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Lao Tzu: English Translations IV

...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS IV

The Roots of Turbulence
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaviness lies at the root of lightness;
stillness begets turbulence.
Thus the nobleman he...
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Categories: rerouted, courage, desire, life, peace,
Form: Free verse

Newark Airport

...A friend of mine just called me
Since her flight has been delayed,
With Newark messing up the plans
So many folks have made.

I do not live in Jersey
So this airport isn’t mine,
But it isn’t f...
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Categories: rerouted, flying,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberSoup Disappearance Reason

...
My known, soothing landscapes,
grown from my own hues and shapes,
somehow vanquished their view.
Just one more sore blister of news
to aid my staid mind’s gist of confused.
My angered fist pun...
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Categories: rerouted, bereavement, body, change, conflict,
Form: Free verse

Last Posting

...The envelope
unopened
addressed
to himself
Inside 
unspoken
old hopes 
and dreams
Lost
and rerouted
the stamp was 
foreign
Its port of entry
still 
—unforeseen 

(Dreamsleep: November...
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Categories: rerouted, time,
Form: Rhyme

Heavily Distraction

...Heavenly Distractions
 
Heavenly distractions Gods divine guidance that will set you in an idle space of quietness
Away from all the noxious noise
Where you are only able to hear his voice comman...
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Categories: rerouted, christian, faith, family, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme



Convoluted

...11/22/21

This is sad, it makes me sigh
Why try to lie?
My guy I spy
That there's more to life
Than getting high
Wasting money and time
To change it, effort is what you must apply
Go ahead r...
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Categories: rerouted, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMountain Rain Robbers

...Mountain Rain Robbers
David J Walker

Before passing over 
This part of the plains

The cumulonimbus fleet 
Take a long drink 

from the gulf of
Baja California

From El Nino and La Nina ...
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Categories: rerouted, allegory,
Form: Rhyme

Concluded

...12/5/20


Better choose quick
Just might lose if
You don't do it

Awesome or a nuisance
It either was or wasn't in the blueprints
Still a loner, or already shot by Cupid's
Arrow, underneath...
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Categories: rerouted, life, meaningful, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme

Reserata Carcerem Lxii

...Went a shrewd shaver t' moaning monk
ñ a dark day's hurled hay tactic ton.
''f felon feast b' a callous cod thrown,
sate h', robed 'n  gaunt grief, girdle ''f gloom 'n' throe.

"Go to, why wrapp...
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Categories: rerouted, mythology,
Form: Sonnet

Early Mid Afternoon May 22nd 2020

...Early/mid afternoon May 22nd, 2020...

Raindrops percolate Perkiomen Valley watershed
pleasant reprieve versus quite warm temperatures
yesterday found yours truly averse attempting re:
ding outs...
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Categories: rerouted, 12th grade, future, health,
Form: Political Verse

For the Love of Freedom

...somewhere underneath
the silence of a damaged
love...

chains broken
truth spoken
food serenity
house divinity
healing hands
tribal lands
throwing fire
misguided desire
rerouted heart
re...
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Categories: rerouted, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Coed Garnllwyd Walk, Llancarfan

...A glance from the field displays a line of green,
Waving back and forth, for as far as can be seen,
A chosen path the gentle scrub has allowed through,
Human interaction has created steps too,
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Categories: rerouted, appreciation, color, environment, flower,
Form: Free verse

An Eye For An Eye For An Eye

...there are some parts of your personality
you must never look at
or Aristotle's logic will pay you a visit
for a 15th century anatomy lesson
an eye for an eye a throat for a throat
gargoyle armie...
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Categories: rerouted, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

In the Fast Lane

...Move to the left
Move to the right
Where are you going?
All these signs and directions
Getting turned around
Trying to figure out where im going
Or where im bound 
If I didn't look up
Would I...
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Categories: rerouted, creation,
Form: ABC

The Rare Gift of a Second Chance

...you may have heard me come in
from a silent place i lend a hand and you come with sunshine
a dream long forgotten brings back memories of solid regret
i then realize that i have been given the rar...
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Categories: rerouted, wisdom, work,
Form: Free verse

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