Long Self directed 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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FICTIONAL BIO:

The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thus methought to crow
about being equally as foolish
streaking naked outside...

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The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris

I led a boring life.
The end.

All joking aside, now the epilogue.

As a bookish fellow born January 13th,1959
he attended school and got promoted
as a...

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Approbation Deeded Gratuitously Just Because...

(this endeavor more self directed to progeny,
whose psyche wounded, strafed, and nicked.)

Incumbent upon me own
     purring impetus, a sincere
desire arose NOT to ask
    ...

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Lamenting life lost before mine untimely death

Last rays of wicked flickering candlelight
even to this present day 
(October 4th, 2023)
lxiv anniversaries marking birth
emotions of ambivalence self directed at me,
and family of origin diatribes still career,
within psyche...

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They say confessional poetry is repressed sexuality, I believe it don’t you?

 I’m a man who puts sanctions on his mind, and chains around my soul, wall's surrounding my own heart. 

It has been so...

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Free to learn
Free to think 
Free to move
and free to drink
from the vast knowledge
that humans have gathered
Free to explore in your own time
is what matters

The keenness of your perception 
and the sharpness of your intelligence
is...

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A written account (that incorporates some 
self directed hyperbole) of this veritable stranger 
now appears before your screen. Soon 
after reading this message, the neighbors 

might discern a blood curdling series 
of (hyena-like) shrieking screams....

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Vivacious, practical, self-directed
Mary Bailey, nice body
it makes no sense that just because George
might never have been she suddenly becomes a shy,
homely, lonely librarian without a dog or god.
No, it did not fundamentally matter
whether George was...

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Being a highly self-directed person
Knowing how to speak and reason 
Today’s woman is alive to the sense 
Of her dignity and the importance 
Of her private functions straight
And domestic domain ultimate
Her talent is superb I...

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Sweet thoughts, rainfall
It's just that kind of day
Sitting in my favorite chair
Words here on display

Before too long a finished post
A new morning bouquet
That's meant to say ILU
And get you on your way

For you to know...

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Have not we all made our acquaintance with struggles, troubles, and trials?
When we met them, we did not say, "Happy to make your acquaintance". Nay,
When we encountered them, we sought to avoid them like the...

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And so I married you one day
Oh girl what could I say?
You were loving, blithe and never taunting
I was left by you oh so wanting

And so we bought a small little house
And a cheap car...

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Ignorance is a lie;
A construct of entitlement.

Separation is a lie;
A construct of inflated ego.

Hatred is a lie;
A construct of self-directed loathing.

Powerlessness is a lie;
A construct of apathy.

Racism is a lie;
a construct of ignorance.

Entitlement is a...

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Ignorance is a lie,
A construct of entitlement.

Separation is a lie,
A construct of inflated ego.

Hatred is a lie,
A construct of self-directed loathing.

Powerlessness is a lie,
A construct of apathy.

Racism is a lie,
a construct of ignorance.

Entitlement is a...

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After I write something, 
to the best of my ability,
not ever putting my name
on a work I am not proud
of – yet, I pause to say, 
Thank you...pleased to have
been blessed with a tiny role
in...

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Children's minds, a shower of light,
Pouring down understanding, love's nurturing sight.
A bridge of sensory exploration, within the play,
Tiny ships of knowledge, gliding through the joy's way.

The seed of learning, sprouting tall,
Self-directed clues, the quest for...

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A Prayer For September 22, 2020
Written: by Miracle Man

God give me spiritual wisdom,
and increase my understanding.
Help me witness today,
and my morals be upstanding.

Let me discern your will,
from any self directed notions.
Let my thoughts be grounded,
and...

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