Author: David Redpath
That Dragon Tattoo
Toads a’ croaking
The sugarcane high
Fools rushing in
Where angels fear to fly
Doors broken
Blown open
Eucalyptus trees
Thrown asunder
In the white hot thunder
Of a cyclonic breeze
Stranger In A Strange Land
“Blessed are those who are persecuted
for doing that which is morally right,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
~ Jesus
Masters of War
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
will be called the children of God.” ~ Jesus
Contra Versia
The contradiction
within creation
a perpetual balancing act
with the disharmony
of destruction
That spark of oblivion
as sharp as a knife
From every dimension
in every direction
a never ending question
Salvador Dali whispering
. . . “Everything
that is contradictory
creates life.”
Conformity is death
Imperfection breeding strife
Continue reading “Contra Versia”
The Broken Hallelujah
For the children
of a grand delusion
forever dreaming
For those hurting
through all the pain
and the loathing
who fell chasing
a dragon’s tail
The glittering gift
of a burnt offering
four sheets to the wind
under the full sail
of a fevered imagination
Mother Ethiopia
Mother Ethiopia ~ by David B. Redpath
(pix-elation) © 2022
“Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows
in their distress and to keep oneself
from being polluted by the world.”
~ Book of James
Utopia
Utopia ~ by David B. Redpath
(acrylic on canvas) © 2018-2025
“Man is born free, and
everywhere he is in chains.
Those who think themselves
the masters of others are indeed
greater slaves than they.”
“I prefer liberty with danger
than peace with slavery.”
“No man has any natural authority
over his fellow men.”
“Everything is good as it comes
from the hands of the Maker of
the world, but degenerates once
it gets into the hands of man.”
“I perceive God everywhere
in His works. I sense Him in me;
I see Him all around me.”
“Falsehood has an infinity
of combinations, but truth has
only one mode of being.”
“What wisdom can you find
greater than kindness?”
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Buon Natale!
Buon Natale to every bloggin’ body
… from baby elf Levi (not eviL) 🎄🎁
David Redpath 