Short Veritas Poems

All of which we fictionalize,
Hold far more truth, than we realize....

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His eyes full of love,
Embraces the man asking him:
Quod Est Veritas?...

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When an honest man says nothing
—you forever hear his heart

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

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"my trinity" OR "in vino veritas"


the deVine

the grape 

and 

the holy spirits...

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Words of conjecture self destruct
   —when veracity holds its sway

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)...

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Millions of words
are brought to a boil
But only the few
—can rise with the truth

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)...

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'In vino veritas,' Romans used to say
                                               ~ Secrets pried, stalkers preyed...

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In joint veritas 
They said
I’m so agreed
Because why not
I mean
The way 
It sounds to me
Or maybe just 
because I’m high

26 December 2023...

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Pursuant to all that's been said
One might think that Trump's world is red
But Trump does not read
So one must concede
That Trump lies like no one who's dead!...

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In everyday plight
With no sight
of the light
With no sides
that are bright
Deprived of lies
that are white
There would be only one asylum:
Veritas
ad dominandum...

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Nothing more powerful
than speaking the truth  
Pangs of deception
beguile uncouth  
Spoken immortal
knighted profound
Today and tomorrow
—veracity crowned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

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Truth stays
naïve
As reality
profanes
The price of
fidelity
Unpaid
till inflamed

Truth often
hides
With its head
in the sand
Until forced
into play
A new crisis
— at hand

(The New Room: August, 2024)
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Can you see that it’s true,
but not prove what you know

A problem physicists
and philosophers share

Hints all around,
results to confound

As the questions unanswered
—ensnare

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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I’m just a free-range wino on the lam,
A low-rent resident of any circus tent 
Accepts me as the reprobate I am.
I don’t speak Texan and I don’t intend to,
But I’ll pretend to be a rodeo clown.
I’ve got a box of bad intentions.
Gonna drink that vino down.
In vino veritas....

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I- Insight without intuition
N-Never to understand
T-Trapping what can’t be caught
E-Endgame to confound
R-Riddle we play with ourselves
E-Earnestly said nothingness
S-Spoken in bewilderment
T-Time and again
I-In our ongoing confusion
N-Never capturing why
G-Gravitas without Veritas

…. Interesting!

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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Late at night
Losing all sense of time
Caught in the web's
Ghostly glow
A glimpse of an ad
During a sip of ruby red
A muse was born
(Amusin' illusion)
To tempt the Melpomene in me.
Dionysus let slip the flights of fancy.
A flirtation began.
It was love at first sight
As I drank deep of the Pierian spring
But my love she doth often unrequite.
It passeth all understanding....

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I noted the stillness
in your hands, the
casual arc of your shoulders,
a deceitful ease in your voice—

as if the world melted into your anima,
your eyes spoke the nether language
(angelicus anima).

I watched your eyes oscillate,
a tidal wave of light,
gleams of individuation
propagating outward,
devastating all disguises—
quiet fissures in the 
careful strata
of us.
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in fear in phobias
in terror veritas
I fall into their webs
during the stormy nights

eight-legged freaks
grinning their teeth
staring without moves
at me when I sleep

and I know they will follow
me even tomorrow 
and leave me in horror

and I think they will bite
but then I start to like
this kind of dark night rite

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*based on a dream*...

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Thoracic clouds stream
Healthy with motion
In wisps of whipped cream
Slinging dew potion

Lifting flower face
Open to receive
Veritas of grace 
Exultant to heave

Wilted decays past
Insolvent in debt
Letting fortune last
Longer than regret

Salvaged from bounties
Across the divide
Valued in counties
Ever to provide

Legacies of truth
In churning reason
Fetching hidden youth
Each passing season....

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"This time alone with you is precious, maid.

Could I but keep the moments sweet with you

from fleeting time’s demand that be not stayed.

All I’d give making veritas less true.

Since I lack power bidding time adieu,

love, I must seize the rose buds e’en what may.

Let me then speak of my heart’s pain anew,

of my constant thoughts tearing each spent day

zounds, into splintered pieces only you can stay....

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A mystical illusion
Filled the gaps of time
Transported Innocent Angela to the land where truth resides
Surely a land where fears come to life

Soon the mystery unveils
Melody of a lost piano prevails
Shallow voices against the tainted plane 
“Mystery and Fame once relayed ” it claimed

Far beneath the meadows 
Within the garden of brass 
Lied little Cinderella with her broken shoes of glass 
Longing to go from rags to class...

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In the deepest hole;
My hand raises the soul;
In the darkest night;
My torch bears the light.

In the midst of despair;
My kindness upholds the fair;
In the cruelest sorrow;
My salvation is a better tomorrow.

My name, your refuge;
My love, flowing deluge;
My home, your sanctuary;
My river, single estuary.

I am the way;
The itinerary of everyday;
I am the life;
The passion ending strife;
I am the truth;
The wisdom set forth....

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i have been reading the contents
via, printed correspondence
for some time now

and so it was only natural
there’d be a moment
i’d pour, to
sip the promise

when switching from merlot to zinfandel
a tipped glass need not be
shattered into shards

time only knows if; when
the chance will come to
escape to your serenity
and charming ways

visit for an eternity; or
just a few days

so until then;
let us drink a toast
to a marrying of such
savory flavors...

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I look in the mirror objectively
It haunts
Haunts the soul  and respects NOT my dignity
It comes close
But it drives me further away 
In vino veritas, they say the truth can drive you sane.


Maybe just
Maybe

We are not alone when we look in the mirror
Our shadows split infinitely, multiplied horror of 
Past

Withdrawal kind of fits neatly into my plan
It kills
Kills the need for any attention and respects my dignity
It is far away
But it is getting closer
Requiescate in pace....

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Veritas = VAIR-ee-taws 
Aequitas = EK-wee-taws 

I recently watched the Boondock Saints, and their speech at the Courtroom wrote this poem
for me

Truth
Justice
Veritas
Et Aequitas
Two principles which every one lives by

Now do not kill, do not rape, do not steal
All men and faiths
Can  agree
Never
Sin

Evil
Beckons
Those of us
Who do not know
So shepherds we shall be, for thee my Lord

Do not corrupt yourself, for I shall come
If you ignore
My warning
And you
Fall...

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