This Place
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‘ Mythology is not a lie, it is poetry, it is
metaphorical. It is the penultimate truth -
penultimate because the ultimate cannot
be put into words ‘.
Quote by Joseph Campbell.
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Categories:
joseph campbell, mythology, places, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Eternity in Seven Acts
..."Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo
"Eternity is not t...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse
Rapture
...The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
Joseph Campbell
A calm, unpretentious, breathtaking connection,
A hypnotic glimpse of Z...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rubaiyat
Acknowledgements
...1. John Desmond Patrick Keegan
2. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
3. Sally Aline Mae Beller
4. Charles Edward A. Berry
5. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
6. Béla Ferenc Dezso Blaskó
7. Joh...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, appreciation, dedication, inspiration,
Form: List
Joseph Campbell
...Journey you take as hero must,
One mindset starts for the true heart;
Story you make in a fine trust,
Explore bold art in fabled parts;
Prized tale and spell: follow your bliss,
Heed sacred code...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, blessing,
Form: Sonnet
The Orchid
...As an orchid in his life,
a reflection from his strife...
He's a flower in his way
and he would say...
I am living as a poem...
choosing freedom on my own,
and the mask of God would
speak.....
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Categories:
joseph campbell, for him, life, mystery,
Form: Classicism
Dip
...Dip your toes into the water.
Feel it splash.
Take the first step.
Aim your arms toward the heavens,
reaching beyond your boundaries to the other side.
Bend with precision.
On the count, fly t...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, inspirational
Form: Prose Poetry
Leafraker Response
...Leafraker, was deep and insightful
Though through his woe, one can be spiteful
To drag his body from the depths
And succeed beyond that of the flesh
So, too he joins in mans defeat and the dawn o...
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Categories:
joseph campbell, death, history, hope, life,
Form: Light Verse