From My Experience


From my experience anyway
the face of a clock is generally
the face or faces of loved ones

hands~ our contribution of little 
extremities that grow, fingers into grips,
arms into outside reaches not limited
to 12 -- like Christ~ the 13th

hearts, from single dwellings,
into villages, worlds and universes

from knowing self and significant
others, into intimate knowledge of
living Catechism...a personal, relatable
Thesaurus of God….

Let the pendulum swing
the gears turn
the crystal vibrate its warmth
the heart pulse from instinctive
memory toward the greater science of
eternal spirit

one is the journey to many

and all

the limitless truth of 

Our Being One….

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Date: 12/23/2023 9:48:00 PM
One to ponder.' All the best for Christmas Joe.'
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/24/2023 11:38:00 AM
Hi Joe: A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the Joe' Clan -- when our way fails, as usually, in God We Must tern back to Trust. Blessings my friend!
Date: 12/19/2023 11:44:00 PM
As ever, your poems are so intriguing and profound. Life centers round three pivotal aims, knowing oneself, knowing others and knowing God. That will be the beginning of a journey, its progression and its final destination.... of merging into eternal oneness. I appreciate the uniqueness of your versification, dear Joe
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/20/2023 6:51:00 AM
Thank you, Valsa; "Life centers round three pivotal aims, knowing oneself, knowing others and knowing God." -- a life's journey indeed. So wisely put. Blessings my friend. Have a wonderful holiday!
Date: 12/17/2023 8:01:00 PM
The clock was an excellent backdrop for this poem. Distance makes family time difficult. This poem touches on the heartaches of trying to keep a modern family together. Your poem highlights our difficulties.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/18/2023 5:25:00 PM
Thank you, Hilda; and the older one gets the more one is aware of time flying by. Lots of distractions pulling loved ones apart. Blessings my friend.
Date: 12/17/2023 3:28:00 PM
One is the journey too many and many too one. Towards God we go, into the flow of His benevolent light Joe, nicely penned have a wonderful Christmas
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/18/2023 5:26:00 PM
Absolutely. We journey from God to God -- never leaving His substance. And you also, my friend, have a blessed Christmas!
Date: 12/17/2023 10:43:00 AM
I like it! Intriguing and creative, freeing in a sense. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, my friend! Bill & Sara
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/18/2023 5:29:00 PM
Thank you, Bill, brother in Christ. Ila and I wishing you and Sara a very blessed Christmas!
Date: 12/17/2023 10:29:00 AM
Interesting direction this takes. One as a family of man, yet terribly segregated by ideological differences. Have a nice Sunday Joe
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/18/2023 5:31:00 PM
Sometimes good, sometimes bad, bringing us closer together and farther apart. Imagine God's frustration:) Blessings my friend.
Date: 12/17/2023 7:45:00 AM
Interesting analogy Joe... Hope you have a nice festive season.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 12/18/2023 5:32:00 PM
Thank you, Si; blessing you and your loved ones. May the joy of the season be with you.
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