My Inner Voice Told Me
...A plethora of complex verbiage clogs and clutters solemn university tombs,
gem-encrusted sequestered vaults impervious on mountain peak percentage practical basis,
when express benevolence enj...
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Categories:
promptings, care, character, dedication, deep,
Form: Free verse
November Days
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While November pleads with the heart, a sense of pure praise stills the light, comforting the rising rhythms of trembling beats, the cadence of autumn seeping into winter… by poet
In the d...
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Categories:
promptings, appreciation, autumn, nature, november,
Form: Free verse
Trembling Dreams
...I remember those moments
So far from me now, the past echoes
Defeated by the silence of my womb,
The deafening silence breaking through
Peaceful moments, gentle breathes,
Serenity, sincerity, so...
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Categories:
promptings, baby, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Ashtavakra Gita Verse 5:1-5:4
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5.1
“You are immaculate,
touched by nothing.
What is there to renounce?
The mind is complex—let it go
Know the peace of dissolution”
5.2
“The universe arises from you like f...
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Categories:
promptings, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Promise of What You Can Be
...If the promptings in you are the works that you do
And you trust in the Word that is free
Then you live by the light, and you do what is right
For the sake of a world family
You may question yo...
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Categories:
promptings, faith, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
To My Granddaughter
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I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes
Your sails adjusting, full with winds of hope.
But there are m...
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Categories:
promptings, grandchild, light, trust,
Form: Sonnet
Moments In Our Farmhouse
...Most often, I would affectionately ponder and recall how magical times were
in our farmhouse— daisies, herbs, and even pebbles glossed by the amber of sunlight, while Grandma would ramble abou...
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Categories:
promptings, farm, grandmother, remember,
Form: Narrative
Steady
...Holding on tightly without fear,
You made all my pain disappear,
What the world has thrown at me to tear me down,
My trust remains steady, i can only hear the sound,
Your voice, your promptings p...
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Categories:
promptings, beautiful,
Form: Light Verse
The Phoenix Has Died
...The phoenix has died
I can see that now
I can see it in your eyes.
Those bright blue, youthful eyes
once so hopeful, now restless...unfocused.
Once you were a phoenix
on the precipice of flig...
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Categories:
promptings, angst, anxiety, mother son,
Form: Free verse
Sneezing
...I remember now
This odd strange endow
Only I know how
Watch cold bug strike me
Weak knees and dizzy
Just like my mummy
Awkward and funny
Focus feels fluffy
Weary feet dreary
Wet ...
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Categories:
promptings, change,
Form: Rhyme
Up Among Clouds
...How I wish I could have cuddled,
all the nuggets and wisdom
he gave me through his lifetime---
but some went in the autumn anvil
and out the other ear ,and got
away somewhere in drifting smoke....
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Categories:
promptings, father son, remember,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Cloister
...Close the door on this dastardly, dervish,
Distracted world and draw near with full hearts,
Centering mindfulness, alive to now,
And the promptings of the Spirit of God.
You have an appointment: ...
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Categories:
promptings, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Promptings
...There is a way that waits with ease,
Look to this day for love and peace.
There is a smile that waits with cheer,
Look to fine style to spark right here.
There is a space that waits in ti...
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Categories:
promptings, beauty,
Form: Couplet
Echoes
...Go into the silent deep
Fall within an ancient sleep
Leave the noisy echoes here
Watch how stillness brings true cheer
Journey beyond thought and deed
Remember a place that seeds
Dr...
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Categories:
promptings, beauty,
Form: Couplet
Merlion City 3
...ODE TO ZEST
Sparkle and sprinkle clear strains of playful zest,
Feed laughter with humour and wit that drizzles:
Now jest and fest put wholesome goodness to test.
Each moment is time allotted to ...
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Categories:
promptings, celebration,
Form: Terza Rima
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