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Away but at homeThe tribulations of being close
On a journey, away from home
But where is home?
Is it a place?
Or is it a state of being?
A mindset within ones soul
A feeling of comfort and rest
Home is where we build...
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Categories:
philosophy, beautiful, deep, home, introspection,
Form: Free verse
DelusionAffirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion - Jim Rohn
Without meaning, your mind may portray delusion,
so some search for answers to end this illusion.
Is it that simple to cleanse a life from confusion?
When...
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Categories:
analogy, philosophy, truth,
Form: Sestina
OvertonesLife has no end goal
Savor the moment you're here
Or think not exist....
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Categories:
character, feelings, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
The Demon at the DoorThere is a demon at your heart’s door,
He’s been around since days of yore.
His goal is to become your kin,
And corrupt your life from within.
He is a liar and a thief,
Don’t let him in, he’ll...
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Categories:
corruption, evil, philosophy, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Sound Bites: May 10, 2024If true
that old age
is but a bad habit …
what can youth become
_____
Divorcing passion
from intellect
Two orphans
created
Homeless together
— inside of one soul
_____
If you want
to be free
First
be a prisoner
A captive
of prescience
An inmate
— of self
-------
Contradiction …
a privilege...
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Categories:
freedom, perspective, philosophy, youth,
Form: Free verse
Delphic"The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic Shine to me."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Greek Poet
Who is always there, through the good times and bad?
Who welcomes me when I'm happy, when I'm sad?
It's mother...
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Categories:
art, nature, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
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:
philosophy, 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:
philosophy, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
Beneath Turquoised,Peaceful,Waters
I was sinking and searching for humanity’s peace.
Hoping to find silence from worldly, negative speech!
To let the cool, kimd, aqueous, blue waves,
Remind mankind to please, oh,please,behave.
The minuscule , sparkling wondrous fish eyes
Studied me with awed...
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Categories:
philosophy, fantasy, hope, how i
Form: Rhyme
When Silence SpeaksThe leader, philosophical and wise,
Ends his speech after a long silent pause,
His true followers with half open eyes
Responding with admiring oohs and aahs.
Turn up the mic on the silence to hear
A leader's lust for worship...
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Categories:
perspective, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
Eternity In A TelescopeWe're all searching for eternity —
To, in holy book or telescope, someday see
A version of everlasting me
Hanging in the heavens of some infinity.
That we can with, in spite of, or through
A hand of god, philosophy,...
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Categories:
philosophy, deep, hope, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Jeopardy SuitIf there was a suit
A suit of sensors
Aware of your actions
Following your mind, your movements
A jeopardy suit
That killed you with a lethal injection
When an imaginary galleon hit you with cannon fire
Or you clipped a stealth...
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Categories:
death, philosophy, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
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 the hereafter. This is...
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Categories:
future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse
Skin Colorman skin unmatter
diamond unaffected
by its put in box
Inspired by Demetrios Trifiatis....
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Categories:
anti bullying, philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Senryu
All That Rises Must FallHer spring returns to me, in death,
I shed a tear, alone,
for the weeping blossoms,
in the knowledge a moon will rise again,
before the rhythm of her breath,
turns out to be my own.
...
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Categories:
philosophy, creation, death, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Philosophy Poems
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