Long Clear and simple Poems

Reflecting in her garden sits a winsome little maid;
She holds a purple flower like the circlet that she made
And wrapped about her braids to grace her forehead like a crown;
Her thick and shining braids that...

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I look deep into the tapestry of my mind, where shadows dance incessantly,
There where fear and insecurity weave imaginary stories, fluttering beneath my ribs.
None of them are real, not one, just illusory winds in the...

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The Accoutrements of Knowledge



The accoutrements of knowledge
had crept into his life, overtaking it.
No more did he sit and think,
idly allowing nuance to shade gray
the black and white of learning’s
playful inconsistencies.  Old books,
manuals, manuscripts, texts,
subscribed...

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I was a vampire that night.
My fangs were red and orange with candy corn.
My face was smeared white with sweat and paste
Causing a ghoulishly acrid taste to drip into my mouth.

My plan and curfew were...

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I used to fish from the banks of a lake next to our farm
many many years ago.  My fishing gear consisted
of a thin branch cut from a willow tree.  For a hook
I used...

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Master Longchenpa’s heart advice is simple yet profound;
that everything we perceive is our mind’s projection,
and thus delusion,
that everything we experience is in flux, 
temporary and not solidly real,
and thus illusion,
and that the path forward is...

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I can’t play with words
I can’t make them dance
I can’t show the essence
Of a sweet romance

I can’t make them soar
I can’t make words fly
I can’t make them brave
So that they touch the sky

I can’t make...

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I remain silent though my heart is weeping.
I exist - impassively and automatically.
I’m a machine – indifferent, hardly functioning.
Yet I breathe. It can’t be true. It can’t be possible.

I always shuddered to think of your...

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Listen, my heart brings you greetings:
Offers clear rhymes simple and plain;
Voice that now starts lovely feelings;
Each thought takes time to fling fond gain;
Let my soul sing with words that come;
Yes I can share fond style...

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Come let us hear you argue truth,
Reach for a style that feels worthwhile;
Yes let's be clear in simple proof,
Pry open smile and purge that guile;
Tell in words plain our future tale,
Include us now and let...

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What is the reason for my being
Am I sent here just to learn
Is it everything I'm seeing
At each and every turn

As I open up my eyes
My mind is filled with wonder
It comes as no surprise
After...

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