The Mirror Ascends
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forest limbs swing wide
tails vanish betwixt the leaves
hands learn to hold stones
muscle and thought entwining-
shaping the first fragile edge
soul entered the fray
moulding spiritual form...
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Categories:
ejects, environment, history, internet,
Form: Lyric
Mind vs World: A Poetic Singularity
...Come my friend and let me lead you on
a voyage to the singularity
where mind and world collide.
For what is the mind?
A filter that selects and connects
the world as it varies
with all it...
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Categories:
ejects, imagination, mystery, parody, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Spreading Happiness
...S mile costs nothing, so give it free and gratuitous
P leasant demeanour is a sure sign of happiness
R elate to all in an amiable way, it strengthens camaraderie
E mpathy is core to happiness,...
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Categories:
ejects, celebration, happiness, inspiration, life,
Form: Acrostic
Earth Hugging
...What could I do?
What to do
when your biological,
and even formerly sober ecological,
relationships suddenly veer insanely romantic?
Or worse,
mistrustful
and yet
not always distrustful,...
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Categories:
ejects, health, light, passion, peace,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Prelude
...Tonight the act of naming fell through the floor.
We speak permeable solids inflect’d by light.
Things move indistinctly: a pine palette floats
momentarily from semi truck’s bed, crosses
its body...
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Categories:
ejects, angel, art, assonance, beauty,
Form: Blank verse
Rainy Day Play
...Tut, tut, we’ve got ourselves a rain!
The ram pump’s singing songs again.
Up and down it pumps along
The foot valve clanging like a gong.
And it will run until rain slows,
The pond is full and o...
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Categories:
ejects, rain, water,
Form: Rhyme
I Love U - Agnostic Linguistics
...I
Language is the water of the universe:
"I love u" is both true and untrue
Just as water kills and saves, freezes and flows
God speaks : "I LOVE" unfolding Creation
We speak: "I LOVE u" and cre...
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Categories:
ejects, addiction, angst, beauty, creation,
Form: Prose Poetry
Made In China
...Made In China
Your electrical items stop working one by one
First the kettle stops boiling even tho the red light’s on
Then your microwave stops heating tho it turns round
It gets fixed and works...
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Categories:
ejects, abuse, anti bullying, satire,
Form: Blank verse
Crown Chakra
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Crown chakra takes pole position
To voice of God connects
At apex, no opposition
Lower nature ejects
Crown, single eye and heart
Sees outer world depart
As we add love to cart
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Categories:
ejects, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Mindful
...Mindful
Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in t...
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Categories:
ejects, blessing, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Thirst Within Grows
...Thirst within grows, seeking the light
Of what use are eyes, without sight
Unseeking heart is radiant
At all times, joyous and content
Throbbing in rapture, day and night
Teleported thus to ne...
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Categories:
ejects, spiritual,
Form: Rondeau
Imbibing Icing of Isolation
...Inside familiar folds of my hanging apron
I encounter a blinkless miniature figurine
Glossy, posable, plastic as a Lego creation
Loyal component of kitchen enforces routine
Breakfast allures w...
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Categories:
ejects, character, i am,
Form: Quatrain
A Complex Subject - a Bit Bawdy
...A humorous thing about sex
when young ‘twas a subject complex
we tried to get laid
but left so dismayed
when merriment early ejects.
August 29, 2019...
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Categories:
ejects, humorous, sexy, teenage,
Form: Limerick
Under the Volcano Part 1 of 2
...Mighty flowers shake above the quake
Children run for cover under clouds of ash
Burnt down houses driven off by lava flow
The volcano makes a path
That other world we know
Sometimes survival i...
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Categories:
ejects, adventure, change, endurance, flower,
Form: Free verse
African Dream
...Which is the real African dream?
building an independent continent?
decolonization of neocolonialism?
I think it is a no!
Which is the virgin African dream?
is it life of mutual brotherhood?
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Categories:
ejects, africa, inspirational, song,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
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