Our natural state
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Written: January 04, 2025 For Contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
“free from conditioned belief
no agenda on our shelf
vibrant as the light of Self
life flow...
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Categories:
behests, analogy, freedom, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
behests, bereavement, death, earth, eulogy,
Form: Rhyme
To all the carbon-nations
...Carbon human lives address, express ideas? debate caress'
All mammals made of carbon too' walk and live some are; confined to zoo's, a manmade place to observe
And gather; revenue in that preserve...
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Categories:
behests, 5th grade, appreciation, community,
Form: Rhyme
Refugees
...Years ago bold the Sun
Saffron lands
The waters depths plagued our mind
East was once a golden hue
The winds came gently
The August people steered
their heads converse as one
We were at peace...
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Categories:
behests, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Ocean Symphony
...Written: September 12, 2023
Ocean Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress
“The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting its visitors.” – Phillip Diol...
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Categories:
behests, appreciation, beauty, deep, nature,
Form: Rhyme
I, Zombie, Part I: the Questioning
...What has one become?
Do as the Monster chooses
Mirrored in the eyes
Which Daemon will come?
The fiendish mental muses
Inanely arise
Where did it come from?
Short circuits and blown fuses
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Categories:
behests, addiction, allusion, analogy, mental
Form: Haiku
The Answer To Complaint Part 4
...Nor Usman’s treasure-chest you own, Nor Ali’s empty bowl,
With spirits of such great forbears, What kinship has your soul?
The honoured of their times, they lived, For theirs was true iman,
You li...
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Categories:
behests, allah, faith,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Harbinger
...Deceit o’ bloodred,
Languish droplets bled
Elements purge forlorn
Happily e’er after battle-torn
Cruel lips kiss adieu,
Loathsome toxin askew
Slumber still mercy mine
Ador bore thou decline
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Categories:
behests, angst, hurt, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Beginning To End --- Part 1
...You want it to make sense
You want it to become clear
Your feigned self importance
No longer precious or dear
But the only one caring
And the one still in doubt
A mirrored reflection
Of what ...
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Categories:
behests, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
A,B,C's of Alliteration
...Almost always, as additional allurements arrive, ask as a Being...
By better borne behests become best Causes ?
Can causes create concise concepts Diligently ?
Do doers do decidedly dumb dol...
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Categories:
behests, conflict, fun, imagination, introspection,
Form: Alliteration
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots Vi
...Strategically placed when raised
Upwards
By your masterful and well
Practiced hand.
To mingle with ever changing
Skylines
That frown down with arrogant
Scowls
Upon the indigenous populou...
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Categories:
behests, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Copla 104 Resolution: This Bad Guy World
...COPLA 104 RESOLUTION : This Bad Guy World
Ethnicity geography parent
Ferment in spiritual cauldron :
Breed gods violent
Who wants to serve gods heirs apparent
Can believers be made to rea...
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Categories:
behests, conflict, religion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Soft Feelings
...Soft feelings must never upset my boat;
It must sail uninterrupted as ought,
Let it to the whole world be heard this trumpet clear
That yummy things are for timid men,
Brave ones wrestle to the e...
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Categories:
behests, life
Form: Rhyme