Kundalini
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Written: July 6th, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
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Line of inquiry: fact or fiction? what does it mean in actuality, to be touc...
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Categories:
torques, analogy, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Singsong of Spring-modern sijo
...Hate is a feast for crows. Feast your eyes, instead, on love.
—by poet
Singsong of Spring
Caw of unseen crow and chorus
of potentially pretty wings.
Singsong may have inter...
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Categories:
torques, bird,
Form: Sijo
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hrothulf and Hrothgar, uncle and nephew,
for a long time kept a careful peace tog...
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Categories:
torques, music, peace, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
The Wanderer, Part I, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...The Wyrdes were like the Fates, controlling human destinies.
The Wanderer
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
translation by Michael R. Burch
“The one who wanders alone
longs for mercy, longs for grace...
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Categories:
torques, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Help Said the Octagonal Octopus
...Oh on onlookers oversized overridden octagonal oceanographic organised octaves
A shrouded sinister sparkle said hello to a dish cloth today. But the array of plates, pans and cutlery shouted in pr...
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Categories:
torques, arabic,
Form: I do not know?
The Darkness At Noon
...In this my own midnight of temporary madness
awash in the anxieties of fearsome chasing shadows
the sheets are hot
the pillow no longer cold on either side
the clock switches gears
rotates sideways...
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Categories:
torques, confusion, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Darker Days and Zero Tolerance
...Aren't we always running into a problem we must face each day of our lives?
Bashing our brain countless times while the damage torques the very fabrics of our minds?
Captured and Controlled by imp...
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Categories:
torques, lifelife, life,
Form: ABC
Family Web
...The wedding bells are ringing but there never was a groom.
A meddler softly singing in the corner of the room begins to
Rise on legs of eight I count, a spider some might say.
Proudly as if descen...
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Categories:
torques, depression, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme