THE PRISMATIC SELF
...Contest : The Prismatic Self
Sponsor : Daniel Henry Rodgers
Date submitted : 19/5/25
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Categories:
unawakened, age, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Bio
SATURN GOD OF TIME
...Saturn ! You magnetised with
enchanting icy rings
promised white gold
endless skates on
Chrysalis circled cates
said we would go round
like fairy rings
said you had so much
Love to give I...
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Categories:
unawakened, allegory, color, creation, extended
Form: Rhyme
I Love Animals
..."Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"
by Anatole France
Animals: all the various kinds
every shape or color I'd choose
I'd love them all, not one left behind...
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Categories:
unawakened, animal, appreciation, nature,
Form: Quintain (English)
Non-duality
...This is an old poem written sometime in 2018 or so ~
On first glance
We ...
Meaning our consciousness
In its unconscious form
Knows only duality
Separateness
Ego
This knowing
Of dualit...
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Categories:
unawakened, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Thought of the day
...what we term as betrayal
is merely offered response
of an unawakened heart
why should we worry...
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Categories:
unawakened, betrayal, forgiveness, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
We thus rose from repose
...We go through waking, dreaming and deep sleep,
imbibing impressions in accordance with our awareness,
strangely making peace with our self-evident ignorance,
living by instinct, investigating not ...
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Categories:
unawakened, spiritual,
Form: Didactic
A Tragicomic Tale
...equating dreams
as thought forms
by heart conjured
we pause the cause
of such movement
getting to the roots
body identification
also termed as ego
negating nothing
we examine des...
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Categories:
unawakened, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Road I Did Not Take
...In the depths of my weary soul, I ponder,
Upon the choices made and paths forsaken.
A wistful whisper echoes, a song of wonder,
Of the road I did not take, now left unawakened.
Through veils of...
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Categories:
unawakened, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Pet Can Steal Your Heart
...“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France, French Poet
A pet can steal your heart.
The dog that you brought home
who always wants to pl...
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Categories:
unawakened, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Love In Every Field
...those of us who caught or chased our love in every field
knew her best by memories that we caught.
anvils that we stood upon gave grain to find our shield
leave our stain upon the earth with eve...
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Categories:
unawakened, devotion, earth, faith, journey,
Form: Couplet
Awakening
...Awakening..
Could it be this simple..?
Allowing life as it is
Not to worry about the "I" as unawakened
Allow that unawakened I to do as it pleases
Perhaps walking down a path seeking t...
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Categories:
unawakened, appreciation, forgiveness, smile, wind,
Form: Blank verse
Butterfly
...Butterfly
In the silence of regret, we lose our faith
In the noise of anger, we lose ourselves.
Find me a place where faith is healed
A place of refuge where I may grow like the wings of a ...
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Categories:
unawakened, allusion, change, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Ceasing Seeking
...There is a veil shielding the divine light
We know something is there but cannot see
Unawakened is as yet inner sight
The blockage self imposed by our folly
Shift material to ethereal
Requires...
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Categories:
unawakened, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Many
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Many roads I have not taken.
Many love's have I forsaken.
Many dreams still unawakened....
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Categories:
unawakened, dream, love,
Form: Rhyme
Having To Fight
...You will have to fight to survive
Whispered the guardian angels
Watching over me
As I was swivelling in between the folds
Of consciousness lapsed in deep sleep!
You will have to fight
Even i...
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Categories:
unawakened, death, faith, hurt, life,
Form: Free verse
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