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A lay is a form of long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels, but there is more to a lay. What is lay in poetry (complete definition)?
Zen modeour forehead glistens, as it ought
owing to blessings God has brought
and so sometimes we clench our eyes
when bliss borne rapture opts to rise
whilst with magic display at play
that renews its dance everyday
within this here mind-body...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Lay
Easy breezythe path to which we would commit
must take us straight to the summit
meaning that we should become light
with bliss mists heightening delight
infusing the highest wisdom
that takes soul into God’s kingdom
requiring but that we...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Lay
Thought of the daythis earth vessel has chores to do
but we know what’s known to but few
that we are but actors in stage
where linear time turns the page
and in truth life is just a dream
of illusions we chose...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Lay
Thought of the daythe one whose heart centre is closed
head over heart, actions hard nosed
ego in focus, soul asleep
yet to take the consciousness leap
they too will rise becoming wise
truth of love and light realise
but for now our life...
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Categories:
heart, love, spiritual,
Form: Lay
The direct pathFor God search to sincerely start,
let’s explore our toroidal heart,
wherefrom stirrings of love arise,
flow of nectar, that never dries.
In opposition, we have mind,
groping in darkness, like the blind,
in stark fear about the morrow,
plunging our soul...
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Categories:
god, joy, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Revealed yet concealedNavel to throat, a shining rod,
signals within, presence of God,
which in staid stillness we observe,
with zest and zeal and love and verve,
a secret we willingly share,
with fellow souls who care to pair
but in truth we...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Lay
Break the mirrorThe seeker who seeks exists not,
so in staid silence, soul’s self-taught,
resting each conditioned belief,
touched by love, turning a new leaf,
that here now, in mind-body pod,
we see within, the face of God....
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Categories:
god, silence, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Thought of the dayEgo and thought go hand in hand
None can, without the other stand
In this realm if we choose to act
Let’s separate fiction from fact
Our true essence is living light
Feel ye not yet, bliss beats...
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Categories:
joy, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Thought of the dayIf we be still, joy will arise,
then with nothing there to apprise,
distanced from thoughts of loss or gain,
we dance carefree in the bliss rain,
moment by moment in stillness,
marking the path to soul’s wellness....
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Categories:
joy, silence, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Benign bliss burnWithin form, soma nectar drips
and our attention firmly grips,
which delights in bliss magnetism,
humming within mind-body prism,
so enraptured thus, we remain,
in heightened joy, soul free from stain,
for with wayward ego asleep,
in the vast void, we choose...
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Categories:
joy, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Stop thought ego begotHow may we stop movement of thought,
borne of deep desires our heart brought?
Desires diminish zest of soul,
that here and now feels not quite whole.
Let us then examine the cause,
to put our restlessness on pause,
for which...
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Categories:
silence, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Zen modeWe judge no one simply because
there’s no one here and hence no cause,
to assign an ethic value,
on shifting hues as they renew,
save when fellow souls are caused harm,
whereupon with love we disarm,
ignorance in those who...
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Categories:
judgement, love, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Thought of the daywe’re born free but now mind is strained
love and light, not in heart ingrained
deluded, we blame fickle fate
but opt not to be pure and chaste
it is a jinx we need to break
if we truly choose...
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Categories:
introspection,
Form: Lay
Zen modescripts ego weaves, here manifest
in trance taken to be a test
and so it is but heart’s the cause
which our soul gently puts on pause
whereupon we dwell in pure bliss
delight of Divine Mother’s kiss...
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Categories:
heart, spiritual,
Form: Lay
Vibrant emptinessif there be in us no matter
to fuel fires of idle chatter
leaving fears behind, tranquil mind
melds with the heart, loving and kind
entwined then with the universe
hums a joyous, melodious verse...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Lay
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Definition | What is Lay in Poetry?