Spontaneous Prosody
a
projective
metaphysical
glowing
imitation
of
the inmost
soul
this muse
aglow
in
harmony
of
inner
needs
in
a
crisis
of
confidence
a
traditional
original
heart
with
an
individual
talent
in
retrospect
a
theory
on
loving
toward
the
pure
yet
modern
the
romantic
picturesque
beauty
sublime
a beautiful
principle
briefly
sureal
aglow
in
a
future
memoire
(detail from "Methow Water", 2024, original encaustic)
Hallucination Engine
Whatever we touch
Morphs
Into a reflection
Of the toucher
And so it is
With all senses
Each reflecting
Our sense
Of self
No other but
An engine of creativity
In ever changing
Display
(2/4/24)
Flesh fuels fire. Spirit yields. There's body-soul fusion.
Springs up, will to power, and power to will illusion
Narcissistic senses and sensations amalgamated
Moral fibre, like worn-out dental roots, is deflated.
Selfishness, like the greed of predators, murders morals.
Egotism, like crabs in competitions, grabs all laurels.
Overconfident sensitive ego, like porcupines
Spreads its pokes, and thus, to hurt anyone, crosses limit lines.
Mind-not-on-task, - mental disposition, pervades the mind.
Consciousness compromises; awareness gets quarantined.
Hunger for acknowledgment and appreciation grows.
Self-contentment and satisfaction get peaceful repose.
Pretension and flamboyance soon become ethical codes.
Property, possessions, power, projective passion modes
The gratification of instinctual impulses
leading, ultimately, to emotional convulses
("Dreaming Gaia", 2017, original encaustic)
The Dreaming Mind
Every night we all dream
Projecting the habits of a reifying mind
Onto the fabric of an energized neural net
Creating a world within a world
Just as amazing, just as solidly real.
And every day we perceive, sense objects and mental formulations
Projecting the habit of a reifying mind
Onto the fabric of an energized phenomenal world
Each creation the same
Habitual activity of a creative projecting mind.
Almost everyone acknowledges the creative projective
Habitual function of the night-dreaming mind
While few notice the very same mind
Must be doing the very same thing
At all times: asleep or awake!
It’s easy to assign causal agency
To ourselves when we’re all alone
Harder when we are but a small part
Of a much greater whole, and yet,
The common denominator remains the dreaming mind.
Waking or sleeping
The dreaming mind incessantly does its thing
Dreaming of subjects experiencing objects
Dreaming of worlds within and out
Dreaming that its dreaming makes it separate from the dream.
(10/29/23)
Charles Olson
PROJECTIVE VERSE of open verse fame
spaces&breaks
sans
grammatical
symbols
'the one breath
limitation'
an intuitive
cadence
when
boh read
&said
an interplay
visual to the eye
so
wrapa-around
lines
quickly
say
good-bye
Earth is a prop, a stage,
a place to grow-(your craft)?
nourishing, protecting, acting
like a sentient being.
It's shows-Showing in poetic artistry,
that giving a little soul to a speck of dust is a projective, directive of starshine's collective.
To be as a rock- of the divine.
A wholesome, natural, ground, devoted Tabernacle or home-dwelling, grounded
to the notion that circum-navigation is injected into your lines.
In the part you are showing,
to a full house.
Motivation? Cohesion, seasoned
light, action, time!
Soul Travel
To travel amidst the evening stars
Forever mesmerized by their light...
As visions enter my sleepy head
I marvel my interstellar flight.
The universe is mine to explore
In ethereal bands without Time;
Without earth's constraints of gravity
My expansion has become sublime.
I view with a great epiphany
How extremely minuscule we are
In the grandeur of our galaxy
When measured by a projective star.
My body awaits in restful pose
As I return with the speed of thought
Entering in my physical self
So grateful for answers I have sought.
1-13-21 rev.
Musings on Space contest
Sponsor Unseeking Seeker
7th Place Premier Contest
.......................................
Erin Huelskamp
Composer/Flutist/Director is composing music to go with my poem.
It will be sung by a choir in the southern US in the spring.
1-16-17
*Soul Travel:
Soul Travel transcends astral or mind travel, and rote prayer, elevating one into profound spiritual areas. Whenever Soul reaches the far orbits of the inner planes through Soul Travel, the human heart opens to God's all-consuming love.
—Harold Klemp,
" The Skunk and The Porcupine ... "
(From The Solomon Studies Series # 9)
(Eccl. 3: 11 / Prov. 6: 6 / Matt. 6: 26, 28, 29)
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Are 'So Cute' Little Creatures
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Have Protective, Projective Features
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Scuttle By Like Small, Inquisitive Seekers
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Have Effective - Weapon Reachers
Tho' One Has Its Own Swords of Battle Quills
The Other Has A Gas-Arsenal of Biological Spills
We Walk Around Them Like We're On A Mine Field
and Either - Both Can Make Us Run For The Hills! ...
Tho' One's A Prickly Recluse and One's A Reeker
Man & Beast Give Them Room (like they're both lil' stinkers)
In A Way, We Bow To Both Like They're Little Caesars
Both - Show GOD's Ability To Endow Combat Ready Teachers
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Without Saying A Word - They Are Loud Speakers
And Now Thank GOD & Be Glad Your DNA Is Neither
... The Skunk and The Porcupine
Written & Copyrighted ©: 1/8/2014
by: MoonBee Canady
PORTRAITS
photographic portrayal depicted
perspective platitude inflicted
projective persona conflicted
(Copyright© April 2013-Kim van Breda)
RETROSPECTIVE RELEVANCE
Relentless search for relevance
Reflective selective reassurance
Rationalize elective rehashing
Relentless search for relevance
Regenerating nostalgic recall
Reminiscing connective reclaim
Reconciling corrective record
Relentless search for relevance
Radical projective refusal
Reluctance infective reclusive
Regarding objective regain
Relentless search for relevance
Ramify detective recall
Reason affective release
Recover prospective radar
Relentless search for relevance
Copyright© April2013—Kim van Breda
MIRROR IMAGE – Octogenarian plus
Now
Here he comes
Master of the mansion –
complete with wrinkles, gas, cataracts, arthritis –
His mental package stuck in 30s fashion
The first chore was getting out of bed
Getting straight
Then into his head
That dreams have been scorched by light of day
Talking to himself –
this type insanity impending –
With quiet, projective things to say -
like
about normal toiletry and medication
all protectively arranged –
Done!
Then what?
What indeed when highlight of the day is
Going to market
Slowly driving his car
Remembering where in hell he parked it
Cats, birds, squirrels his friends -
uncomplicated you see –
have become so dear, like family
During his daily nap
Whiskers snuggles under his arm
With Tabby and Sweet Puss on his lap
Ummmmmmmm?
Well?
There’s lots more to tell about his day
But
Oh, hell!
Forgot what I was going to tell!
By the way
What IS today?
enter stage left the successful politian
with more moves than a bird chased crow
speaking in glowing terms of limited taxation
with his projective protective representation
I close my eyes to see him standing speaking
to cold Valley Forge's traitorious rebels
oh that every rep and senator be required
to speak on such a bloody pulpit
Three Cheers for King George
The Mad Englishman wants it all and Honestly states it
There are here woods enough to hide in and be free
Rather there than stand and fight for thee
Whoever let you be?
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