorist activity. But in the real world they keep cropping up all the time like bad seed. The only thing left to do is prune them out of existence.
Ron
Triple Cross (Poetry) - 8/28/2021 9:41:28 AM
A brutal reminder. Why so many south of the border are trying to reach the promised land north of Central America. It is interesting, however, when you trace the money. It is right here in the good old, rich or poor, United States of America that seems to have an insatiable desire for escapism and the drugs that provide it.
If everyone just stopped buying and using. The cartels would disappear from lack of revenue.
I really love this one for its brutal honesty. Keep on writing this stuff. It hurts, but it works.
Ron
Triple Cross (Poetry) - 8/27/2021 2:15:28 PM
Release El Chapo and let the two gangs fight each other to the ground, then the police will walk in to reap their bodies. - That's how the Chinese police would do to deal with the drug lords and gangs.
Sandie
Brand Goes Out (Poetry) - 8/27/2021 5:53:17 AM
I hope this is all metaphorical.
Your brand is too unique to be quieted.
Say it isn't so.
Impatience (Poetry) - 8/23/2021 9:14:39 AM
I have pondered your meaning and I believe that impatience has whittled away at the corrupted law nearly forever, and hopefully, it is finally letting the light of sunshine peak through.
I guess it's never too late to do the right thing.
Ron
The Leopard Cartel (Poetry) - 8/17/2021 4:16:04 PM
I won't feign expertise in the subject matter, but I sure like the way this roars!
The Leopard Cartel (Poetry) - 8/17/2021 7:54:57 AM
I believe this is an allegory for the Sage Sweetwater enterprises that have been underway for some time. May they soon become legitimate and very successful!
Ron
Patsy Cline (Poetry) - 8/14/2021 10:14:35 AM
Crazy how you genuflected Patsy into those poems as a reflection of you and your far-flung desires. Was she crazy for lovein' you?
Ron
Buddy Holly (Poetry) - 8/12/2021 8:34:31 AM
Your poems are hard-core honest. I like that. To hell with right wing political correctness. I didn't know where you were going with Cosmic Severance until you got to the middle where you started describing what happened to Buddy Holly and the others on that cold stormy night. A fine tribute. And a sorrow that Whalon never could forget.
Rave On, was truly your rave about being accepted. But I'm not sure where Buddy Holly, who sang innocently about Wake Up, Little Susie, had anything to do with your plight. But I have noticed that you like to bring celebrity into your work whenever you can.
Ron
Amelia Earhart (Poetry) - 8/10/2021 10:56:07 AM
You have merged with Amelia in a way that only Sage can do. May you fly around the world together to the ultimate domination of the feminine hero over all that one can see from the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra over the sea.
Ron
The Edmund Fitzgerald (Poetry) - 8/9/2021 8:31:27 AM
Very real tragedy for 29 families of the men that went down with the ship. Gordon Lightfoot, or that beautiful song immortalized the loss. Your poem reflects his lyrics and of course, your twist to it. Always appreciated.
One of my first memories, when I was four in late November, we took a car ferry from Manitowoc to Michigan in a storm like that. At one point, waves were coming up over the 40 foot high bow. My father and grandfather came into the lounge, their suits soaked with foam from being hit by a wave while they watched the storm from the bow. We were not allowed to go out on the deck and our mother and grandmother were very seasick.
Ron
Lynyrd Skynyrd (Poetry) - 8/5/2021 8:33:14 AM
Always loved Lynyrd Skynyrd's deep sound. A friend of mine and brilliant student from India liked them the best of all the bands. Probably because he could hear them, suffering from a problem that I had, earwax affecting his hearing.
We can't bring them back, but now that they've gone digital, their music will resound forever.
Ron
Devil's Breath Jesus Blow Back (Poetry) - 7/31/2021 2:23:46 PM
I have felt the Devil's breath. Unfortunately, that halitosis came from a preacher. Fortunately, he must've got it fixed by Jesus, because he ditched his first wife for a much younger and prettier one. Unfortunately, on the way to a conference at a relatively young age, he had a heart attack and died. Make me wonder if he ever really got over that Devil's breath before he kicked the bucket.
Ron
How Many David Koresh Cult Leader Sex Offender psychopaths on the Net? (Poetry) - 7/23/2021 9:10:03 AM
Sage, so good to hear from you again. From your article on cult leaders, all I can say is what my grandfather said, "Judas Priest!"
With every segment of your detailed article, I could see Donald Trump clearly. He is the epitome of a cult leader and he has his cult in firm control. Fortunately, after watching 10 years of his nonsense as the king of firing people, I wasn't impressed or even affected/infected.
In spite of so many doomsayers like Richard and Alexander, the challenges of growing financial disparity, artificial intelligence removing jobs for those with average intelligence and perhaps, worst of all global warming with all of the shortages it will create, will pull the world's humanity together like never before. Cult leaders think they have the answer by destroying everyone else.
Ron
Acid Wash (Death Penalty) (Poetry) - 9/2/2020 9:35:10 AM
The caustic finger writes...and tells the truth.
Acid Wash (Death Penalty) (Poetry) - 9/1/2020 11:32:57 AM
Your work is nothing if it is confusing. But I believe you are right. Anyone who is a sheeple to a cultish cause is doomed to a most caustic death. Very soon, the oil money will dry up and only the desert lakes will provide monetary substance from acid separating in the sun. Procreating no more.
Ron
Deep Throat: Operation Liquid Diamond (Poetry) - 8/31/2020 11:16:43 AM
Good for you! Now let's get after the other issues pregnant to be birthed.
Ron
Cutting Coke (Poetry) - 8/26/2020 10:55:49 AM
The only Coke I ever cut was to put a little rum in my Coke to give it some smooth flavor. Watched colleagues destroy their lives seeking riches the mental power they claimed to gain by the hyperactivity coke gave them. Good, intelligent people down the drain. Really sad.
Ron
A Pedophile's Worst Nightmare (Poetry) - 8/25/2020 9:20:35 AM
A little bit of frontal lobotomy wouldn't hurt either.
You sure have a way with words. If words could kill. When I saw Timothy Leary answering questions on a panel in 1980 at a world conference, I was amazed at how lucid and intelligent sounding he still was. Something I didn't expect. Much better than the current commander-in-chief, so-called. I would like to see you rip him a new one.
Ron
A Pedophile's Worst Nightmare (Poetry) - 8/23/2020 10:16:41 PM
This should be under the section for horror for even in non-pedophiles this poem strikes fear...-e-
( Good to se a picture of the pretty lady that you are!)
The Second Coming (Poetry) - 8/20/2020 9:15:30 AM
Thank you for the history lesson. My thoughts of a "second coming," are something entirely different. ;-)
Ron
Poppy Cough Syrup, Boutique Cannabis, Designer Morphine (Poetry) - 8/16/2020 9:00:23 AM
Yes, your daily escape from reality dose of good time. Eventually bringing good health your body as you waste away in ecstasy.
Actually, I'm all for a regulated and taxed market for all of these herbal medicines that have proven value. But they must be regulated, because addictive use is usually very destructive, like nicotine in cigarettes. But it takes society a very long time to figure out that the "war on drugs," is merely a way to keep those in the money stream of high prices and payoffs looking the other way while claiming to be "cracking down," more and more, year after year, with supply and prices meeting and equally growing demand that never ends.
But we are doomed to repeat what history tells us, from the equally stupid alcohol prohibition of the early twentieth century, that stupid is what stupid does. Outrageous restraints on outrageous claims never work and never will. Americans want to be free to choose our poison, why we don't wear masks when they might save us from getting in passing on the deadly Coronavirus. Freedom does what freedom once,. regardless of resulting circumstances. Smoke on pothead, lung cancer is coming soon.
Ron
Corona Syringe (Poetry) - 8/9/2020 12:17:01 PM
You challenge our thoughts and emotions, Sage. Well penned.
Corona Syringe (Poetry) - 7/11/2020 11:19:17 AM
I like the depth of this one, getting down to fighting poison with poison. Makes me wonder if the AIDS concoction would work?
I always thought of hydrangeas as funeral flowers anyway. Good luck with that one.
Ron
Corona Syringe (Poetry) - 7/8/2020 2:20:59 PM
Wow, don't I wish for them to develop a cure or vaccine or anything to get us all back to being normal, whatever the hell that may actually be...-e-
(So happy to see you writing again, Sage!)
Dry Poet (Poetry) - 7/7/2020 8:12:22 AM
I have absolutely no idea what you are writing about except possibly that your muse has dried up and that's why you haven't been posting poems lately.
And according to your poem, there won't be the kind of winter snow that, when melted, will help provide water for your parched lips anytime soon to speak out.
Sorry to hear about the Ford GT having been put under wraps. But any gold rap will do, wouldn't you?
Ron
Calamine Fireworks (Poetry) - 7/5/2020 11:11:40 AM
I always enjoy reading your revolutionary stuff. I don't always understand, but since I have a natural immunity to poison ivy and poison oak, I find myself quite lucky for not having ever had a major case of it like my twin brother.
Like when dealing with Coronavirus, one should perhaps have long rubber gloves all the way past the elbow when clearing out brush. Calamine lotion? Never used anything on my skin. You think that my skin would be burned to a crisp, flaked off, and itching like hell. Come to think of it, is. Calamine anyone?
Ron
S & M (Poetry) - 4/7/2020 5:05:46 PM
Whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks!
#Hashtag Christmas Cannabis (Poetry) - 11/30/2019 6:55:27 AM
I agree with Ron on the last three stanza's. The rest, however is absolutely fantastic. Great write!
Pablo's Poker Game (Poetry) - 11/26/2019 11:32:13 AM
Nice way that you segue from cartel boss to rigor mortis in the White House. Sure glad I never touched the white stuff. Ruined many a life. But I'm sure our Donald has partaked while hobnobbing with friends like Epstein.
Ron
Pablo's Poker Game (Poetry) - 11/25/2019 1:31:48 PM
"Do you know who's blowing you?"
Read on for the answer, but alas and drat, it wasn't there.
Loved this Sage.
Pablo's Poker Game (Poetry) - 11/25/2019 9:53:41 AM
That's the way it goes when you have a mob boss.
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/22/2019 10:55:08 AM
A philosopher like you would also make a great cinematographer, though sometimes what you write leaves me with wonder as to the meaning, I still enjoy to read it whenever I get the chance...-e-
(Hope you are keeping well & happy & remember PRIDE is the operative word for now and for the future)
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/7/2019 8:46:22 AM
I've been absent from your imaginative pages for awhile. I almost forgot what a brilliant philosopher you are! This curled my limpid toes. I'll be back!
Poseidon Adventure (Poetry) - 9/6/2019 3:48:20 PM
Wow! Sounds heavenly and obviously "beyond this world." Thank you for sharing, Sage. Love, peace, and best wishes to you and yours,
Regis.
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/6/2019 10:29:17 AM
I have no delusions. Your poetry leaves me oft confused. In this case, Kris crinkled and used.
Ron
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/5/2019 7:16:50 PM
Jerry, I think you have friend confused with foe.
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/5/2019 6:59:12 PM
I have the absolute very same feelings concering this great poem my poetical friend.
Kris Kringle (Poetry) - 9/5/2019 6:54:01 PM
woah. you took me to a twisty rollercoaster ride and i forgot to buckle up. ahahaha quite an experience, thank you for this.
tuna packed in water (Poetry) - 8/30/2019 10:43:35 AM
A lovely poem packed with daily activity including thinking of your loved one and how you are changing your dietary habits to be better all the time. I have found that tuna packed in water tastes just as good as tuna packed in water… But certainly not as fattening.
Ron
tuna packed in water (Poetry) - 8/28/2019 7:13:52 AM
I think I'd need at least a cup of magic, a teaspoon doesn't go very far, but it's a start.
tuna packed in water (Poetry) - 8/27/2019 5:44:11 PM
thank you. i have savored so much of your lovely poetry, salty it is, but it is the sweetest. and what can go wrong with a teaspoon of magic? nada, i say, open the full jar and just let it all out, and watch the lovely unfolding, of colors, butterflies and innocence,and the crazy lil' laughter of kids running round and round. have a great day.
Oh Well (Poetry) - 8/23/2019 11:23:23 AM
Lots of illusions and allusions… Perhaps a few delusions. Don't understand but will give you a pass on performance.
Ron
Oh Well (Poetry) - 8/21/2019 10:54:43 AM
Beautifully expressed, Thankyou for sharing.
Top Gun (Poetry) - 8/18/2019 11:29:05 AM
Right in the center of pop-culture, you rise.
Faster than the speed of lightning.
Ron
Putin's and Trump's Brokeback Pics (Poetry) - 8/17/2019 5:12:21 PM
Now this one I kind of understood, and enjoyed, wishing I had you as a friend on the Book of Face...would keep me happy, humping and jumping, I think...-e-
Top Gun (Poetry) - 8/17/2019 5:09:14 PM
Hi young lady, good to see you, hope you are well, and your poetry is still like it always has been, hard for us old people with limited intellect to quite understand...but still enjoyable to read, nonetheless...-e-
Top Gun (Poetry) - 8/16/2019 6:31:57 PM
I was feeling an old Clint Eastwood movie!
Well done my dear!
Peace love and light
Amber
Poseidon Adventure (Poetry) - 8/15/2019 11:19:00 PM
I'd like to vacation underwater in a yellow submarine.
