Long Promptings Poems

5.1
“You are immaculate,
touched by nothing.
What is there to renounce?
The mind is complex—let it go
Know the peace of dissolution”

5.2
“The universe arises from you like foam from the sea
Know yourself as One
Enter the peace of dissolution”

5.3
“Like an...

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I remember those moments
So far from me now, the past echoes
Defeated by the silence of my womb,
The deafening silence breaking through
Peaceful moments, gentle breathes,
Serenity, sincerity, soothing… 
The longed for caress – softly stilling
Cries from the...

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I’ve spent my whole life learning all the words to make you fall in love
Just so I could use you, and leave you for dead, just like the others before
I’ve practiced my art of controlling...

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Who coined this term?
Who decided to limit one’s spirit?
Who decided to deprecate those qualities that remain hidden?

Out of my league…
What is the measure?
Who created the scale?

Is it beauty????
There is an inner splendor that defies the...

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If the promptings in you are the works that you do
And you trust in the Word that is free
Then you live by the light, and you do what is right
For the sake of a world...

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Elsewhere in biblical literature or in many human experiences
the act of being in the world with others speaks volumes
about who we are and how we form our interconnectedness;
as men and women who walk with our...

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To gain happiness
And have a joyful heart,
Follow these suggestions
And you will know life’s purpose

Seek
Look for God’s guidance.
Gaze into the beautiful Heavens. 
Ask the Lord to testify of His truth.

Read
Open your mind to God’s teachings.
Examine the...

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The phoenix has died
I can see that now
I can see it in your eyes.
Those bright blue, youthful eyes
once so hopeful, now restless...unfocused.

Once you were a phoenix
on the precipice of flight
with the promise of love and...

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I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes 
Your sails adjusting, full with winds of hope.

But there are moments when the seeds...

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One way to celebrate as a family
begins with everyone’s availability;
a reality to fulfill, a joy to keep
that enables one to take part
and be present with everybody.

It’s interesting to see and 
be part of their identity,
a...

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ODE TO ZEST


Sparkle and sprinkle clear strains of playful zest,
Feed laughter with humour and wit that drizzles:
Now jest and fest put wholesome goodness to test.


Each moment is time allotted to puzzle,
Know then your pathway journey...

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Most often,  I would affectionately ponder and recall how  magical times were
in our  farmhouse— daisies,  herbs, and even pebbles  glossed by the amber of sunlight, while  Grandma would ramble...

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Where am I going?
I haven't a plan.
Just the fear of knowing,
This must be the end.

Life's so unkind,
And hard to endure.
Feel I'm losing my mind,
Nothing's real, nothing's sure.

So I sat there in silence, 
My thoughts finally...

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There is a way that waits with ease,
Look to this day for love and peace.


There is a smile that waits with cheer,
Look to fine style to spark right here.


There is a space that waits in...

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How I wish I could have cuddled,
all the nuggets and wisdom
he gave me through his lifetime---
but some went in the autumn anvil
and out the other  ear ,and got
away somewhere in drifting smoke.

Since then, as...

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Are you going to make up for this present
Loss?
Work it out and tell me what all that
Despair is for?
They say wherever there is a will, there is a
Boss.
Mind them not, be a man and swim...

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Lying in the dark I see
Another piece or part of me

It's within reach of my small hand
But requires the journey to another land

I think I need it to become more
Not merely a trinket from a...

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Close the door on this dastardly, dervish,
Distracted world and draw near with full hearts,
Centering mindfulness, alive to now,
And the promptings of the Spirit of God.
You have an appointment: reacquaintance
With the core from whence you spring,...

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I remember now
This odd strange endow
Only I know how


Watch cold bug strike me
Weak knees and dizzy
Just like my mummy


Awkward and funny
Focus feels fluffy
Weary feet dreary


Wet nose leaks a tap
I drop for a nap
Squeeze my leaking...

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Déjà vu

Your brain merely catching up with memory
familiar dreams, strange places--sensory
elusive moments between consciousness and sleep
free- falling frames-inadvertently we leap

Unwittingly knowing we’ve been there before
people, places, ambience—a distant shore
flavors, aromas, scenic common customary things
faces, names,...

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Go into the silent deep
Fall within an ancient sleep


Leave the noisy echoes here
Watch how stillness brings true cheer


Journey beyond thought and deed
Remember a place that seeds


Drop all projects ego styles
Find the still silence worthwhile


Keep your...

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