Higher than heaven
...heaven too is a domain
Hiranyagarbha, the cosmic egg
though bliss falls like light rain
for its pleasure we beg
dance of polarities
manifests bliss magnetism
renunciation and austerities
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Categories:
tarnishes, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Essential Peace and Quiet in the World, Begins Firstly with Peace of Mind
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The monkey mind within, is unremarkably in fact many things,
Often constructive, fractured, although tormented, it silently harasses all of Earth's Human Beings,
Basic awareness comes from ma...
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Categories:
tarnishes, analogy, blessing,
Form: Prose Poetry
Greed
...It tarnishes the void we try to fill,
life on Earth gives need for it still,
harder we work the faster we fade,
calloused existence isn't something we evade,
given fuel by what we think we need,
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Categories:
tarnishes, corruption, money, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Tells Me
...Mum said, "No sex before marriage,
It tarnishes the union’s carriage.”
I’m in her wedding photo,
What happened to her motto?
Why the rain of words that discourage?
September 1, 2024.
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Categories:
tarnishes, humor, humorous, mother,
Form: Limerick
Pearl Harbor II
...As solitude neglects the Harbor door
the Heavens fill with vengeance from the sky,
and all below can only watch them soar
for crippled decks were useless to defy.
The devastation rendered from th...
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Categories:
tarnishes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Wraith, Geist, or Wrath of the Failure
...Seems my handwriting will never improve,
Yearlong efforts, letters still oblong.
Not quite right, but we pretend it’s not all bad,
I fixate on each line, a prerequisite approach.
So next and then...
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Categories:
tarnishes, anger, change, conflict, devotion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Impromptu Song
...I have waited for so long to share this impromptu song, I have created it myself, the day when I heard that my mother was dead; I am still trying to process it, but I cannot see where the story fits;...
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Categories:
tarnishes, age, business, conflict, courage,
Form: Narrative
Lee Retiree, 66 Remix
...Lee Retiree, 66 Remix
Never one to be lazy,
Lee’s energy astonishes,
Clarity hallmark avoids the hazy,
Kristie et. al. he garnishes,
Materials investigator a la Dick Tracy,
Friends, Lee never t...
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Categories:
tarnishes, appreciation, birthday, brother, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
Lonely With You
...Why am I lonely with you dear
where did the magic disappear
when you don't call
doesn't bother me at all
when were together
it feels if we rather
be somewhere else
with someone else
there is ...
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Categories:
tarnishes, break up,
Form: Rhyme
What Is Up
...the world lulled into a waltz
tis blurry who talks the talk
hopscotch scrawls who walks the walk
future visions blow hot and cold
life with no purpose gets mighty old
seems high five a...
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Categories:
tarnishes, endurance, humanity, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Blinded By Synthetic Sun-
...Sore is the vision in front
Of heavens day gaze
Brilliance shines the dawn
Blinded by the stars
Morning lists summer smogs
Smoke stench tarnishes the air and wind
Blinded by the synthe...
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Categories:
tarnishes, adventure, analogy, environment, introspection,
Form: Light Verse
The Book
...I found this little book
inside my heart, much
to my surprise – in a place
secure, for faithful, searching
eyes...apparently having long
been there – a safe-space of refuge,
free from sighs – ...
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Categories:
tarnishes, introspection, motivation, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Be Mindful of Others
...When my mother said
“Be mindful of your reputation,”
It was a lesson I took to heart,
For once a reputation is ruined
It can never be restored,
It tarnishes the lif...
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Categories:
tarnishes, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Grief Etched On Mirage
...Dark clouds rise from the blue sea of sorrow
Surge in the storm wind onto my eyes’ visage
Dissolve to turn into torrents of tear to flow
Like the raindrop rills on the face of foliage.
Suffused...
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Categories:
tarnishes, analogy, grief, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Dust To Dust
...Who tends a vase
while flowers wilt and rot within?
Who turns to polish glass or pot
when contents should remove to bin?
When stench ascends,
and nostrils turn aside and clench
because of ...
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Categories:
tarnishes, body, christian, sin, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
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