Ego
...Is it an eternal furnace of coal?
Is it the murky dark night of my soul?
Is it a fathomlessly hollow well?
Is my ego as perilous as hell?
Is it power and strength in their fullness?
Is it exis...
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Categories:
fathomlessly, life, self,
Form: Sonnet
Peace Dividends
...Asked an NPR journalist
of U.S. soldiers
damaged in Afghanistan
direct fire
for one hundred everydays,
"Was it worth it?"
"I can't answer that question."
She asks more hesitantly again
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Categories:
fathomlessly, america, anxiety, culture, earth,
Form: Political Verse
Embryonic Soul
...Each day an extension of my time
so each morning a risk and opportunity
to avoid greedy egocentrism
to step into harmonious eco-centered consciousness.
Each still-wombed entity extends Mother's...
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Categories:
fathomlessly, birth, creation, culture, life,
Form: Free verse
From the Window
...An angry sky looms outside
as I sit beneath the window ajar.
The breeze of spring flutters in by my side.
I hear a blackbird sing from afar.
It's early morning as I sip my tea,
just watching t...
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Categories:
fathomlessly, naturegarden,
Form: Rhyme