Best Insights Poems

Somehow, the glint of morn's prayer
awakens an unexplained urge 
to find new  journeys
in the remaining meditation
of time...I gush as daybreak yields
freshened rain, 
that my  old city of dreams,
of hope begins to  inhale 

all that is indelibly alive-- precious.


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Last Saturday night I dropped by for a few beers at Kelsey's Bar.
Archie Bunker was there, drinkin' beer and chompin' on a nickel seegar,
Expoundin' on religion and his pinko, atheist son-in-law, Meathead!
If you dared to contradict him, he'd tell you right off to drop dead!

"Edith...

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Impartial insight into Human Nature or intellectual Snobbery in Thiru-Valluvar's THIRU-KURAL: Canto 84 - PEETHAIMAI*

[Note: Throughout his oeuvre, there can be found aphorisms which broadly hint at Thiru-Valluvar's intolerance of the less-endowed individual, and none characterises this trait as PEETHAIMAI or "Folly". Likewise his somewhat...

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The sole praise for being blessed is priceless.
Inhale the soft glow of the soul welly.
It's false to force others to your embrace. 
He just pulls the faint air from blessed body. 
Desire to get rid of gloom and sadness.

What a gloss golden chance to be...

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                                 Society requires GOVERNMENT 

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Every moment is pregnant with insights,
The mind can hew a path to pure delight.
Its not the obstacles in your life,
That cause the seemingly endless strife.
Its but your vision, your perception...
Its just your choice of decision.
 
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You can love a person, you can love animals, you can love nature
So what is love?
love is the recognition of the creator in the creation
It is the kind person that gives you hope when all seems lost
It is the loyal dog that protects your family
It...

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INSIGHTS
recalled
 words
  hollowing
out a memory
 in a   trompe l’œil
of
a
disparate
 miscellany
held
aloft&
framed
in view

a living
collage
ongoing
carefree
 &
literally
 done,

looking out
from
a study in
irreverence
 re-imagined
&
half-present
self-involved
serious
purposed

in

a
visual game
so smooth

a
grand thesis
of
intrigue
  or statement
of
 continuous
imagination

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique...

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Perceptive,prosaic pictures, intuitive 
elegant images developing in simplicity.
A long lasting snapshot,candid,succinct 
and to the point.A gift of self expresion,
close-up and personal,a bright winged
muse,eye catchingly shaped from 
imagination,as is moments in paint.

Listen to me recite my PS anthology on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro..

catch my...

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Knowledge and insights 
By Michelle Morris
03/03/2023

You can examine the past
With regret or longing
But you can never change
The events as they occurred

All that you can hope for
Is that you gain wisdom and experience 
Knowledge and insights
For your spiritual path and growth

You can plan your future
With care...

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The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance

It’s funny how perceived intelligence 
Is not necessarily a measure of true smarts 
How the genius, the barrister and the eloquent 
Can miss the point from the very start 

It’s quite bemusing to observe her lack of self-awareness
And confusing...

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beer bloat
morning after
football Sunday 
am I, or the bar
the consumer
I don't know
I had a good time
shot some pool
cracked some jokes
flirted with girls
not half my age
so vain
so pointless
so fun

journey coming
soon, so
shutting it down
redirecting energy
focus
vision
to what I want more
than football Sunday
a different land
a different people
I hope at...

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I’ve spent many hours, great thoughts to discern.
Traveled many paths, great truths to learn.
But when it appeared the path would end,
I’d always discovered another slight bend.
I’d have to regroup and start again.

I set up in silence in the darkness of night,
Without eyes to see I...

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You’ve spent many hours, great thoughts to discern.
Traveled many paths, great truths to learn.
But when it appeared the path would end,
You always discovered another slight bend.
You’d have to regroup and start again.

You set up in silence in the dark one night,
Without eyes to see you...

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I can see the stars shining 
beyond the pain of their flames
I can see the moon reflecting 
the whole love over its waning
I can see the river flowing
beneath its obstacles 
I can see the mountains growing
from the little grains unnoticed
I can see the waves rippling...

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