Long Excavates Poems

Written: May 1st, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest
Rumi Quote: "The beauty you see in me, is a... magnet, stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion"

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What's in writing?
What makes one to author something from the absolute scratch?
What is the science of this art?
Is it just the perceptible version of the human thought or something-deep lies within this solemn form of...

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there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears
watch as tracks appear and
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there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears 
watch as tracks appear and 
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Dawn flings a face
All darkness flees;
Birth of new day

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That Old Man once thought:
"Poetry is not viable..."
Who can eat poems

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In our twilight years
Even time is suspended;
Marionettes know best

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Love is a good excuse
When things go right;
Consider the...

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Winding road uphill
Surprise awaits;
Mountain view

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Heatwave chokes
Strangles pulse;
Still air heavy

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Calm stillness
Temple echoes;
Stillness pervades

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People gather
Prayer festival;
Two worlds meet

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Hallway echoes
People pickle;
Sweet-sour vintage

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Uneasy room
Words fumble;
Loneliness excavates

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Dreamy distance
Broken bridges;
Mellow zeros

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Happy looks sad
Funny senses;
Empty echoes

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Sad moments
Pain exfoliates;
New chapter starts

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Lovely patterns
Zen garden...

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a fallen pine log:
        red-cockaded woodpeckers
taps their lost fair well





****The Red-cockaded Woodpecker has less than 1% of its original population. They make their home in mature pine forests,...

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That girl you don't get.
That simple game of pretend.
That lovely voice of symphony.
A Melody,
meaning more to me.
Descending much truth I can't deny.
Her mystery her golden eye.
Her sober pride a bird of prey.
So hidden desires now...

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Day comes too soon
Night runs away --
Dreamy visions cease



Influenza bout
Drowsy knockout;
Stuffy coarse throat



No matter what
Day ushers gifts:
Appetite craves more



Blurry eyes
Confront light rays;
Brightness irritates



Groggy and sore
Headache galore;
Do I need more?



Two sparrows stand
Balcony rail outburst;
A Valentine's song



Word-pulse...

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A tiny Egyptian is slowly destroying
the tombs of the great pyramids.
It excavates and delves
and we know not why?

Some blame the Scarab beetle
but ii, as we all know,
just roles mucky balls around
no,
this beetle is smaller
smaller than...

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