Suzette Crous's Blog
Nominated as one of the BEST POETS (current or in the past) on World Poetry Day, 21 March 2013 - in Dazed & Confused Magazine.
WEBSITES AND BLOGS:
1. http://suzette-poet-author.webs.com/
2. @ WATER DANCE (facebook page): Tips, poetry forms, self-publishing, websites, my books for sale, etc
www.facebook.com/angelwingsa
Included in: My poem, ON THE OCEAN WAVES
International Who's Who in Poetry 2012
Library of Congress ISBN- 978-1-61936-035-8
My poem, The African Man, featured twice during 2012 in the eMagazine, Afritorial
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Most Recent Blog Post
SUZETTE PRIME: A new contest announced
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Blog Posted:11/10/2012 3:47:00 AM
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‘These are the days of miracle and wonder...’
Paul Simon/Graceland
This is a foretaste of philosophy, mathematics and other elements which might spur you on to write the winning poem for the new contest: SUZETTE PRIME
Wishing everyone a great weekend.
Su
The Philosopher’s Stone is an ancient symbol that originates in the roots of Hermetic philosophy and the alchemical arts. It is a metaphorical symbol of ultimate accomplishment. It represents the reward to the quest for a ‘higher purpose’; an allegorical concept of refinement of an element to its perfection. And as such, to the medieval alchemist it was the catalyst in the long sought after magical process that could transmute lead into gold, and its resultant reward: The Philosopher’s Stone.
In a spiritual sense, attaining The Philosopher’s Stone is a metaphor for ones’ personal evolution toward perfection of the soul. It is the prize for achieving spiritual enlightenment. It’s the ‘coming forth as gold’; the ’pearl of great price’; being one with Cosmic Consciousness; having undeniable personal experience of God.
In 1997, breathtakingly presented at the foot of Silbury Hill, those of us witnessing the modern day miracles expressed in Crop Circles received our own Philosopher’s Stone! (Fig. 1) It was the magnificent ‘Fractal Star of David’, as named by Peter Sorensen in his silhouette drawing of it; also called the ‘Koch I Snowflake’ after the fractal Swedish mathematician Helge von Koch, who defined the principles of the ‘Koch Curve’, a fractal shape with the paradoxical qualities of a finite space contained by an eventually infinite border. This fractalised six-pointed star Crop Circle design was in fact an ultimate embodiment of The Philosopher’s Stone! The complex interleaving of the ground lay created a glinting, crystalline image that moved with depth and dimensional structure when viewed from the air; its green-gold facets gleaming ‘even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal’.
(excerpt from an article on crop circles and the Philosopher Stone)
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/4/2013 | A Twisted Tree | Haiku | nature,philosophy, |
| 5/1/2013 | RUSH | Verse | nature, |
| 4/26/2013 | TYPEWRITER | Narrative | nostalgia, |
| 4/20/2013 | What is in a Name | Couplet | family,,granddaughter, |
| 4/19/2013 | Gray | Haiku | beach, |
| 4/18/2013 | CYCLE OF LIFE | Suzette Prime | introspection,hope, |
| 4/10/2013 | The Wedding Dress | Quatrain | urban,wedding, |
| 4/9/2013 | The Tree of Knowledge | Verse | philosophy,religious,tree |
| 4/9/2013 | WHITE ROSES | Tanka | wedding, |
| 4/9/2013 | TABLE MOUNTAIN | Quintella | dedication,nature, |
| 4/5/2013 | The Hike | Haiku | nature, |
| 3/31/2013 | ALBATROSS and PRECIOUS GOLD | Quatern | allegory,introspection,me |
| 3/28/2013 | T Woods | Limerick | humorous,satire, |
| 3/24/2013 | QUANTUM PHYSICS | Abecedarian | science, |
| 3/22/2013 | AFRIKAANS and ENGLISH TANKA | Tanka | introspection, |
| 3/21/2013 | LEXICON OF MY POEMS | Abecedarian | on writing and words,old, |
| 3/18/2013 | Andrea Dietrich | Clerihew | dedication, |
| 3/18/2013 | Alternating --- Zanies | ABC | philosophy, |
| 3/17/2013 | POETS ON POETRY | Abecedarian | on writing and words,phil |
| 3/17/2013 | Swift Terns | Tanka | freedom,nature, |
| 3/16/2013 | A ZANY | Suzette Prime | philosophy, |
| 3/14/2013 | REREDOS | Tanka | autumn,metaphor,passion,r |
| 3/1/2013 | WISDOM STRING | Verse | allegory,hope,inspiration |
| 2/22/2013 | THEN UNDERSTAND | Free verse (vers libre) | inspirational,introspecti |
| 2/22/2013 | INNOCENCE | Verse | inspirational, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| As Raindrops Fall | Lyric | life,love,philosophy,visi |
| The Shadow of Me | Free verse (vers libre) | introspectionme,age,old,t |
| As Canvas Weeps | Tanka | art |
| Through the Winter Cold he Rode | Villanelle | love,naturewinter,winter, |
| Seasons to wonder | Rhyme | nature,seasons,me,winter, |
| The Loss of Wisdom | Quatern | introspection,loss,people |
| Autumn Love | Acrostic | love, |
| Pseudonym | Free verse (vers libre) | allegory,hope,introspecti |
| swarm of dragonflies | Haiku | art,nature, |
| Dying Rose | Haiku | devotion, |
| Jokers Lament | Senryu | funny,life, |
| Heated Revere | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion,growing up,hope, |
| Distant Thunder - A Shan-zi Poem | Free verse (vers libre) | nature, |
| Captive Bird - 12 Bars 12 Dreams | Rhyme | animals, |
| 'Peace when needed' | Free verse (vers libre) | friendship,hope,life,lost |
| Wearied Wanderlust | Rondeau | love, |
| The Allure of Your Lips | Quatern | passion,romance,visionary |
| 'Warfare' | Verse | angst,depression,fear, |
| Invitation to the Dance | Free verse (vers libre) | allegory, |
| TUNES OF WAVES | Rhyme | music,nature,ocean, |
| Beauty of Nature | Haiku | nature, |
| DARE WE | Quatrain | funny,me, |
| Wayward Child | Pantoum | introspection,life,loss,l |
| Ewmer Fudd and Buggs Bunny Paint the Town Wed | Couplet | funny,life,recovery from. |
| Yesterdays | Free verse (vers libre) | angst, |
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