Ashtavakra Gita Verse 1:18 revisited
1.18
“That which has form is not real
Only the formless is permanent
Once this is known
you will not return to illusion”
Brahman or God absolute unmanifest,
is luminous darkness, tightly packed and still,
pulsating with potent power, whilst at rest,
wherefrom all worlds are created by His will,
bubbles in space-time, where desires are addressed,
whence the love dove perches on soul’s window
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Categories:
revisited, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
'Wonderful World' Revisited
~ To the tune of Sam Cooke's 1960 hit,
'Wonderful World,' aka
'Don't know much about history...' ~
Don’t know squat about biology
Same is true of trigonometry
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Categories:
revisited, love, nostalgia, school, song,
Form: Lyric
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited
Upteenth instance where yours truly
experienced assault upon hindquarters.
A worse hellish fate than perdition
and the closest in the throes
of agonizing death scene rendition
stabbing sphincter muscle spasms
wrench yours truly
analogous to contortionist,
who presents convincing torturous scenario
even absent primal screams
readers or eavesdroppers
envisioning his twisting and writhing
as if body frankly
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Categories:
revisited, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Gonifs and gossips revisited
Gonifs and gossips revisited
since originally being crafted
approximately half dozen
dirty deeds done dirt cheap years ago...
Abound and lurk
within every nook and cranny
analogous to some annoying pest
harmless though one reside here,
when off his meds goes berserk
here at Highland Manor Apartments.
They snatch and snitch packages -
meant for other than themselves -
think Grinch who stole Christmas
plus snoop, i.e. eavesdrop
big
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Categories:
revisited, abuse, adventure, anger, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Room Revisited
C-oming
H-ome
A-gain
R-eally
L-ets
E-mpty
N-ook
E-xperience
P-ure
A-nd
S-olid
C-heerfulness,
A-s
S-orrow
I-s
O-ver
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Charlene Pascasio)
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Categories:
revisited, birthday,
Form: Other
Written in Response to Pensive Solitude on The Eve of This Night Revisited
An outcast this night,
I mournfully sigh with gloom:
but, I make war, fight!
to defeat my rising doom,
and defend my haunted tomb.
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Categories:
revisited, depression, loneliness, lonely, longing,
Form: Tanka
Grief Revisited
(A lone voice whispers)
Every clock in here
Even these old white wooden ones
As they tick so regimentally
Reminds me of you
Every single second
Every single minute
Carries luminescent memories
Of all the wild but lovely things
We used to do together
As they suddenly manifest
Like a magician's trick
Of pulling a red rose
Right out of the blue
And if
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Categories:
revisited, grief,
Form: Rhyme
AM PM Revisited
I wrote this on a bus ride through the city
An early morning excursion with no sleep
A chance encounter flooded by unknown
Original reference AM/PM 26 years ago
The gritty rhyme blindly spoke for itself
Like the back of a smoke-filled jazz club
Notes transporting me to another place
Destination decided with no destiny
For certain
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Categories:
revisited, memory,
Form: Free verse
Happiness Revisited
When I was born, my parents rejoiced,
My feeble cries, their sweetest noise.
A sheath of joy embraced their hearts,
A love that never would depart.
When I wed, two souls entwined,
Our faces beamed, our hearts aligned.
Though life's road was yet unclear,
Happiness whispered, always near.
When our children graced the earth,
Their smiles were joy of boundless worth.
Even miles apart, their
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Categories:
revisited, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Hades Revisited
Having less
suffering more
Doors were slamming
wolf at the door
Arriving first
finishing last
Spiraling downward
— perdition recast
(The New Room: February, 2025)
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Categories:
revisited, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Silliness Revisited
An army of mites reside in our lashes
With mouths and tiny claws
Along the road to human evolution
This was surely a major flaw
Astronauts strangely can't burp in space
What useless dribble is that
Felines can have over one hundred kittens
Now that's one pooped out cat
Some atheists put up Christmas trees
An identity crisis for sure
A cow can poop up
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Categories:
revisited, fun,
Form: Free verse
Marley's Ghost Revisited
If it isn't my old friend Ebenezer,
why you ugly grizzled geezer!
Have some tea (or soup) of barley,
This is your pal, Jacob Marley.
You needn't be so ghostly white.
There is no reason for your fright.
You've been reading evil books.
That explains your worried looks.
You won't hear rattling chains or moans.
Your business practices, I condone.
Money's good everywhere, even heaven's
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Categories:
revisited, christmas, humor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
1856 Revisited - PART TWO
I said, "let's do this" John said "Okay , if you'd like to follow me"
And took me downstairs to what seemed like a medical facility
There were about five others in the room waiting for me to arrive
I couldn't help but wonder if I'd get out of this experience alive.
They started up a strange looking machine
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Categories:
revisited, america, death, england, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
1856 Revisited - PART ONE
It's been just over seven months since I fell off the roof
I'd never believed in miracles, but they happen I'm proof
Apart from a limp when walking I was feeling quite well
And that I'd suffered a horrific injury you just couldn't tell.
Life returned to normal, and my physio was pleased with me
She said, "It can take
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Categories:
revisited, america, death, england, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
SILENCE REVISITED
As I was walking in the silence of the morning..
thinking of a friend who died…shedding a few tears…
I started thinking how my relationship with silence has changed over the years.
I have stood mesmerized…in a field…surrounded by the silent falling snow….
I’ve watched the clouds silently change shape as across the river of sky they flow.
I’ve laid
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Categories:
revisited, silence,
Form: Rhyme
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