Darryl Diggs

Teacher, author "Memoirs of a Chocolate Hippie", astrologer, mystic, father, husband, potter...

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

I take this walk
to feel the raw and wild,
a distant crow that calls to the sky
knowing it will never reach it
no matter how many times
it tries

I take it for the wind
that hustles me one way
then buffets me
another
knowing that a breath,
its brother, is my life

#poetry

[Judi @heyjude714]

Bella became part of our family 2 years ago, Thanksgiving night. She was 3 months old. We are so grateful for the joy and love and fun she brings to us

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Kyle, the teenage murderer, should be shunned e.g. Game of Thrones as a reminder of his anti-personel behavior. He should also receive intense psychotherapy least his taste for blood begets more killing. The public needs to be shielded from weapons like Kyle.

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

Last night I rode a bicycle
with no handlebars
half motor
half pedal pump
and it seemed

I could fly
over mountains
return to memories
of far-off lands

Some call it a dream
but I pronounce it
the inner realm
that frees you
from rusty disbelief

#sedserio @inapoem #poetrylovers

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

This maple lets go of its leaves
in August, inviting
the wind, as some people do,
before its time

Something other than life tugs
at their will, seduces them
into an early date
with darkness

And others hold on
until the wind removes them
with its fury, or they
forget to breathe

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Clueless Americans don’t realize that they have been fighting and dying in Afghanistan to support the production of the very opiates that are killing their sons and daughters in epidemic fashion for decades. The Poppy is the only reason we stayed after killing Ben Laden, Get Out!

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Stop offering incentives for getting the COVID 19 vaccine and saving their own life. Instead fine anyone entering the hospital with Covid 19 without the vaccine. Fault them for endangering the life of others and taking up hospital beds selfishly. Money to care providers at $500/p

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

My mother was not one of the strong black women celebrated. Addicted to religion she abandoned our bond at age 9. Belief was safer than reality. So I celebrate all the women, including my wife, who weather the tides and love forever.

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

"Where have you been?" she asked
I took a trip to Guadalupe
to look at sunsets bright
roller-skated
in my socks
for the sheer delight
sang a song the moon
consumed
in its bodacious light
did all of this while you snoozed
in the dark begonia night

#FromOneLine #sedserio @inapoem

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Wishing all the Hippies a Happy 4:20-More power to you if you live in a state that has decriminalized the Purple Haze. Lets spread that state to the world!

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

@Eve_Castle Yes, myself minus 50 years.

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

https://t.co/a7Bb1dInDN

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Memoirs of a Chocolate Hippie, is now available in Indie Pennsylvania, a collection of books from local indie authors available exclusively on the BiblioBoard Library mobile and web platform. This collection is available to patrons of participating libraries all across PA

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

By candlelight Newton
accounted for the tides
knowing that light
would surrender him
to the sea in time

They say we'll never
emerge from masks
any more than
a wave from gravity
by crashing on the shore

Newton sighed
by candlelight
for the necktie
of night
he wore

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Judi and I got our COVID vaccine's first shot yesterday, barely felt it happen. Have a strong apprehension for the medical community but, trust the stats of over a 100million successes before me. Brothers and sisters (all) better to be safe than sorry, get yours.

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

Each morning restores us
from the depths
of sleep
as we climb
out of frizzy dreams

Hello, lake. Hello, trees.
What makes you think
you are any more
than what we
concoct in sleep?

I search for solid earth
taste the wind
tell myself
that this my dream
will someday end

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

@atmyself @StoryHaikuTanka On one side of the scale is all of life's challenges, on the other is the love of my l/wife and she tips the mark. I'll be born again.

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

Married since 1968, our journey can teach you a lot about race relations in the US. Read about our adventures in "Memoirs of a Chocolate Hippie," available electronic (color pictures) or paperback at https://t.co/5WsVOnOi3R, my book site.

[Joyce @joycebudenberg]

Be like the sun for grace and mercy.
Be like the night to cover others’ faults.
Appear as you are.
Be as you appear.

Rumi

[Darryl Diggs @DarrylDiggs]

@MarkScabash6 Very nice visual and shared experience.