Short Upturn Poems

benign bliss burn churning mind-body urn ~
causes conditioned beliefs to upturn

as God’s benedictions pour down like rain ~
doing nothing we ascend without strain...

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No one listens, although ear hears
Frigid minds, so brittle
We feel not bliss, that heart endears
See how habits whittle

We don’t learn, till we burn
Stewing in pathways stern
Till ego we upturn

Wisdom glistens 
No one listens

24-December-2021
Quietus ...

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Our pulse quickens in quietude
Stillness ushers rapture 
Childlike wonderment attitude
That mind cannot capture 

Invite joy, let bliss burn 
Time’s now, to fear upturn
Erasing thought forms stern

The plot thickens 
Our pulse quickens

09-December-2021
Quietus ...

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i stare at the walls
blank mind
and paper
laugh back

has the ink run dry
from pen, or thoughts
dried from mind?

i know the motion
upturn wrist
press firmly...
cut deep
bleed free

feel pain, relieve pain,
relive again
awaken my mind
so it bleeds 
flows outward
from within

one thought
one trickle
one moment of darkness
spilling across sheets of white
either way, i bleed again!...

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The fear is quite irksome
It foods you from within
It is lethal than death
It is inflexible to digest
Fear crushes all happiness
Fear digest all sorrow
Fear kills away all emotions
Sadness shy’s fear
And so does anger
Hates fear
Fear is one and all
It holds a black hole
Within itself
Nothing can dictate fear
Nor can slaughter it
As the timepiece’s needle passes
It will upturn more and more....

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My soles trod the Earth 
while souls reach for Sky.
I wonder Why
we race toward death from birth

never to upturn, headstand,
jostle the view, eyes low and

walk the Sky.
For feet, too have soles.
walk the Sky
turn It All on its head,
coax the World to switch her poles
and if she won't, well try instead

walk the Sky.
Give up your precious 'self control'
walk the Sky.
Let go of 'you' and now be Whole....

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Times when u were young ,
A thought strikes me
Trees shade in scorching sun
Mid aged acceptance 

Strong roots for little grass
Heads first prior 
Maker's unconditional affection 
Follow the steps

Untroubled upturn for keeping 
Untroubled upturn for nourishing 
Wasn't a function for prospect,
But desire for bliss

We dont long for inconsistent affection 
Nor tenderness of our veins 
But unexpected shields of planted trees...

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What was about this face ?
Between mirage and actuality ?
A fireball was coming towards you.
You upturn the underside, 
wanted to taste the blood
and get argasm.
The statues were posing nude.

Mothers were clad in leaves.
Fruits were the greed of man.
I refuse to lie in state. The
sand grains will find the innocence
of silver breasts when sky will
spat a murder. Were you ready
now to become corrupt ?

At last the beginners are now
becoming the boots.


Satish Verma...

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we just ate
i didn't like it
most of it 
was in the 
carry out box.

well, are we 
hungry again
i said after about
15 miniutes of
riding?

he did the side
squint and his
lips snuck the
slightest upturn

whatta ya mean
we just ate in
the most expensive
place in town.

i can't help it 
i said with a little
push in my voice
plus sort of a whine

o.k., he wheeled into
a grocery store, got
out and brought
me
a 
canalope.

now that is a real man!

janetta...

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