may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

OPEN MIKE OUTSIDE TOWN HALL


And the hardest part was convincing ourselves
to listen as well as speak/to actually hear 
what is being shared..Open hearts require open mikes
Permission alone is censorship.Trust requires truth
and the need to hear each other as paramount
Poems later,a certain clarity-it is only we who are here
99% are distant.1% represent the 99% absent
reinforcing the continuing conundrum of participation
as nominal and necessary for democracy relies
upon every heart and mind-even if we do not agree
Especially as we do not agree.We do not need to agree
Just to hear each other fully...

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