Best Refining Poems

You were my least liked teacher,
                    ball of fire
        Your red tresses bouncing,
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Line of enquiry:
Instrumentalising mind, I rested thought
employing it only when needed
shifting to heart, I became self-taught
gentling touch, voice of conscience heeded.

Intellect and intuition are like a sword and shield.
One cuts through darkness to bring clarity,
the other is an internal compass protecting the lost.
Both are formed...

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“instrumentalising mind, I rested thought
employing it only when needed
shifting to heart, I became self-taught
gentling touch, voice of conscience heeded” ~ Unseeking Seeker

When thoughts purge in restlessness,
       we pause the frequency of the mind,
allowing the rhapsodies 
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The wind blows in May
and leaves on branches
dance as if they’ve found new life.

While seeking the light
of a season reborn

I ask
what must I remember
and what I must forget.

My past lives
lie in shadows
and whisper despair

anger of betrayals
anguished cries
of all that was lost,

and I ask
how can I...

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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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In a dream I saw myself in a bright room, sitting and writing down a poem
The experience was temporary; I soon returned to a normal frame of mind
I felt another presence besides myself, suddenly I was awoken by a loud hum
As I search in my...

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The permacultural professional's definition of enculturing math:
Counting and discounting,
multiplying and dividing, 
nutritional seed (capital) diverse re-investment guilds
to solve problems of cooperative wealth values 
and dissonant pathological disvalues.

The bicameral geo-mathematician's bilateral dilemma:
To get from 0 to 1, (nomial stasis)
one must also get from 0 to 2,...

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drops of rain pelt down 
sentiments floating downstream
embrace the showers…

saturated and shattered
refinement in process



Contest: Tanka me a dream
By         : Wilma N. Neels

3rd Place...

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As exemplary as a High Priest
and consecrated as a Temple's Inner Chamber.
Respected amongst his colleagues,
reverenced by His subordinates,
distinguished, honorable and set apart.

Then came the moment of Truth
like the refining fire which may burn or may purify.
A Golden Opportunity never to be seen again,
but a situation...

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REFINING AND MAINLINING HYPERBOLE

Something reliable, desirable, easily obtainable and consistently good
So a junkie best know the right neighborhood
The right junkie to see who won’t stab you in the back
And who doesn’t have a deck of five aces to stack
Some junkies have held eights and aces...

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I awoke
Alone 
In a crowded field
Budding potential
Growing amidst
Disillusionment.
Tossed into the air
Stung by the edges
Of chaffs collusion
Separated
From all connection
To whatever was
Set adrift
On what is

©5/3/2023...

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Kindling
Cradle by wind
Morph into flames 
Crescending melody
unites both spirit and soul
Refining

Seasoned                                
Embers simmer 
Tempered...

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A lifetime of disappointment
tempers an unrefined soul.
Sometimes the metal of rejection
forges a soft heart of gold.

The rock of unbending pride
erodes from the tears of despair.
In the mines of the flesh,
humility's jewels await to be found.

Veins of hope lay hidden
in the dark soil of fear.
Ores of...

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I know that I know.
I know less now.
I care less.
I miss less.
I want for less.
I'm satisfied with
here and now,
not what might
have been,
not with might 
be yet to become.
What I know
suffices.
I know what I know....

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Have you noticed someone staring at you
And pointing a finger at what you do
But when you look around
There’s nary a sound
Nobody, no person
‘Cept you to be found
As the only starer
Snooping for errors

Have you noticed that someone staring at you
Is the same person that you thought...

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