The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Part 18, 19 and 20
...Part Eighteen — The Counsel of Saeed's Relatives
They came to Saeed, kith and kin,
Their faces pale, their hearts within
Full of concern. They gently said,
"What sorrow fills your weary head?...
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Categories:
unclouded, cute love,
Form: Masnavi
Patience
...Patience teaches us to wait;
Not everything in life happens as desired;
Some moments arrive in subtle fragments.
Patience encourages us to find an opening in the inky window;
The meadow...
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Categories:
unclouded, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Spiritual Wi-Fi
...They called it stone.
We called it signal.
The Great Pyramid—
not a tomb,
but a beacon,
wired into the pulse of the cosmos.
It stands at Portal 1313,
its apex aligned with the 13th galaxy be...
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Categories:
unclouded, computer, i am, longing,
Form: Free verse
Well, Loved
...Like old paint,
the discarded heart chips away
where it lay
in a hollow chest
not unlike my own breast.
In its prime,
untainted by sin
and made of sheepskin,
its candy apple hue
captivated...
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Categories:
unclouded, angst, extended metaphor, heart,
Form: Rhyme
THERE IN HEAVEN
...“And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” Revelation 21:23 of the King James Bible
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Categories:
unclouded, appreciation, christian, faith, god,
Form: Imagism
How did I get here
...(writing for the voice of my son who has terminal illness)
Reality is searingly intimate. But they say anguish,
woes and sadness are emotions best shared.
I am not saying I enjoy lament...
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Categories:
unclouded, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A pose in meditation
...I hold the stem of a wineglass, a pose in meditation,
cradling the glass as if it were an injured bird.
This is my moment of peace, my mind at ease
in stillness I peer at images and visions
teas...
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Categories:
unclouded, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024
...Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024
A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with blossoms and fruit
gently assail cilia of the nostrils...
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Categories:
unclouded, appreciation, bird, earth, february,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond the Realm of Wishes
...Beyond the Realm of Wishes
In sun-scorched dunes
beside a weathered sentinel
a glint ensnared his weary gaze.
A tarnished lamp /
grazed / its secrets unknown /
a genie unbound....
a muted...
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Categories:
unclouded, conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
DIVINE REALITY THAT AWAITS US
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with glorified bodies
there we joyously tread
along streets of gold
basking under unclouded
celestial firmament.
midst jubilant countenance
there we are zealously excited
to pl...
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Categories:
unclouded, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Imagism
Caius
...My Dearest Caius,
Within my heart, your name forever sings,
A melody of love that's bittersweet,
Yet on these parchment lines, my truth takes wings,
Confessions penned that fate did once defeat...
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Categories:
unclouded, first love, love, love
Form: Sonnet
Solutions a Freed Verse
...SOLUTIONS
engaging
ornamented
&
picturesque
enrichment
of the pictorial
so precise
on a grand
scale
figures
of grandeur
beside
ingenuity
so
extraordinaire
emotional
unclou...
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Categories:
unclouded, poetry,
Form: Free verse
St Francis Hospital New Years Day 2017
...St Francis Hospital
New Years Day 2017
A New Year, a New Start
Blocked from my memory is a segment of time. (a few days) I retain only angelic sounds from six songs, running not in succession bu...
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Categories:
unclouded, death, god, jesus, life,
Form: Narrative
Chimera, Cara Mia
...She roams through El Dorado’s ancient golden ways,
She gazes from black spires of Xanadu,
She walks through green Lothlorien’s unclouded days,
She muses long on Ilium’s deep blue...
I’ve seen h...
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Categories:
unclouded, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Passing Away
...Now absent from the body
he flies toward heavenly abode
yon celestial clouds
relieved finally from wrenching tubes
soothed against ventilator’s aid
finally liberated to bask with freedom...
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Categories:
unclouded, blessing, character, christian, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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