Ashtavakra Gita verses 14:3 -14:4 revisited
...14.3
“I have realized the Supreme Self,
the Witness, the One
I am indifferent
to bondage and freedom.
I have no need for liberation”
14.4
“The inner condition
of one who is devoid of d...
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Categories:
grading, self, spiritual,
Form: Rubaiyat
Flattered by Flatulence
...Wherever you are, or whatever you do,
Let your wind blow free, it is good for you.
Sometimes you have to just let rip.
Some farts deserve a censorship!
To boldly blow where no man blows.
Whils...
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Categories:
grading, art, fun, funny, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
Empty Us
...With something gone, with something missing--
an empty hole with an empty mind--
There's nothing to fill,
who wants it?
With something here, with something there—
with all knowing eyes
I fin...
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Categories:
grading, angst, betrayal, feelings, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Sharing My List
...Shared my list with God today
the pros and cons of the season:
how fond I am of blossoms, despite
all the sneezing – how showers cleanse
the air, refreshment of a spring drenching;
how orchi...
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Categories:
grading, easter, feelings, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
Teach 'Em Mandarin
...Kids today can't focus
Most have ADD
Forget about 'comprehension'
'Cat' and 'Dog' they can't read
Instead of essays, they write jigsaw puzzles
That's why on 'writing tests'
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Categories:
grading, confusion, education, student, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Gordon For River Jordan
...I am asking you Gordon:
Why thrust upon a maiden
That which shouldn't her burden?
Your sin for River Jordan!
Still mistreating a maiden
And her face you did redden
Like had King David's Amon,...
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Categories:
grading, corruption, evil, perspective, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Grandpa Explains the Grading Scale
...Grandpa’s barn held many secrets
We were cautioned to never open the boxes out there
We figured there were skulls and bodies in them.
When we were six we opened some
Found report cards but did ...
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Categories:
grading, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Celebrate Teachers
...Let's celebrate teachers--give them a big hand!
For they hold the treasure a child's mind needs.
They open doors to discovery's wondrous land;
then urge them along to help them succeed.
Their d...
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Categories:
grading, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Guns Do Kill People
...I’m sick of hearing that guns don’t kill --
Without an assault-style weapon in his hand
no bullets would have been fired in Uvalde, Texas.
Nineteen children would be alive and happy;
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Categories:
grading, anti bullying, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Invitations
...The desk was half submerged in a lake of papers.
She felt so adult, being invited for coffee.
But get outta here. With your remarkable eyes and.. WEDDING RING
The question hung invisibly in the ai...
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Categories:
grading, school, student, teen,
Form: Free verse
Grading
...Bless Sex Education in schools
Where teachers obey all the rules
So the teacher's pet
Will get juicy wet
And plunge into local gene pools!...
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Categories:
grading, education,
Form: Limerick
A Successful One and Done Message
...I look out there
With a curious stare
An informative world conference experience
Should be attended if serious
No one can be seen
What could it mean?
Except for a gentlem...
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Categories:
grading, abuse, addiction, fantasy, international,
Form: Rhyme
And In Rhapsody and Colors Life Flows
...And In Rhapsody And Colors Life Flows
There in dear morning's soft glistening rays
White beach sand squishing between eager toes
Magical humming as waves blue sky sways
And in rhapsody and c...
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Categories:
grading, appreciation, beauty, deep, encouraging,
Form: Romanticism
Online School Day Four
...I am at school day four
Enjoying online instruction.
Eye roll
It is not the presenter’s fault my eyes are bad.
Teeny tiny words I cannot see parade across the screen.
White ants to me on a g...
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Categories:
grading, computer, satire, school,
Form: Free verse
Pleating the Coms
...Finch trembles in a golden spray
Grading the ant
Oh door less oak squeals
Never platitudes
suit you like a T
Cradles inflected tease and ones
King of the row boat
The S so lowly
Infectious sc...
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Categories:
grading, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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