Category Archives: oceans

HAZMAT

Photo credit: DRYLANDProductions We call ourselves civilized buying what we’re told we need throwing it ‘away’ with ease look what we’ve become, the sum of our life’s work is garbage we surf man-made waves and our bellies are filled with … Continue reading

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Ocean In a Shell

Sand blasted and watching the waves break I’m listening to the pulse of the earth and tasting the salt on the air for the moment, without a care aware that if this isn’t heaven it doesn’t exist… … but watching … Continue reading

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The Pull Of The Moon

I feel very much a part of nature when the moon is full it always pulls my eyes towards it like the tides and when it’s new, the pull is still there and I’m always searching the sky, where are … Continue reading

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Wings On The Vulture

Let us wake now from this sleep before there’s nothing left for the meek to inherit the missionaries stole it and their kids won’t share it as they still fly old glory over stolen land broken with bibles and pineapples, canned and shipped to Rome from … Continue reading

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Bellies Full of Plastic

There is no hope of a better future, stop listening to the optimistic TV newscasters. We are not going to save the world we are nothing more than a cancer making planet earth sick. There is no God, so I … Continue reading

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Standing Rock

Standing on this rock all alone looking glass shattered can’t find home can’t escape sticks and stones thrown by a falling Rome names don’t hurt when Redskins flirt with victory the Missouri doesn’t flow to the sea it flows through … Continue reading

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Heart Of An Octopus

Its body was still pulsating the ink still traveling just beneath the slimy surface with tenticles still dripping and salt water dropping into the sand below through cracks in the weathered picnic table unable to say no, I held out my … Continue reading

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#TrashBucketChallenge

on August 18th, there was a yellow bucket on a beach on Oahu’s North Shore. We picked it up, filled it with trash, and half-jokingly made a video which we posted to facebook the following day. An environmental activist and … Continue reading

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