Long Undiminished Poems

15.4
“You are not the body
You do not have a body
You neither do nor enjoy
You are Awareness only--the timeless Witness
You are free
Go in happiness”

15.5
“Attachment and aversion
are attributes of the mind
You are not the mind
You are Consciousness...

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THERE IS NO MUSIC

There is no music, I hear no more song.
Is it really true that we are all gone?
Yet life does continue without any rush,
And the music now heard, is the song of a...

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Love at times seems 
Such a petty little thing. 
It’s like a pill. 
It lends you 
A temporary completing thrill. 

But for the first time 
In years where 
I’ve been shrouded by my fears. 
I...

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‘ Does  East  Meet  West ? … ’ ( A Galileolian  Moment)
 ( Metaphysical Poem  # 6 )


Does East and West, At One Moment Meet
Somewhere, at a Rendezvous Discreet ?
…...

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O!  Laurie-Jeanne, Laurie-Jeanne!  Belle of my Heart!
Why did you have to fly?
From me who sang you a lullaby,
From the hospital room, ‘neath the thundering sky,
Beneath the thundering sky!?

O!  I love my Laurie-Jeanne...

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Old-time fans called him 'The Great White Hope'
    Larry Bird had to 'walk the tightrope'
  He was no dope; he knew he was special
    So he focused hard...

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I

You died at 22; left me alive
At 25 to write this sonnet tomb;
Block letters hewn, with fumbling hands I drive
This pen in metered clangs around your room. 

In desperate pause, I step away to see...

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15.4
“You are not the body
You do not have a body
You neither do nor enjoy
You are Awareness only--the timeless Witness
You are free
Go in happiness”

15.5
“Attachment and aversion
are attributes of the mind
You are not the mind
You are Consciousness...

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In the vast ocean of beings and tempestuous thoughts,
You are the vessel that sails with heart at the prow, brimming with unsaid treasures.
Not all can taste your depths, not all can penetrate the abyss,
You are...

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I'm alone with the moon tonight!

          Truly a divine heavenly body!
      A shape-shifting marvel to behold.
  As a waxing crescent,...

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Through poetry, I leave my mark behind,
Take what you need, choose what you find.
Have I kept too much for myself alone?
I’m still brimming with thoughts yet to be shown.

There’s wisdom here, and patience as well,
Knowledge...

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EACH TO THEIR SEPARATION 

So they meet,
He, attempting to be 
Non-committal,
Unobtrusive, showing
A better part to play,

But the fire within is scarcely stifled,
Raging as it does from being kindled
By incandescent flame,
Never consumed.

Gazing with undiminished longing
Upon beauty's...

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Mother, my hands have never wiped your sleep scarred eyes
Offered you the offering of blood, breast, and unshed tears
Temple of prayers found in you, sanctuary of troubled years
Hands crossless bleeding, caring for the child hope...

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Later Than Usual 
 
Stars are out tonight
wheeling sky across blue bright satellites
glancing up
distance shading trees to silhouette 
pinpoints lighting leaves 
echoing in wavering branch
 
Fluid mist forms breath into bark
ahead trees float in orange...

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Water is uniquely ancient, yet it hasn’t aged a day.
It’s older than Dr. Leakey’s bones. 
Older than Olduvai Gorge.
Water is older than life itself,
Unaltered by evolution’s chaotic ebb and flow.
Undiminished, though redistributed,
Surviving every mass extinction,
While...

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Unworthy I am, spared the wrath I deserve
The blood of Your Son set me free
It’s by Your good pleasure, Your love for this sinner
Your gift of salvation to me
Your mercy is goodness, Your merit imputed
Removing...

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Take notice of the beggar man that soon your eyes shall meet,
Offer out an outstretched hand and ask to take a seat.
This man is more than just another man who’s lost his way,
He’s more than...

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Of the little left that I had I‘ve now lost all hope in mankind
It makes one extremely sad in the depravity that one does find
Like a sickness within, a cure seeming worse than the disease
All...

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??CHAMPION AGAIN!!! 

Common oath with the Gold,
She's two decades old,
Browny hair, tough skin dark toned,
Tobi's horse-wheel pull a two wheeled cart,
Breaks another record and grease our heart.

Some placed a bet before it starts.
Good wager wins...

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Eyes see moments of our birth
As little helpless babies with no neck to support our big heads
Which push society around as they grow in girth
When we fuss and kick mom’s in beds  

Where once...

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On one of the myriad bays
along the Maine coast. Keep the holocaust
at bay I said to Dave because
you’ll spend all day gathering
2,000 calories and still be miserable hungry.
An undiminished population of humans is risible.

Black spruce...

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bare wood, plain steel, fresh-fired clay
what is left lying around and about
the ream of handwritten novel notes 
dangling conversations, what can I say
lives transcending their meaning without
the human errors, mistakes, misquotes

that were wanted to straighten...

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Dancing with the shadow boxer
antithesis 
of sunshine and gray
tears and tidings
joy moments so rare 
they are of priceless value
surged into being with the ringing of a bell or the sounding
of a word
a saga of gladness...

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I could write you a blank cheque
To fatten the purse you adore
In the morning in a cash prayer you partake
A major part of your adopted folklore

Which despite tons of reticence, silence and patience I dislike
To...

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