Best Meditator Poems

THE MEDITATOR

 Oh what joy it seems to me
Drinking an early morning tea.

While watching the sun rise across the Bay
Changing night into day.

My Maltese, lies...

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In the midst of meditation
Sinking into silence 
In the setting sun
Comes the haunting hoot
Of an obscure owl 
In the nearby autumn woods
Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo!
Echoing...

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I am a Peacemaker

Mother - let me teach my children humility
Woman - let my sensitivity calm others
Wife - let me be his lover, confidant and...

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How firmly they stand,
the spires of history
that no one can destroy.
What a curious melange
of hate and love
and yesterday's antipathy.
Indifferent they are,
leaving us their basic legacy--...

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Anyone who wants to fight me all the time
committee meetings, board meetings.
Facing death was how they knew they were alive
or was it more about allocating...

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The problem of the inclusive pronoun is still very much a problem for the writer, and needs an accepted solution.  I tried for years...

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I thought I am a great Writer
Till I did not get a pen to write and found myself wordless

I thought I am a great Singer
till...

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Pondering on Nirvana

The meditator mediates her thoughts meanders through
               confusion and...

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Dear John,

All day
yesterday
I loaded up with a cascading river
of mixed anxiety and anticipation
about what to safely and kindly,
transparently and vulnerably
compassionately, so non-violently, share,
what to communicate;

Which...

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‘Eat when hungry, sleep when sleepy’, adage,
simple enough, for a child innocent. 
Why then with insomnia, war we wage?
Methinks, due to bubbling thoughts resident,
we stagnate,...

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Meditator meditating in thought rested stillness
Identity yet is and with it carries beliefs and concepts
So sounds, images, light or subtle vibrations may manifest
In the background...

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Bunny  Hugger 

Life lover
Death mugger
Hope giver
Low sugar
Water chugger 

Love lugger 
Tree hugger
Silly bugger
Fun frolicker 
Food fantasiser
Friend finder
Hug holder
Soft shouldered
Money shrugger

Deep diver
Divine dealer
Rift healer
Hate hater
Kindness creator
Destiny...

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A far cry; ascent, unless we decry
Fearful desires that makes loving heart sigh
Know, oh hermit, we are our tormentor 
Both, the meek prisoner and fierce...

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Scented with perfume, in as imagined
Heart melting into each words inflexion 
Feeling softly, paper creases crumpled
We drew in each breath by resonation

The pen that so...

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Connie’s "I Am" First Place I AM: A List BIO Challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsor Andrea Dietrich.

Connie… “We all have to find our own path toward enlightenment”
Stewardess...

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