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Of Liquid Memories and Tears
“They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha Though the water is crystal cleartiny bubbles distort the viewa lifetime remembered in blueof… Continue Reading “Of Liquid Memories and Tears”
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#Shadorma: Thanksgiving Prayer
Priceless giftAn abundant lifeTable filledBountifulSplendor on an autumn dayGratitude prayer Author’s Note: Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
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Casting Shadows: 2020
Cypress bows in autumn rainBearing weight as if in painCasting shade on what remainsFurious dark storm unrestrainedAs limbs of trees lay broken, felled. Thunderclouds gather, striking fearRoosted birds take wing, disappearSensing the change in atmosphereAs a once calm wind heaves and swells. Author’s Note:… Continue Reading “Casting Shadows: 2020”
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#Tanka: Oak Tree
footprints of time agemy ancient wrinkled body-under the oak treeacorns fall into dead leavescome spring, bursting forth with life dVerse Poets Pub: MTB Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)
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Into Limpid Pools of Tranquility
“The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.” ― Osho, Courage: The… Continue Reading “Into Limpid Pools of Tranquility”
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The Ways of Men
When I was five, my step-grandfather tried to put his hands in places they don’t belongBut I fought him off for even I knew his actions were wrongWe were alone in his sleek sedan, the kind with one long seatI jumped in the back,… Continue Reading “The Ways of Men”
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Seed in my Womb
Naive thoughts adrift on a sea of longingin tender innocence of youth writtenabout love; first, lost, last and foreverand all the conflicting feelings between for I thought I understood life and its deeper meaning. Looking back at those childish rhymes, poetry was but a… Continue Reading “Seed in my Womb”
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