Best Redefining Poems

The walking wounded stroll among us;
they drag their feet come rain or shine,
wandering aimlessly and feeling blue.

They seek and recognize their kind;
they spot the tears...

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you were larger than life
love maker
norm breaker
praise taker
soul shaker
what happened to you?

epic embodied were you
every word: a spell, a hue
made make believe come true
ancient lore,...

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How can one man find
More faith in a crevasse of Siula Grande,
Than most will ever know,
Sitting beneath a pulpit on Sunday?

Dulling the truth to grow...

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REGAINING SANITY

I wake up to the waft of a warm sea breeze,
The rock and roll of waves entice and tease,
The thunderous African sea crashes down,
But...

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"I am the light of the world.  He who follows Me 
shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

 ...

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Armed with little more than hope,
truth becomes your trusted shield.
For you believe in yourself;
and the confidence you wield.

The City is aglitter,
yet hunger's all too real.
And...

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When did the concept of family become
a tired cliché of phased-out tradition
in need of redefining?

And when did we abandon our parental duties
to glorified babysitters with...

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While she couldn’t always see the silver lining,
every word she spoke was redefining.
She saw the world rather different from the rest:
although there was darkness, she...

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Transparently robust private/public healers,
servants,
ego/ecotherapists,
investigate, with appreciation,
cooperative health insurance
for people,
healthy homes,
resilient transportation,
and cooperative tree and plant and children and elderly nursing
preserved through winter kitchens
and solar-fueled composting...

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Compassion,
rooted in economic capacity and political experience 
within a co-empathic nutritional environment;
like before you came out of Mom.

Nutrition,
rooted in deep listening, learning, and, giving-and-taking, 
absorbing...

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Confronting betrayal midst guilt admission 
my soul accepts God’s instruction*
never redefining it based on my notion...
I'm warned of such wrong commotion
that can lead to my...

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Do not treat other species badly
as they would not
treat you
LoseLose badly.

Minimally,
love requires
we intend 
no aggressive monoculturing-supremacist harm.

Follow and lead
our own WinWin EarthTribe Golden Rule
toward,
and not...

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A frying dying yolk of sun winks at the dimming eve, the runaway ocean breeze… surf rushing, gushing over under feet; memories savor washing, cleansing...

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Greetings!   
Are you well?  Stuck in hell with a life to run through?  With a shell covering your secrets and a...

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sun rays of
personal sunshine
sunny person of the sublime
store you away like personal wine
so fine
so damn divine
shower me with sunny rhymes
all the time
line after clever shinning...

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