Deepens Poems

THE SILENT KISS

...The quiet between us settles into light,
a hush that weighs more than any word ever spoken
Your breath leans closer as if to speak my name.
Yet nothing breaks the air, no sound is heard.

A shak...

Dog Chases Tail

...Poem placed first in the contest Pick-A-Title, Vol 54 by Edward Ibeh.
Contest judged on September 5th, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like Pooh and Piglet tracing tracks in snow
thin...

The River Remembers Sky

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Written: August 14, 2025

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River answers cloud with shimmer, and cloud
with a hush that folds into silver—

a breath that rises through its forgetting,
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stillness reveals

...Here 
we are,
in this cage
of body-mind,
limited by space,
taunted by flow of time
and if that is not enough,
the light of our being is veiled,
since we’re hypnotised by illusions,
i...

Burn the book

...Self-proclaimed gurus, though they may mean well,
are not equipped to contour divine light,
so all they do is shake mind-body shell,
reciting scriptures to say what is right.

Mantras we chant a...

Chants

...The bowel of the earth deepens with
Saturated blessings of the soil, and
Down, down, the forces burrow in its
Caverns —creviced

Between day and night, I cannot decipher,
Yet it is the mind of ...

How Much Love Do You Need

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How much love do you need, dear heart,
To hush the wind when it tears us apart
The fragile veil of your quiet dreams—
Is a whisper enough, or must it be streams?

Will a glance from a stranger...

The Night New York Slept

...It was one solemn, long night,
Tenebrous with the astuteness of perfidy,
And multiple hours before the break of an
Impatient dawn.
Lampposts froze through the pergola of winter.
Limp from exposu...

MILES AND POLLOCK

...The smoky clubs of thought/ where shadows dance and poets talk of truth whispered low/man, a story without end/ can you dig it, my friend/ improvisation’s the key, always unlocked in time, a jazz rif...

Soul Mates Forever

...Soulmates Forever
For my husband, my best friend, my always

We met when the world was still wide and new,
In hallways of lockers and laughter and blue.
Just kids finding jokes in the folds of t...

Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about Winter 1

...Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing.

The year’s first snowfall;
such happiness to be
at home in my...

Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Autumn 2

...Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about autumn, fall, falling, trees, leaves, leaving, goodbye, rice, moon, moonlight, words.

Reverential tears:
the falling leaves
bid their trees good...

A Decade of You

...Ten years ago,
I did not stumble into love,
I stepped into you,
slowly,
as one steps barefoot into morning light
knowing he will stay.

You did not arrive with thunder,
but with silen...

Spiritual Gem Inside Me

...“The magic of a gem lies not in its beauty, but in the spark it brings to the eye.” Unknown
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Confronting Shadows

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I met my shadow, it was right behind me.
It stalked me, in sharp-edged silhouette
It bore my shape, but evoked a darker hue,
Mirroring truths I’d buried and denied.

In rooms beneath our consc...

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