Aquinas Poems - Poems about Aquinas

A Philosopher’s Grief

...We sit together in the shadowed halls beyond time—
Plato, Socrates, Spinoza, Protagoras,
Aristotle, Pythagoras, Kant, Descartes, Aquinas—
our words once rivers,
now dust in the mouths of men.

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The Jesuit Boy

...They took me at seven, not with chains —
but with silence, incense, and Latin refrains.
Fr. Toni, black-robed, sharp-eyed and still,
Read my soul like scripture, broke my will.

Not to destroy —...

Where the Ocean Meets the Mountain

...You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to say  

You are the sea—each wave not an argume...

Aristotle To Aquinas

...Outside the mind
they’re no universals
Conflation and trend
— humanity’s bane

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024) 
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AUTHENTICITY of POETRY

...

When  people comment  
on the style or way 
I write and the words 
I use to express and convey 
my thoughts and views.
I tend to stop and ponder 
my road less traveled . 

Acknowledging, ...

THE MOST FAMOUS LIMERICKTEER

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Thomas  Aquinas a 13th  century  friar
 raised poetry a little higher
With  his prayer anapestic
an AABBA  now styled a limerick
perhaps led to the position of prior!

 
 
 

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Inside This Cave

...Inside this cave, my refuge, nave
I bend and stretch and breath, 
to find myself among the ruins 
of ancient places, faces, and history. 

Although I strive to change the tide
of my own motivat...

Seas of Aragon

...Spanish glance
in fields of Aquinas cascades
fur lined trees
Lemons as sweet to taste
Wild African violets
New poetry
in the clothe of Aragon
the clasp of love indefinitely
the finesse of eas...

She Believes In Lavender Moons

...Introduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the step from the eristic with a q...

John Scotus Duns

...Thinker, scholar, sophist; Duns was, yet, a humanist,
His thoughts actions exhibited him as true philanthropist…!

Constructing a metaphysical argument, he said,
Of the existence of God, that lik...

The Lord Supports the Natural Order

...Lord -
God ,
Creator 
of the Natural Order.

Chem trails and weather modification...
Let the social engineering not find us oh Lord.
We hide not in you,
but in you -
a shield
armor
and swo...

Actio Ad Deum

...The Agent Intellect…
God speaking loud
Aquinas his servant,
empirically proud

Action is needed,
the soul lies in wait
The body left wanting
—new pearls for the gate

(Villanova University:...

Aquinas Lear Limericks

...Thomas Aquinas ,a 13th century Italian friar first recorded use of the anapestic meter in the AABBA form with prayers in Latin until Edward Lear used theform for humourous verse.The title Limerick is...

Transmogrify

...I sleep with Saint Anselm,
but wake with Aquinas

My dreams to envision
what the morning will say

Creativity’s twins,
imagined then stated

Epiphany’s birth
—morphing night into day

(Dr...

What Then Endures

...Oh, may LOVE feel its worth, though a concept like time,
Much less Entropy's increase no longer makes sense.
Will light still earn thought's praise if no mortal speaks rhyme,
If no stars (laws exi...

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