Short First Things First Poems

first sift fear forms
when these storms ebb
love warms our heart...

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first things first

   internal peace…then 

          external...

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first things first, exhume the ‘I’ ~
that soul may then wingless fly...

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You say you want to live forever?
First things first: get it together....

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first things first, let us find out who we are ~
the truth is within, not somewhere afar...

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The gateway to good writing
—always tell your story first

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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Hermetic wisdom: as above, so below ~
So first things first; let us make our heart mellow

18-May-2023...

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Eventually we struggle to escape
Web of crazy priorities,
Love is caught in struggle,
Unable to keep from laughing....

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self regard
brings
self respect,
pleasure
pride
simple bliss:
the touchstone
of contentment
laid bare...
...self..care...

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Jinping and Putin made a pact
To teach Donald Trump how to act
But first things first
His cloud must burst
So Trump can tell fiction from fact!...

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First things first, I don my attire
Then to the kitchen, nothing prior
Well maybe a pee
Make sure I'm empty
Then down my liquid happiness applier...

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First things first, I don my attire
Then go to the kitchen, nothing prior
Well maybe to pee
Make sure I'm empty
Then down my liquid happiness applier...

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First things first, I don my attire
Then go to the kitchen, nothing prior
Well maybe to pee
Make sure I'm empty
Then down my liquid happiness applier...

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First things first, I don my attire
Then go to the kitchen, nothing prior
Well maybe to pee
Make sure I'm empty
Then down my liquid happiness applier...

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First things first
Such obvious oblivion
Why come back to breathing
Be in the now they say
Until the hit of fist
Gone by and missed again
Say this now
This is somehow
Part of the blesssed battle cry
My sword and my soul shall prevail...

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First things first...
Hold on to all things with yr left hand. The possibilities for alternatives.
Hear all the white keys on the piano. The purest tones.
Have a drop of lemonade. The most intriguing sensation for yr tongue
Feel a kiss from yr parents. The greatest love of your life....

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first things first, we quieten heart
melding our mind therein
all souls be one, none stand apart
as bliss throbs on our skin

all we do, is be still
shaped upon the anvil
surrendered to Gods will

quenching thirst
first things first

20-August-2021
Quietus...

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First things first, feel bliss bubbles burst
It’s a love burn benign
Embrace life fully, unrehearsed 
With love and light, align

In staid meditation 
One with all creation
Imbibe God’s vibration 

End soul’s thirst
First things first

19-July-2022
Quietus ...

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Thirst for love aflame in our heart
Erst stirrings of lust receded
Burst of bliss each moment does start
First things first, lower mind weeded

Residual attachments fade
Central funnel within aglow
Brutal clear truth; call spade a spade
Miracle dawns on hearts mellow

19-January-2021

(syllabic Lento)...

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Thought bubble burst, now unrehearsed
Abide in tranquil calm
Surrender quenches our heart’s thirst
Love is the healing balm

Ego dies, bliss throbs rise
No one’s here to apprise
Divine graced joy surprise

Do first things first
Thought bubble burst

02-January-2022
Quietus ...

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First
things first,
we
align
head and heart
with love,
that
presence
be blissful,
in resonance
with God’s pulse
throbbing
thus
in the
vibrant void
within
our
body
now.

02-March-2023

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Waltz Wave Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet

Syllable count: 1/2/1/2/3/2/1/2/3/4/3/2/1/2/3/2/1/2/1...

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first things first, let’s understand where we stand
thirst for God connect, requires a yearning
worst is head and heart walk not hand in hand
burst of narrow thoughts leave soul in mourning 

lament not oh hermit, go in, within
luminescent heart awaits our return
current of bliss magnetic, feel therein
decadent ego cravings doomed to burn

28-June-2021...

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If mind is in control, we remain constrained,
anchored in fires of dark desires and deep fears,
so how then may we be from ego unchained,
free from taunts and jibes of our thought demon’s jeers?
First things first, for love and light to be ingrained,
we must be still, so that when God’s presence nears,
we resist not influx of bliss magnetism,
igniting from head to toe, mind-body prism....

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Immediate and intimate
Caress divine at heaven’s gate
Erases each and every sin
Embraced in staid stillness sedate

Simple is the way to begin 
First things first, just rest thought flow din
Our childlike trust invokes God’s grace
We feel then bliss beats rise within

Of wayward ego, leave no trace
And have no earthy goals to chase
Wisdom of sages is then ours
We become the vastness of space...

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First I liked your voice
I really liked it though it isn't often on
Then I liked your smile from over the table
Soft and real and centered on me only

And I thought it cannot end like this so

Then I liked your hand 
giving me tight space for no doubts
Then I liked your no doubts
about you who like what I am


Very nice change, I must say
A bit frightening that you assume too much 
But still...

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