Eternity in Seven Acts
..."Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo
"Eternity is not t...
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Categories:
xenia, future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse
Goethe and Schiller translations
...These are modern English translations of the "Xenia" epigrams written in collaboration by the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, plus an elegy Goethe wrote for Schiller...
These are selected XENIA epigrams with al...
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Categories:
xenia, beauty, desire, earth, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Rosa
...amazing grace ~ apricot sunblaze
blushing bride ~ breath of life
crimson shower ~ coral dawn
darling flame ~ dreaming spires
English red ~ elegance
fond memories ~ faithful
gentle touch ~ gol...
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Categories:
xenia, beauty, earth, flower, garden,
Form: Abecedarian
On Lacking Sticktoitiveness
...Most of my Lix spittle
+ four additional anniversaries
since exiting birth canal
as full term newborn
re: minimally viable existence
post doc severance umbilical cord,
nevertheless yours tr...
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Categories:
xenia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
How Glue Me On Lacking Sticktoitiveness
...How glue me: On lacking sticktoitiveness
Most of my iv + Lix spittle existence
found me figuratively
(primarily academically, emotionally,
psychologically, sexually, socially...) adrift,
and m...
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Categories:
xenia, absence, betrayal, devotion, education,
Form: Rhyme
Joyful Kiss of Gnosis
...Abounding benevolence
Christ descended
Elevating For gnosis
Humanity’s inheritance
Joyful kiss
Liberating magnificence
Numinous
Opening prison quaking
Resurrecting Sophia
Through U...
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Categories:
xenia, humanity, kiss, love, prison,
Form: Abecedarian
Yearlings Zigzag
...Arctic bear cubs, den,
exiting frozen grounds halfway into June.
Keeping low,
mothers navigate onshore perils,
quietly roving.
Sensing they've uninvitedly violated
wildlife's Xenia,
ye...
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Categories:
xenia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Legacy-Ap
...What's In Your Will?
Not everyone has houses or lands, gold or silver, stocks or bonds, IRA’S or CD’S, Cars or cash, insurance policies, etc. But that does not mean we have nothing to leave behind...
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Categories:
xenia, family,
Form: Abecedarian
Clerihew Still Life
...xenia or rhyparography
old words for still life,they be
first modern one in Milan*,now on show
painted by Merisi Caravaggio
*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_with_Fruit_(Caravaggio)#...
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Categories:
xenia, art, tribute,
Form: Ekphrasis
Tell Me Who Do You Say That I Am - 1
...He is my almighty, my always, my armor
He is my blessing, my breath, my boldness
He is my comfort, my carpenter, my compassion
He is my divinity, my devotion, my delight
He is my earth, my eterni...
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Categories:
xenia, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Alliteration
The Breath of God
...Would you could
Within your moving prose, suppose
Your line be cast to moor
And words be cast to more
And soul be cast to those
Who truly know
Where you alone
Might have thought to go.
W...
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Categories:
xenia, bangla, community, god, life,
Form: Rhyme
Blessings In Showers
...BLESSING IN SHOWER
Adoring blessings of my gene to own skill and talent.
Bliss of my life blessed by parents, and grandparents
Carrying blessings of Nature: Livelihood to main...
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Categories:
xenia, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful Bounteous Blessings
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"Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day. You deserve all the goo...
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Categories:
xenia, analogy, blessing,
Form: Abecedarian
Prayer Warrior Blessings
...A blessing is something we can't do for ourselves. Only God can bless. When we send blessings to those around us through prayer, we invite them to receive the special and unique touch of God in thei...
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Categories:
xenia, blessing, giving, thanks,
Form: Abecedarian
What's In Your Will
...Not everyone has houses or lands, gold or silver, stocks or bonds, IRA’S or CD’S, Cars or cash, insurance policies, etc. But that does not mean we have nothing to leave behind when we depart this ear...
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Categories:
xenia, death, memory, remember,
Form: Couplet
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