Top Gun (Poetry) - 8/15/2019 4:52:58 PM
"High Noon" refers to the final scene in the good, the bad, and the ugly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2Atsh6hHA
"Jerry Bolton" is an imposter.
by Jerry Bolton (author) at 8/15/2019 5:18:20 PM
'Splain, please . .
Click here to reply.
Top Gun (Poetry) - 8/15/2019 4:46:51 PM
There you are, Sage, good seeing ya.
Love this line, "white line pipeline canyons rich in find"
A Centaur's Lips Away (Poetry) - 9/1/2018 4:41:31 PM
Screw off, Duke! You're no friend of mine! I'm not united with you or the dirty up for prison one or a dozen who put you up to this review. Quit harassing me! You and your criminal Authors Den cronies aren't in my Hollywood click!
A Centaur's Lips Away (Poetry) - 9/1/2018 3:19:30 PM
How Do Sage,
I have been away for a long time and just now signed back up for a Bronze Membership. Now all I need is inspiration! You are ever the master of your craft. Here's hoping that all is well in your camp!
Dookie
Putin's and Trump's Brokeback Pics (Poetry) - 4/11/2018 4:22:20 PM
After a five year hiatus, it's refreshing to return to see you haven't lost a step.
Cheers, again
Dan
Putin's and Trump's Brokeback Pics (Poetry) - 3/28/2018 6:14:34 AM
Oh the irony! Next they'll be hugging bunnies with Kim Jong Un. It is the very nature of big brother to censor. Avoid big brother like I have and stay away from Facebook and anything, popular.
Ron
Putin's and Trump's Brokeback Pics (Poetry) - 3/28/2018 2:01:34 AM
You were born to say these words. And each is right on point!
The only "fact" FB has on me is my DOB, and it is fake as hell.
Thanks for making my day.
Winter Scarves (Poetry) - 12/5/2017 9:34:46 AM
Except for a bit bleak…???
Ron
ISIS (Poetry) - 10/28/2017 10:14:24 AM
Thanks for the translation John Michael.
Looks like you are getting even. Like I always say, "Don't get angry, get even."
Ron
Mental Illness Reveals Pink Testicles (Poetry) - 10/16/2017 9:45:52 AM
Suddenly in this [sic] generation have I discovered so many trans people with their balls covered in pink silk. It's enough to have the righteous right recoiling in their out rages out righteous hypocritical ilk.
Don't you just love it!
Ron
Mental Illness Reveals Pink Testicles (Poetry) - 10/16/2017 2:34:18 AM
Touch what matters most to me and I can grow balls and fight like a man. lol, Either way, it's all about the heart isn't it. Thanks for the educational write, I loved it, Sage Sweetwater.
xo
Mental Illness Reveals Pink Testicles (Poetry) - 10/15/2017 7:40:42 PM
Sage, don't be telling the world the color of my balls, excuse me, testicles...:) -e-
Bejeweled (Poetry) - 10/14/2017 9:17:27 AM
Much rather give head than take it… Wouldn't you agree?
Ron
Flamingo Road (Poetry) - 10/12/2017 9:23:10 AM
A whole lot said in very few words.
Ron
Where's the Pork? (Poetry) - 10/10/2017 11:09:01 AM
This one looks like a Weinsteiner… Inspired!
Sure glad I don't like beer. Most resourceful and filled with sexual innuendo--cool.
Ron
Bot (Poetry) - 10/4/2017 8:33:02 AM
I somehow think a lesbian poet bot would be a more interesting dinner date than the sex robots nerds are getting excited about. Knowing as much as I do about the current state of AI, the prospect of making love to a machine is about as alluring as anticipating eating a dish of cold porridge.
Bot (Poetry) - 10/3/2017 8:37:15 AM
Your bot is hot, but requires a lot of maintenance.
Ron
Pleiades diamonds (Poetry) - 9/28/2017 7:54:18 AM
I am certainly enjoying how the Hubble space telescope has revealed those shimmering diamonds in the sky to be so much more than we ever envisioned. And am looking forward to the replacement with much more power revealing even more.
And of course, I love your way of putting it… "lifting her skirt," in a wonderful erotic way. Titillating!
Ron
Pleiades diamonds (Poetry) - 9/27/2017 11:39:17 AM
Beautifully rendered, Sage
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/9/2017 9:53:51 AM
Have you been talking to Hunter S Thompson's ghost Sage?
Actually you could make the same comments about most web sites where writers and wannabes can post they stuff :-)
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/8/2017 5:15:53 PM
Sage, you still write good stuff, but like everyone else we get sidetracked occasionally, keep writing, keep telling us where we go wrong, that is, I think, after all, what we are all here for...-e-
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/8/2017 7:53:33 AM
I know I'm full of shit, but like Mikey, I can't help it.
