Make War, With Love
...It’s 2022, we’re in the final battle for the soul of the world.
There is no Indo-European root for soul,
the Greek and Germanic roots mean quick-moving, fleeting, mercurial.
I’d add evanescent, im...
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Categories:
vital force, home, love, peace, violence,
Form: Free verse
terracotta
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there is a crack in everything that’s where the light gets in
or eternal waters to soak up sorrow and flood fertile grounds
solid meaningful foundations
at least and at last he did not subme...
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Categories:
vital force, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
kundalini
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illuminated in rainbow colours of desire
the serpent still coiled up in anticipation
of spiritual enlightening and exposure
another day in paradise one breath at a time
no rotten apple on thi...
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Categories:
vital force, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The all-knowing eye
...Looking deeper than boundaries of skin,
we recognise God’s light in every form,
as light eternal, deep in heart within,
as the vital force which keeps bodies warm,
field of love and light, with w...
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Categories:
vital force, spiritual,
Form: Dizain
in this magical realm
...simply observing waves
arising and subsiding
we feel God’s presence
within each pulse hiding
lower mind is rested
so no meanings are assigned
to play of life in motion
by soul’s eye divined
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Categories:
vital force, joy, love, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
tribute to gratitude
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I never thought of it as more than a side stream
a rivulet of minor proportion and influence
until the miracles and blessings appeared
always about me and more and right now
centre of the uni...
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Categories:
vital force, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
just another bozo at the bus terminal
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fearful he rose from the ashes of hellfire
singed skin scorched soul and blistered mind
his heart full of charcoal burdened the flight
yet carbon cinder fuelled an escape route
from the trajec...
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Categories:
vital force, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
hand me some time please
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hours tick by and transcend
into nothing or eternity
maybe both in line with each other
body mind spirit hold the key
the lock may be rusty
and yet corrosion fails to arrest
what has to be an...
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Categories:
vital force, adventure,
Form: Free verse
From Soil to Souls
...Food — The gift of soil and hand,
A miracle that sprang from sand,
Quenching hunger, warming souls,
Is the bite and sip from steaming bowls.
The ripened fruits and tender greens,
Eaten with cr...
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Categories:
vital force, appreciation, celebration, earth, farm,
Form: Lyric
beach bones
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not a bone to pick on beach walks
with my lover just pleasure and leisure
strolls in the sand of time and togetherness
joined at the hips of mind body and soul
sizzling fingertips and footste...
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Categories:
vital force, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Silent Lucidity Soul Speak
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I Am as I Am complete
Though ego opines otherwise
Invoking grace, we feel God’s heartbeat
What else does there remain for us to realize
—Unseeking Seeker
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Categories:
vital force, feelings, forgiveness, freedom, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Be to become
...Heart
seeks love
and mind light,
thus when both meld,
with light as the source
and love God’s vital force,
pristine presence feels complete,
having thus become the bright flame,
as s...
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Categories:
vital force, spiritual,
Form: Nonet
Who Pulls Our Breath
...who pulls our breath
and then exhales
rhythmically
by day and night
to find out
we follow the breath
becoming one with the flow
without interfering
silence
makes breath shallow
akin to...
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Categories:
vital force, god, silence, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
A Rhythm That We All Must Meet
...The economy, a force unseen,
Yet felt in every day and dream,
A fickle beast, a shifting tide,
A force that cannot be denied.
The rise and fall of stocks and trade,
The value of the goods we'v...
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Categories:
vital force, money,
Form: Quatrain
Contemplation of Me
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"The secret of change is to focus all your energy
not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
Quote_Socrates
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Categories:
vital force, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
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