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I guess I am prejudiced by its age
I look forward to the turning of each page
I do judge a book by its cover
It completes me more than any lover
The journeys I am on
As I sail or I trail...
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Categories:
psithurism, allegory, assonance, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Epic
Conversations at the Areopagus
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(The Apostle Paul is waiting at Athens, and some of the Epicureans and Stoics engaged him in conversation.)
Agon, Aidos, Apate, Bia, Corus and Dysnomia (talking amongst themselves) say “What w...
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Categories:
psithurism, atheist, bible, jesus, philosophy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Splendor of Fall
...Bright lithe and lively fall morning aroma waft out,
Courtly swish through a deft pirouette turnabout.
Trees hears psithurism leaves sigh to get a glance.
Rain's philter makes the eart...
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Categories:
psithurism, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Psithurism
...There was a sickly tree
In a barren clearing
In a burning country
On a mourning day.
A wild crown of branches
Haloed by concentric rings;
A rising wave of spires and spindles lash...
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Categories:
psithurism, extended metaphor, fate, fire,
Form: Elegy
Skipping Pebbles
...Have you woken up by a river?
One within the forbidden woods.
A tent, for two. Sleeping bags.
The stream, rushing over golden sand.
I could hear the trees breathing,
The psithurism, the birds.
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Categories:
psithurism, absence, childhood, deep, emotions,
Form: Prose Poetry
Fields of Gold
...Golden strands wave at me as the psithurism rings
Across the barren fields, stretching like children
Awaiting their mother’s soft caress
Of comfort and presence.
The fabric of dawn drapes vibra...
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Categories:
psithurism, daughter, flower, growth,
Form: Pastoral
Summery Beings
...A sea of golden strands, wave as the psithurism rings
Rabbits gambol in a field, and expel a wifty nature
A furtive fox keeps a watchful eye, upon these summery beings
Hidden away from the selcout...
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Categories:
psithurism, animal, power,
Form: Sonnet
Healing
...In the wilderness of nature
I search my soul
And find it dancing wild
With a hidden melancholy pain
Yet so sane
Savage truth of ephemeral life
What all I run behind!
What all I cry for!
Let g...
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Categories:
psithurism, nature, peace, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
An Echo of Clarity
...You walk in the woods, in the trees
You feel the live air, nature's breeze
The woods grow deeper and deeper in nature's all-encompassing stare
Branches sway, scrape and crack in the breeze aroun...
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Categories:
psithurism, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, journey,
Form: Free verse