Presupposes Poems

Premium MemberThanksgiving Leftovers

...The 20-pound butterball turkey rests 
On a table laden with condiments;
We bow our heads, reach out our hands and bless
And say grace which presupposes our content.

But as we eat, the elephant ...
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Categories: presupposes, family, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberThought of the day

...if the question
presupposes the answer
prompted by eons of conditioning 
why then are we dismayed
if delusion deepens...
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Categories: presupposes, introspection,
Form: Free verse


Love Conflict

...Real love 
Takes work
Both sides.

When one gets mad
Need no physical contact
Touch is way better.

Cool head
Real talk
Eye contact presupposes.

Silent tears
Way better
Than a roaring ...
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Categories: presupposes, anger, conflict, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAgape love

...The echo we seek,
presupposes rejection,
manifesting destiny.

Love in love with love,
for the sake of love alone,
disappears transformed as bliss....
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Categories: presupposes, destiny, joy, love, spiritual,
Form: Sedoka

Premium MemberFall from grace

...each soul in as identity
be it manifest as form or not
as long as it behaves as an ego
feeling incomplete nurtures desires
thus presupposes separation from God
which is delusion borne of ignoran...
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Categories: presupposes, heart, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberA Poem Upon My Nose

...
As noses go, I’d say mine is okay
if it is viewed by someone from the front.
But if you look at it another way,
it’s not so wonderful; let me be blunt.

My nose is long, and if you’re in a pla...
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Categories: presupposes, body,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThought of the Day

...taking for granted continuity
belief in our life’s perpetuity
presupposes this breath is not our last
and thus the die of delusion is cast...
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Categories: presupposes, life, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberZen Mode

...thought, before it crystallises
articulating heart’s emote
let’s go to the source
for it conceals
a hidden longing
seeking a movement 
that soul may feel enriched 
which presupposes it...
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Categories: presupposes, dream, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberZen Mode

...bliss manifest
first resisted
then accepted
finally awaited
breath by breath
thus arousing
within heart
an expectation
of benediction
by God bestowed

our anticipation 
is a visualisation...
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Categories: presupposes, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTrust and Betrayal

..." ...betrayal begins with trust."
                  ~ Quote_ Phish  


Our trust presupposes expectation,
based on a script, being but delusion,
which is the root cause of our frustration;
bet...
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Categories: presupposes, betrayal, love, trust,
Form: Sonnet

Festival

...Life is happiness embodied;
Happiness evolves from celebration;
Celebration presupposes glory;
Glory is an epitome of hard work;
Hard work is foundation of human life;
Encompassing these, Life b...
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Categories: presupposes, celebration, life, success,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSimple Simon Says

...The fact that we ensoul this body-mind
presupposes bondage to feeble form,
thus senses five, gender and habits bind,
self-blocking the flow of bliss currents warm.

Fear of freedom k...
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Categories: presupposes, freedom, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberHoning Stillness

...“How still is our tranquil stillness ~
If it ushers not blissfulness” 
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Seeking connection
In active cognition
Presupposes
Separation 

Seeker seeking
Is en...
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Categories: presupposes, silence,
Form: Rhyme

Aspiration

...At last my secret's out – now I can sit and write a spell.
An author fashions means of flight for dormant clientele.
Away to lofty heights of thought...an album, shall I write,
an album crowded fu...
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Categories: presupposes, 11th grade, dream, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBondage

...Speckled attention flowing through time
Flitting from moment to moment 
Sifts the grime, from pulsations sublime 
Choosing as of hearts sentiment 

Free will choice, presupposes options
We imbi...
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Categories: presupposes, muse,
Form: Quatrain

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