David Ratliff

“War is a crime dressed as politics”
― John O'Hare, Songs of Revolution: Poems against oppression

“Revolutions are the things of the past. The current generation believes we get one life, and we should enjoy and live it to the fullest. That’s why they don’t know what sacrifice means. Revolution requires sacrifices and the people of today are neither willing nor capable of sacrifice. Therefore, we can’t have revolutions today. All we can have now are movements.”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“Beautiful day.

Art matters. Poetry & literature matters. Friends matter. Life and light matter. Remembering the true history of the world and honesty matters. Words matter. Please don't waste your time on overaught social media, vapid pop stars and lunatic millionaires, icons without any real substance. If you want to change the world? Make the real things matter.

Reality.

It's a revolution.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, WHERE THERE IS NO VISION POEMS 2020 R.M. ENGELHARDT

“There is no revolution.
There is no shallow fame.

There is only being true to
Yourself & your art.

To write or create
You must be a real human being
Or it's garbage”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT