Long Empathizing Poems

I was listening to Cornell West,
who described our catastrophic tolerance of disvalues for others,
situations we would never tolerate for ourselves,
disvalues like homelessness and hunger,
but also like random violence, 
abuse and neglect,
lack of caring,
as a "conspiracy"...

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In our Physics Departments
our most salient awareness
grows
of those nature-spirit entities
most easily seen
and heard
and smelled
as animated and animating,
sometimes more,
sometimes less,
in our daily ritualistic lives
of solids
and liquids
and gases
and plasma
and bilateral neural pathways
of interdependent communication.

In our MetaPhysics Department,
still...

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I cannot tolerate
those who are intolerant,

I cannot stand
those who take a stand
against unknown others
unlike themselves,
much less than we are truly 
health and safety seekers
multiculturally alike.

I can tolerate anything
except intolerance,
most certainly including impatience with myself,
not excluding...

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In restorative justice programs,
victims of trauma establish facilitated goals for healing.
Victims are our first clients of solidarity.

But, our clients work on actively responding to punishing loss,
to violence,
violations of what could be,
and should have been, peace.

Peace...

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Revolution is to ReEnergizing Spirals
as Evolution is to EnergyWaves
for those with 20/20 revisioning skills.

Tibet's Buddhist teachings
include a bicameral conscious practice
called Tonglen,
which might summarily be described,
by a systemic win/win GroupGame Organizer,
as breathing in
with competitive win/lose leftbrain...

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When I read the Prodigal Son story
I do my best to find my own story
empathizing with both brothers
as victims of injustices
learned through self and other punishment
and economically dominant political control
by others,
heavily investing in self-victimizing images.

Then...

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Sizzling Surprises 

I’m ruminating here on this promenade of sizzling surprises.
I’m sitting here, watching the living denizens walk on by.
None of these sentient beings ever look at me, 
Never see or acknowledge me, not for...

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I've seen you through a past sunrise; sunshine. 
You are like heat, warm to indulge in
Identify you, connect with you, and more.
Living in a world that is filled with poetry 
Opening the skies is possible...

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What do you dote on?
Who do you dote with, if anyone?

"Dote" is an old-time word for ruminate,
to dwell on and within,
to become absorbed by and with.

Then there is also "antidote".

Let's imagine that our massive events...

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I can recall vivid memories of my life, which is beautifully woven & treasured in the locket of my heart:

I can recall my school life where there were lots of fun & learning..
~No disrespect for...

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Partnering with hotels all across the planet.
Cendyn helps so trip organizers can plan it.
Managing data and guest information.
So travelers can plan their best vacation.
 
Aiding resorts in dozens of nations.
Boosting their online reputations.
Creating great proposals...

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People surround until they stop expecting……...the upright stands alone…an intelligent walks alone……moral and ethics struggle to prove themselves right……friends and relatives are born disguised competitors…smiling faces burn inside……money is all that allures, attracts, builds and...

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Bobbing my head.
Tapping my foot.
Swaying my head.
Mouthing out lyrics.
Humming melodies.
Seeming to enjoy top 40 pop hits.

Something rips out the headphone,
previously lodged into my ear. 
Ow.
I look up,
Brad standing above me.
Headphone in his hand.
Villainous grin across...

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“WHAT IS A SAD DAY IN AMERICA?”

It is a “Sad Day” in America when you wake up every day worrying about being 
black, educated and female.

It is a “Sad Day” in America when you wake...

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Maui Wildfires
Miracle Man
8-16-2023

Loved ones lost, others perhaps, forever missing,
and from this disaster some rush to place blame.
Try empathizing with others and abstain from dissing,
lend a helping hand as their lives they reclaim.

To awake one morning...

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Reminiscing past helps to remember;
thinking past events helps to remember
how simple acts brought people together;

Those past acts helped them at their crisis hours.
Timely past actions helped at crisis hours.
Heard their woes, truly tried to dry...

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I've been transformed by willingness, and a desire 
to move forward without keeping sad things in mind.


Confident to smile with surprise and allowing love to flow in;
faces don't avoid my glances that were unfriendly and...

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Of all the colors in the world 
There isn't just one that perfectly describes you, 
A coloring book filled with all kinds of scribbles 
and vibrant hues. 
Tracing each line with the zest of reassurance....

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The man who you were born to trust
shouldn’t be the monster to then in turn bust
your bubble of hope for a fun, happy life
and become the nightmare of your every night.

She was trapped inside an...

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Acrostic: What is P O E T R Y?

P=Pro-People. Poetry begins with ‘p’ & ends in ‘why.’ My dark poems always seem to have a ‘P’OSITVE end, or hope. Do U see?

O=Overcome! Overcome opposition &...

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The primal word I spoke at life's start,
Not golden arches, but love's universal art.
'Ma' echoes in cultures diverse,
Symbolizing eternal motherhood, a cosmic verse.

In her embrace, warmth I'd find,
Crying, my sole skill, in infancy confined.
Rocking motions,...

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We see the sunlight fleeting,
long shadows creeping in,
dark paths the wolves are beating,
we feel we cannot win.
The predators are feasting
in darkness everywhere,
those let alive retreating,
gloom casts a hard despair.
The sounds are horrifying.
we try to look...

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THE VICTORY OF HUMANKIND!
 
Heights great achieved progress abound,
To the skies’ stretch, to the oceans’ depth;
Not a speck undiscovered, conquered all
Of the unending expansive cosmos vast!
 
Shivering quivering beings all,
At the mere mention of a...

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When purity and love dance
peace and joy shine bright
empathizing with a glance
to heal the heart with insight

waves of desire wash across
a life filled with shadows of rudeness
thinking of the heavy loss
felt by one who flounders...

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The Frigid Month of February

Winter, at its worst, cold and dreary.
When whipped-up brisk winds quake the wary,
With falling temperatures and snow:
Freezing exposed skin, fingers, and toes.

In a blitz of polar-felt weather
That stymies the ardent traveller;
People...

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