Long Cowan Poems

Says Csikszentmihalyi,
"Social scientists
(Abraham Maslow, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jane Loevinger, [Ken Wilber, Edward Podvoll, Julian Jaynes, Jack Kornfield, Richard Dawkins, Clare Graves, Carl Jung] and James Fowler)
describe a dialectical motion
between [Yang-ego-form] differentiation
and [Yin-eco-logical function] integration,
between turning attention...

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I remember my mindbody would tense
sometimes
then relax into confusion
while non-consiliently reading Bucky Fuller's "Synergetics 2."

I also remember,
and too often reweave,
Fuller's stream of thought ecoconsciousness
as I read  Beck and Cowan on the well-timed subject 
of...

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I wouldn't call Bill Plotkin's WildMind
unmitigated Wild RightBrained,
nor would I call his WinWin therapeutic thinking
with PositivEnergy feelings
entirely LeftBrain domesticated, diminished

Commodified, capitalized,
colonized and conquered,
deduced and reduced
down to a slow-grown dark pearl
of Negative YinEnergy
seduced by Yang Supremacy
yet...

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She’s walking past the tombstones,
Just came from her mothers grave. 
As she passes the last stone, 
her hand graces the top,
A chill shoots down her spine.
The wind is blowing her hair in every direction,
While the...

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Beck and Cowan, with Graves,
wrote the Spiral Dynamics of memes,
or cognitive-affective enculturation climates
of Left-Right as Yang-Yin spiraling equivalence,
or maybe not,
I'm still not quite sure
how much I am seeing and hearing into their words.

For example, from...

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But he is not you
              By: Dakota Cowan

He was ideally perfect. But he was still not you.
His touch was soft, but yours...

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Earth's turquoise pond faces,
green life
blue reflecting

Re-membering under each calm surface
re-ligioning disparate
dispolarizing themes
of Spiral EcoPolitical Dynamics,

Surrounding forest factors,
time flowing forward
and re-connecting backward,
spirited and well-natured space,
health-reconditioning place,
win/win ego/ecosystemic democratic
developing pace

Awakens EarthHumane empowering systems
within curious individuals
living amid courageous...

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Battle between the heart an mind 
By Dakota Cowan

My heart lies awake yarning for you
Every sleepless night she finds something new
To hold onto like glue
You linger through my mind as slow as a slug
All he...

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It means the world to me,
To have a friend like you.
Your there for me through the smiles 
and the tears too.
I feel like I’ve known you my whole life,
For you are more of a sister...

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My heart hurts 
By Dakota Cowan

My heart hurts.
My heart hurts in ways i can not put into words 
My mind weighs out every positive, to a negative.
My heart hurts when I look in the mirror....

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Here's A Poem That My Mom And I Did Together.

               Fun In The Sun

  Romping in the grass with all...

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Mystery Boy
By Dakota Cowan

My mom always warned me about the different types of boys. 
The ones not to fall in love with. 
The typical party goers 
The high school jock 
The class clowns
The stoner boys...

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BY: CAROLYN COWAN 

2019 is a year to build endurance. When you reach the limit 
 and feel you can't go on, go a little further. It will build inner
 strength and perseverance.
 As an...

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I am not angry
By Dakota Cowan

the silent screams my heart cried out when you broke me. 
the tears stuffed in my back pocket, dripped down my jeans, 
knowing you had my heart in your hands...

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