I wouldn't be caught dead in Aspen with all those pseudo-rich snobs showing off their wealth and doing apres ski and pseudo-Western like Houston urban cowboy bullshit crap.
You used to write good stuff. What happened?
Ron
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/7/2017 11:03:19 AM
Can't be about me, I'm as innocent as a new born babe. We;;, maybe not that innocent, but I'm still innocent.
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/7/2017 12:43:07 AM
Thank you! I don't appreciate when one of these imposters leaves their calling card in a comment. I always view it as trespassing on my turf.
You're Full of Shit (Poetry) - 8/6/2017 6:00:32 PM
My goodness, Sage, and I thought you liked me.
Miami Vice (Poetry) - 7/28/2017 9:55:34 AM
That one gives me a chill.
Ron
Smoking Rocky Mountain High (Poetry) - 7/25/2017 2:20:54 AM
I want some, the stuff I get is basically of the dirt variety, wish we lived closer together, but have fun and enjoy your buzz, hope no body calls the fuzz...:) ~e~
Smoking Rocky Mountain High (Poetry) - 7/24/2017 7:35:32 AM
Nice windfall. But I don't smoke.
Was with my cousin one time when he discovered an illegal patch in rural Ohio. He left me at his home and took a friend to confiscate the product which he described as, "good shit." I don't know. Never smoked but had brownies with wine. Not a good combination.
Ron
Catfishing (Poetry) - 7/19/2017 11:49:38 AM
Prison dinner...don't bend over.
Catfishing (Poetry) - 7/19/2017 11:28:00 AM
Bring on the masturbaters!
Ed the minnow
Rich occupancy No vacancy (Poetry) - 7/18/2017 9:07:27 AM
The rich certainly do own all the beachheads these days.
Ron
Bang Rind! (Poetry) - 7/10/2017 8:19:34 AM
Reminds me of the CGI or blood bladder tricks of video makers who love to "thrill us" with lots of blood and gore flying everywhere. The latest is a race (to the death for a loser each day) across the country with the cars running on blood. Blood Drive is everything the titles connotes. Lots of watermelons exploding in this one. Totally senseless gratification… Yet I continue to watch to see if the beautiful lady will end up being ground up for fuel.
Ron
Bang Rind! (Poetry) - 7/10/2017 5:10:47 AM
A few years back, a friend brought a watermelon to share. What he didn't tell us was that melon had been sitting in the back of his truck for 5 days in the hot summer heat. When I stuck a knife into that melon, juice shot out of it like a geyser. It didn't explode, but it sure made a mess before I could get into the sink, and aimed for the drain.
Bang Rind! (Poetry) - 7/10/2017 4:56:26 AM
Hah! Would love to see that in real life.
Fat-Ass Bitch Group Messaging (Poetry) - 7/8/2017 11:58:57 AM
I checked the link you offered. In those days, everybody was commenting on everything. I don't think any comments should be censored, regardless of how they look to the receiver/reader.
It certainly has been a hard time since the squeaky clean, self-righteous, archconservative right moved in to take over, but the pendulum will swing back, probably sooner than we think.
Ron
Fat-Ass Bitch Group Messaging (Poetry) - 7/8/2017 12:48:25 AM
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=29292&id=282522
Dead Pool (Poetry) - 7/5/2017 9:47:54 AM
Rotated rotund me.
Ron
Hologram Laundering (Poetry) - 7/4/2017 6:25:55 AM
Makes me wonder who those "losers" are? Probably those damn holograms. I think I saw one beating up a reporter (?) ringside the other day. It had to be a money laundering and sucking imitation of the real thing.
Ron
Slaughter (Poetry) - 7/3/2017 7:17:37 AM
Unfortunately I missed the conspiracy but I certainly got some vivid images from reading your pointed words of the relative chaos in the house of this poet.
Ron
Mafia (Poetry) - 7/2/2017 9:58:49 AM
Hi Sage, I haven't been around this side much for years, but I'm back now (I give myself powerful backlinks from here) so I'll be seeing you around.
Loved the poem, the style reminds me of 1960s beat poets (oops, showing my age now) but the phrase Trump soup cracked me up. Did you know that over here trump is a more polite word for a noisy emission of intestinal gas than fart.
Trump soup - what a horrible thought.
Mafia (Poetry) - 7/2/2017 6:41:39 AM
Those on the wrong side of history always do. I don't know why we idolize them for their misdeeds?
Ron
