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Early upper zuma jazz tap

He wo motto took a shield for the bettering of 
Boy bubble kev
Upper right flange damage severe ordinance requirement of lifeline preserve cartography blissed out

Gregory Hines session energetic time card!

Questions galore


Do the leaves of our cups also turn yellow ?
The rooms of green grass collect cobwebs 
From the Kafkaesque vermin, fly away cuckoos 
Questions galore in the river's tide and ebb
     
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                 September 5, 2025

Premium Member Total Passivity

Total passivity
Seems to me a relevant strategy
To confront the humiliation that is offered to the large
But some would say small world of askers 
All kinds of believers in their right to demand something
Who can’t stop asking and expect hoping
Don't ask, don’t beg and don't ingratiate
This is what they expect from you 
To bring you down forever
At best case scenario
Applicants are put in line
For a bowl of mushroom soup with crackers 
Do what they don't expect
Don't do anything, don't ask
And I promise you the time will come
When it will be their turn to ask
Let them ask and they’ll answer themselves
Gradually there’ll be more questions
But the answers will be fewer and simpler
The sunrises and sunsets will come and go
Silence will produce the most pleasant of problems
You can share it on facebook
How to make the neat little bin
For the used tea bags.


Premium Member Success is Gratitude

Success is gratitude
For answering people's questions
Including those that were not asked
But implied.
And those unsaid questions, I believe
Are the most important
Artists, who are gifted with answers
On which the life of the perceiver sometimes depends
Receive the success they deserve
Fortunate is the human
Who is blessed with answers
Happy is the artist
Who gives back their gift.

Premium Member Years That Ask, Years That Answer

Winter storm. 
Question marks 
fall like snow 
on shoulders bent 
with seeking.

Hollow caverns 
where certainty 
once lived
echo chambers 
of why.

Face pressed 
against cold glass. 
Fingertips trace 
what cannot 
be grasped.

Footsteps 
soft on unseen paths. 
Autumn leaves 
crumble 
in cupped palms.

Dreams, half-formed, 
scatter 
like dust 
through fingers 
that cannot hold.

Shell splits. 
Light finds 
the crack, 
makes home 
in broken space.

Seeds 
in soil dark 
with surrender. 
Emptiness, 
the deepest cup.

Time spirals. 
Winter storm, 
spring light
dancers 
forever entwined.

Seasons turn. 
Seeking becomes 
soil. 
Purpose 
in the endless round.

Morning 
breaks endless night. 
Golden light 
spills through spaces 
carved by questions.

Rain-clear words 
unfold. 
Dark landscapes 
reveal their faces. 
Stumbling 
was beauty.

Coffee steams 
in morning cups. 
Mystery 
becomes 
the ground we stand on.

Sacred spaces 
hold golden light 
poured by doubt's 
careful carving.

We are 
spiral dancers: 
asking, 
answered, 
broken, 
filled, 
home.

Premium Member QUESTIONS POETS AND WRITERS ASK

QUESTIONS POETS AND WRITERS ASK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On my laptop’s screen, words twist and twine,
I ponder, “Is this plot truly mine?”
     With a character's frown,
     Will my story break down?
Or will sadness and joy combine?

As I scribble, “What rhymes with orange?”
I chuckle, “Should my hero be foreign?”
     With a coffee mug in hand,
     And a notebook quite grand,
I wonder, “Should my villain be boring?”

“Is this twist too much, or just right?”
“Will they cheer, or will they take flight?”
     With each question I pen,
      I just laugh twice again,
For the joy of it all feels quite right!


Premium Member Finding Reality

I hear again and again, of people searching for what is real,
Looking for the answers that they seek is like climbing up a hill.
Their truth and their authentic self, they seldom if ever will find,
If all they do is listen to others and never use their mind. 

Based on the things I’ve seen and heard; this is my simple conclusion.
The things we observe with our physical eyes are the illusion.
The answers to all the questions we have are safely hid inside.
Thoughts that are both eternal and true always within us abide.

Each of us must follow our heart and our path we will discover,
Listen within to the voice of our soul, clues we will uncover.
Step by step, the path we will follow, trusting it is the right way.
We’ll live in the present, learn the lessons provided every day.

Premium Member Thoughts On War Questions

Thoughts On War Questions

When is war righteous?
Isn’t murder a crime?
Does not war murder?
Can’t collateral
Death be a crime too?: 

War can’t be righteous;
Murder is a crime:-
Wars do have murders,
Collateral deaths
Can be murders also:-

Premium Member Universal Questions

I stand here gazing at stars in the sky,
Wondering what happens when I die?
It’s harder to see with my own eye,
The purpose of life as it passes by.

First, I’ll consider the where, when, and why?
Who or what it was, that caused my goodbye?
What was important, whether girl or guy?
A purposeful life, or is that a lie?

Was it important, the people I knew?
Or all the things I did or didn’t do?
Was it what I learned as my knowledge grew?
Or what I passed on, at least to a few?

To many questions I could clearly see,
My purpose in life was I became me.

My Turbulent Calm

I see the wind
And hear the sun
And when it hurts 
I have such fun
I know not when
But the where is sure
The reasons are clear
Though fully obscure
Thoughts I suffer
The long night through
Bring such comfort
How is this true
Confusion reigns
Within thoughts clear
And peace so far
And yet so near
I can feel it
Though I’m completely numb
My mind subtracts
To find the sum
The answers are certain
The questions unclear
How much longer
Must I
remain here

Premium Member Questions about Sleepers in Space

Astronauts sleep like bats
Hanging from the ceiling in bags
But this does not tell us about astro-cats
Do they sleep in cots made of rags?

What about astro-dogs and astro-pigs?
Are their bunks teeny or the biggest of the bigs?
Has there yet been an astro-horse?
Political correctness says there should be one of course.

Premium Member - Echo With Unanswered Questions -

              - Echo ~ the witness who talked too much - quote by poet

                                         a mournful echo
                           sounds swamped my pulsating heart -
                                       do not repeat them
                                   empty room - masonry wall
                                   historic bells from gray peaks

Premium Member Ominous Questions

Was it fairytale wishes that come in threes, 
or curses that bring you to your knees? 
Does that gentle, warm summer breeze
blow through bodies that hang from trees?
Does it waft the tinkle of a wedding bell
or the howling hounds of Hell?

Premium Member have you ever

Have you ever tried choking? He asked nonchalantly.
“No,” she said. *with a wrinkled nose of disapproval*

“Want to try it?” *His approach couldn't hide his excitement* 
“Ok,” she said, absent mindedly running her index finger over his lips.

“you  can  choke  me,” she added slowly,
 “if I can stab you repeatedly
 with the 7 inch stainless steel
 nail-file I keep under my pillow.”
.
.
Songs for this:
Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin
Better By Myself by Hey Violet

Pisces

She's two fish swimming
in opposite directions
and physically incapable
of answering my questions
always on the stick's wrong end
yet not to harp or carp
but I'm forever on the opposite
that which is pointed sharp
would I enquire of the right one
it's the left natator who replies
with something unrelated
from out of yonder wild blue skies
and not knowing which will respond
altho' I have my theories
with only what makes sense to me
is how I phrase my queries
but as none have even been addressed
it's become a chore &/or task
I could give in let her win
and evermore simply shouldn't ask

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