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Show me GodBeginning with body-mind we ensoul,
our heart tells us our true form’s love and light
and so do ancient scriptures we extol,
but what is the path that bestows clear sight?
Concepts serve no purpose, so we must see
directly...
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Categories:
god, spiritual, truth,
Form: Sonnet
Love Is Not Always Love, Part II...In fact, these truths are nothing new,
the Jews and the Christians knew well
that love disordered is nothing
more than an expressway to Hell.
That evil will misuse your live,
something that was made to be great,
and with it...
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Categories:
truth, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
Love Is Not Always Love, Part II hear folks say it, “Love is love,”
a mantra they like to repeat,
it’s said with such vapid sureness
you’d think it was bleatings of sheep.
But if you stop to think of it,
turn the thought over in...
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Categories:
truth, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
INCARNATE
Categories:
truth, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Acrostic
Of East Asian Call Centers
There’s something to be said
for the local practitioner
Whose phone is not answered
by an East Asian call center
It’s nice knowing...
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Categories:
truth, business, giggle, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
The PassengerBorn in December on a cold winter’s day
I was baptised a Christian without any say
My life given direction before I could walk
A school then chosen before I could talk
I went through communion and was soon...
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Categories:
truth, dark, depression, farewell, growing
Form: Rhyme
imitating lifemuch of what's behind
lies buried within the mind
revised or maligned
boiling down this life
using memory as knife
won't halt inner strife
trying to avoid
staring straight into the void
ego was destroyed
filling empty lines
outside truth's murky confines
too soon undermines
join the...
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Categories:
truth, allegory, change, imagery, life,
Form: Haiku
Prayers Of RighteousPrayers of righteous
Whether spoken or not
What the Lord hear first....
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Categories:
gospel, perspective, prayer, truth,
Form: Haiku
Thought of the dayattached to form that’s doomed to die
with each breath soul lets out a sigh
till the day we choose to be still
then oh hermit, we wingless fly...
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Categories:
spiritual, truth,
Form: Rubaiyat
In Stride5/6/24
I got to grind
All the time
In order to rise
As it coincides and goes with time
An ode that's signed
With an open mind
Looking at it from both sides
Otherwise
I'll just nosedive
If I fuss and whine
When there's...
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Categories:
truth, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
WHAT IF LOVE WAS A BOOKTitle if love was a person
What If love was a person
would it change the position and shape of the heart
Maybe then,
it would beat for one person and sing the
Same song some which beauty dances ??...
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Categories:
truth,
Form: Free verse
Far And NearArm’s length
from logic
Arm’s length
from structure
Arm’s length
from physics
Arm’s length
from math
Arm’s length
from psychology
Arm’s length
from biology
Arm’s length
from heredity
Arm’s length
from creed
Armored
with feeling
Armored
with prescience
Armored
with insight
Armored
with light
Armored
with vision
Armored
with sentience
Armored
with gratitude
Armored
— with love
(West Campus: May, 2024)
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Categories:
truth,
Form: Free verse
Deeper RootsYou can burn a book
but not its truth
Flames no match
for time’s reproof
Planted deep
below the lime
Its seeds will flower
— where light to shine
(West Campus: May 6, 2024)
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Categories:
books, light, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Building A HouseBuilding a house:
Base, floor, wall, roof, lawn and fence
Is building oneself....
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Categories:
analogy, character, perspective, truth,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
engagement, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Truth Poems
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