Encaustic Poems - Poems about Encaustic

A Journey Without A Goal

...(“Rainbow Body” detail, 2018, original encaustic)

A Journey Without A Goal

The path to enlightenment is a wondrous 
And delightfully paradoxical thing!
It is complex and yet simple,
E...

The Dreaming

...(“And Dream of Sheep”, 2018, original encaustic)

The Dreaming

At our core we’re all the same
An awareness being in a world of confusion
Good/bad, happy/sad,
Distracted/focused, lost/f...

The Real Left-Right Divide

...(“Halves of a Whole”, 2019, original encaustic)

The Real Left/Right Divide

I consider myself a “classical liberal” 
Which means I’m a freedom loving
‘Live and let live’ kind of guy.
A...

The Source

...(“Mind’s Eye”, 2017, original encaustic)

The Source

People say they are searching for the source
As if it is somehow something other than this
Somehow somewhere other than here.

But...

Along For the Ride

...(“The Longest Journey”, 2020, original encaustic)

Along For The Ride

The older I get the less I seem to know
Or even care
And the more I feel a somewhat detached
Observer.

I’m okay...

Our Changeless Nature

...(“Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic)

Our Changeless Nature

Within all the changes of this life
All the particulars of who we are
What we do and know, and don’t know,
Is somet...

Down to Zero

...(“The Particle In The Wave”, 2018, original encaustic)

Down to Zero

In the great equation of Life
Everything eventually cancels out
As it naturally balances
And leaves us down to zero...

Thank God

...(Early stage of “Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic)

Thank God

Waves come and waves go
Relentless as always
Sometimes big, sometimes small
And still they come

But in the en...

The Harsh Reality of Truth

...(“Eye of God”, 2018, original encaustic mixed media)

The Harsh Reality of Truth

The harsh reality 
Is people get what they deserve,
But it can be confusing
‘Cause you don’t always kno...

Dreamtime

...(“Shadow Puppet”, 2023, original encaustic)

Dreamtime

Is there anybody out there
Sings the Muffin Man
From Drury Lane
The San Francisco skyline now
Tilted past recognition
A Jumble ...

Chance Meeting

...(“Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic)

Chance Meeting

Where were you when we met just now
In something of a hub,
Airport terminal or hotel lobby,
As you walked right by 
And o...

Hiding the Light

...(“Still Life”, 2021, original encaustic)

Hiding the Light

A lot has been happening in my life recently
And that’s a good thing considering
How staid and stodgy I’ve become
In old age....

Miss Information

...(“Conceived in Light”, 2017, original encaustic)

Miss Information

Everywhere you look
Everything you hear
Reverberates and reveals
The seductive power of Sophia
Catching our eye and ...

Spinning Stories

...("Lonesome Day Blues", 2025, original encaustic)

Spinning Stories

Waking or sleeping
Continuously we spin believable stories
Ideal or terrible 
Or just simply boring or strange.
Obvi...

The Programmed Mind

...("The Mothership", 2024, original encaustic photo collage)

The Programmed Mind

Riding our brain waves
What we do and say and think
Finds a lasting home
At whatever level
Those vibrat...

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