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Eightfold Poems - Poems about Eightfold

The Buddha Meets Christmas
...In the soft glow of a December moon, Beneath the banyan tree where silence blooms, The Buddha sat, Eyes closed, heart open, Listening to the whisper of winter's breath. A star pierced the dark......

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Categories: eightfold, birth, earth, imagery, moon,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Refugee
...Warming myself in the fire of the sun, why must the soil be so cold? Listen closely, and I'll show you a story of ancestors I never knew They had a place like this that they called home, or so I wa......

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Categories: eightfold, courage, flower, growth, life,
Form: Rhyme



Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of Gold
...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold two alternate titles: 1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg 2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer linkedin with previous ......

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Categories: eightfold, adventure, animal, bird, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The 12 Days of Christmas
...~~~~~~~~~ Journey Journal Page 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS By Leon Enriquez Joy to the World Start with your heart to know love’s art: String well each part as joy imparts; Faith knows de......

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Categories: eightfold, christmas, hope, joy, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Sitting With Koans
... "Sitting with Koans" Zazen sits zafu'd in the zendo with the poetic monkey minds echoing the sound of two hands clapping producing sound bites bitten like Botticelli repr......

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Categories: eightfold, muse,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Holding Hidden Worlds Close
...Holding unaware worlds close to discover as a child finds a newfound secret land. Take the noble path to touch the other go through cosmic cracks to let life expand. Minds swirl and spin in and......

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Categories: eightfold, child, science, truth, world,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Long Journey POTD
..."a long walk to reach my destination. I am still walking!" By Poet It was a lon......

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Categories: eightfold, journey, life, women,
Form: Free verse
When Does Phenomenal Moment of Existence Occur
...When does phenomenal moment of existence occur...? Otherwise titled: Regaling eldest sibling delineating her sixty third successful orbit around the sun December first 2021. About consciousne......

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Categories: eightfold, age, appreciation, beautiful, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Heaven
...catapulted by a magic trampoline I pass the gates of heaven no border control free passage no taxes or dues the ticket collec......

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Categories: eightfold, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Collegetown Hipsters
...I see you hipsters in rustic coffee shops with pictures of Marlyn Monroe and contemporary art, the girl in all black with a black beret to make her look more avant-garde and red colored hair that w......

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Categories: eightfold, art, community, culture, fashion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Coming Together
...Two sets of footprints merge on the beach Earth wind fire and water Chariots of passion as lips lubricate desire Body mind spirit and soul An Eightfold Noble Path squared in heaven ......

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Categories: eightfold, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sole Soul Survivor
...Siddharta worked hard for the middle way to appear in silent meditation Above him a lotus flower shone pure radiance from an indigo moon Ebb and flow levitated cast in nothingness and droplets ......

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Categories: eightfold, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Postmodern Buddha
...It’s evolution and for sure we’ve come some automatic way since Darwin marvelled at volcanoes in Galapagos and still We proudly fight all wars to settle scores......

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Categories: eightfold, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Detour
...Tim was a poet but lost for words as he pondered the meaning of the cross Sat by the road side of his inner world and wondered which way to proceed His bones were weary his skin was parched the......

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Categories: eightfold, journey,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Octopus
...Octopus Ink flows from the pen when sorrow grips hold squeezes through tight places of suffering Ejected dejected the fountain squirts Kraken’s ......

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Categories: eightfold, freedom,
Form: Free verse

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