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Karmic WheelThat overlooked, we become,
Tracks us down, like a hungry wolf,
Eventually catching up, devours us,
Leaving nothing, but itself.
That forgotten, returns,
Haunting us, night and day,
When least suspected, it floods back,
Taking with it, all we seek to protect.
That...
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Categories:
philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Warnings from the AbyssDwell in the river and the monster will eat you
While the flakes of snow float over,
Forsake the pleasure and erase the relic
As your internal mayhem will soon break
If you oppose my revelations.
I exist so...
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Categories:
philosophy, 10th grade, bible, death,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
character, culture, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
break up, meaningful, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
What Of The Witching HourThey project at night in the wee hours looking
to see what they can harvest
Be still so that you can grow to know peace or else
the lessons reaped will be the hardest
They don't know your reach...
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Categories:
moon, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A New AeonIt's as fluid as water is wet overflowing with
plenty
& many have caught a glimpse of the well looking
to fill their chalice
A cup full of light floods the darkness to transform
the space bringing balance to something
now...
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Categories:
imagery, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Praise for the Unknowable
Yet in the middle of the mess,
frightful loss:
wonder of wonders (!):
quality of mercy
--- Mythologem of Mythologems ---
sudden succor reappears once again.
...
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Categories:
philosophy, blessing, change, god, life,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
football, philosophy,
Form: Light Verse
Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox.
“You make me wonder if you exist or not?”
The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares,
The medievals revered you in scriptures and prayers,
The moderns doubted you in facts and...
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Categories:
faith, history, mystery, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
When feeling emptyWhen feeling empty
I often write --
strange, how, somehow
emptying more seems
start a fill --
from the outside
re-connecting the within --
where I draw from
reserve – ours I like
to believe a dimension
of shared admissions
becoming childlike
opening...
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Categories:
feelings, humanity, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Guided StepsThere's more to life than the material trappings
that keep us stuck & looking
for more
I implore you to free yourself & search for YOUR
meaning for at the core of you
lies this lifes purpose
Don't get caught...
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Categories:
philosophy, inspiration, introspection, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
False AlmightyDon’t tell me where i belong,
Your god and mine won’t get along
Some false almighty you think can bless me
I let out pent up anguish, & set it free
Spare me the shame
Spare me your prayer
I’ll make...
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Categories:
philosophy, emotions, gospel, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Behind The ScreensCultivate the ability to transcend for you were
born to rise
in the eyes of the creator from the beginning
Know that you're always winning as you're the
embodiment of the creative principal
that brings everything into being
What you're...
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Categories:
inspiration, introspection, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Advice and Talk
Categories:
philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Monoku
A Beautiful MessIf I am walking down the street would you even recognize me?
"No" you say.
I wonder why?
Could it be because I do not understand myself yet?
As I am walking around the city among the crowds and...
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Categories:
philosophy, anxiety, beauty, christian, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Philosophy Poems
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