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After drenching biblical rainfall

...After drenching biblical rainfall...
verdant green acres covered the planet of the apes
like a petticoat junction
donning barrel of skinny dipping monkeys.

Once drought stricken vast landscape
...

Temple Hymns of Enheduanna

...Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE), the daughter of the famous King Sargon the Great of Akkad, is the first ancient writer whose name remains known today.

Temple Hymn 15
to the Gishbanda Temple of ...

A POEM SIX THOUSAND YEARS OLD

...When Attis, in guise of maiden fair, did sing
Unto her comrades, lo, the thiasus stirred!

A cacophony of voices quivering,
The delicate tambourine, it did swell
With resonance, and hollow cymba...

The Middle Ground

...You have been walking on that ground since you were a child and you still have not examined the broken lines, you have been playing on that field since you start crawling on your knees and still you ...

Watching Time

...** Watching Time **



From all analog to any
Digitally shown markings
Of humanity’s invented 
Way to watch over Light
— passing or coming —
Time…

In less than a breath,
So, so many ways...

The Western Wall - Jerusalem

...Though just a wall
      or so it's deemed
    
    She's kept alive
      a people's dreams

    Myriad pilgrims come
      her faithful friends

    To renew her glory's
      beginning a...

A Long Journey POTD

..."a long walk to reach my destination. 
                                          I am still walking!" By Poet

                                        

                             It was a lon...

Dear Brother

...A poor soul approached who was singing the blues
  He asked, 'What does God no longer want me to do?'

'What is hateful to you, do not do to others
  All the rest is commentary, my dear brother'
...

Epaminandas At Leuctra - Boeotia, July, 371 Bce

...I intend to try something new,
Something revolutionary 
That defies conventional tactics,
Yet is so subtle in its simplicity 
As to be easily carried out 
By nervous farmers 
About to soil them...

Thirukkural

...Composed couplets 
Connoted every facets
Words of wisdom they're
World needs them forever
Be it a love or life
or when yours in strife
Just go through these verses
which certain...

With a Flickering Lamp

...Life was not a bed of roses for many women
             who, for time eternal,
             left footprints and paved our path, so we can walk with our heads high.
             often ponder, and i...

Mayan Poetry Translations

...Mayan Poetry Translations

The Receiving of the Flower
excerpt from an ancient Mayan love poem
translation by Michael R. Burch

Let us sing overflowing with joy
as we observe the Receiving of ...

The Atlanteans

...The Atlantean’s : Bce
(South coast of Britain)

The old man stood on the shore and felt the morning chill cutting deeply into him , the sky was grey and mirrored the mood of the few survivors that...

The Exaltation of Inanna

...The Exaltation of Inanna: Opening Lines and Excerpts 
by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon I of Akkad and high priestess of Inanna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Lady of all d...

Lament To the Spirit of War

...Lament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You hack down everything you see, War God!

Rising on fearsome wings
you r...

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