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poem number 10 from saltmilk

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… do you love me, woman
it is cloudy in this street             
as that sandalwood perfume
stretching between our arms
here everything of it is gone       
with the floods and good


you...

The Universe Retains All the Knowledge of Every Civilization That Ever Existed

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In the black throat of space, words spiral,
Charred syllables drifting like moths to no flame.
Every book, every prayer, every curse
Finds its way into the bone-dust of stars.

I dream of arch...

Kundalini

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Written: July 6th, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker

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Line of inquiry: fact or fiction? what does it mean in actuality, to be touc...

I understood your silence, the weight you carried in your soul like an old and relentless burden

...I understood your silence, the weight you carried in your soul like an old and relentless burden,
The battles you fought behind closed doors, like storms raging in the depths,
The nights when sleep...

Smoke And Mirrors - Channelling in the Spirit of Edgar Allan Poe - A Musical Video- POTD

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POTD June 15 2025

Smoke And Mirrors – Channelling in the Spirit of Edgar Allan Poe

When regulation picks at pillaged dreams

The searchlight shines its ...

Wisdom in Decrepit Stones

...Psalms 118:22-24 -  NKJV: “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD's doing;” 
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we wish for

...clarity in lucidity
in the waking state
tricking into a dream
that our limited free will
retains seeming freedom ~

requires softening attention 
in time dissolved stillness 
awareness self-a...

MONITOR

...MONITOR

Just there for display, my role is passive
Just on off or sleep, as I never do much
As I’m of that older generation, you see
We even used to be designated an LCD
Yet familiar with acro...

Direwolf, Dire Times

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     I watch the sun rise and once again bring another dawn, Another day in which we are alive. I stand 30 feet above the muddy ground, on the top of our walls, at the end of my watch shift. 
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SILENT SOULS WANDERING

...Today is as quiet 
As a crowded graveyard
Empty of life:-
Yet, the green of nature,
Shines in springing glory:-

As a brief breeze
Warmly passes by,
Silence retains its control
And all remai...

Personas Limitation

...Personas have limits, boundaries veiled by the thin masquerade of pretense
They whisper promises of identity, yet crack under pressure of reality's weight—poet

She puts on her face while vapi...

I buried the past, yet flowers still rise from the soil of forgotten memories

...I buried the past, yet flowers still rise from the soil of forgotten memories,
Roots tangled in dreams and longings that stubbornly refuse to die,
The earth retains traces of pain, transforming suf...

Attitude

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When mind and body feel the strain of years,
some hide away, the victims of their fears.

When time grows short and sunset is in view, 
for many, life retains a rosy hue.

A necessary trait...

Gladys the Welcome Wizard Lady is Here

...Miss Gladys the Welcome Wizard lady is here
She is full of sass, beyond an insane level of cheer
No one wants to let her in, we try to ignore the bell
She climbs in the front window, demolishing t...

Leaves, A Sonnet

...J. Smythe with Sylvia Plath

Amongst the trees he walked, a distant form,
She, like the leaves, danced in the summer breeze.
The plan, he'd hoped, would keep her safe and warm,
Suddenly, she dem...

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