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A sapphic stanza poem is a form of poetry, named after Sappho, spanning four lines, but there is more to a sapphic stanza. What is sapphic stanza in poetry (complete definition)?

The pathless path

Blissful presence, poised in peace, is as it is desire bereft and so no ripples arise in its aura, whereupon ego recedes … whence we see God’s light. The path known yet the map is...Read the rest...

Be to become

Unless grazed by blazing bliss, mind rules the heart Fickle thought forms vaporise, whence we are free There is nothing here within, save love and light All questions then cease Unshakable truths are those, untouched...Read the rest...

From darkness to light

Truth’s metaphor bemused and confused lost ones, trapped as yet in labours of thought forms conjured, thereby failing to cognise flickers in space … revealing God’s light. Breath by breath thus, feeling not God’s magnetism, living by...Read the rest...

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Why are we here

Minus mind and senses five, what then remains, save the life pulse singular, wherein dwelling in the void of no-thingness, eternal light … endlessly renews. Who we are is consciousness, drenched in bliss mists, bilocating endlessly that...Read the rest...

The secret

Presence balanced, skiing the bardo, dissolves flow of time, whence poised in peace, rapture rises, brought forth by bliss magnetism’s soundless thunder … centred everywhere....Read the rest...

The pathless path

Groping in the darkness of mind, our presence sinks in murky quicksands of desire, spawned by ego, finding no peace in inanities … deaf to soul’s whispers. Simply shifting from head to heart, we halt...Read the rest...

Do we qualify

Feeling from heart, thoughts rested, our awareness rejuvenates pulse of soul, ever present in the background, yet cognised in staid stillness … for those who listen. Cultivating gentleness, firm our focus, rapture rises, brought forth by...Read the rest...

Zen mode

Pristine presence, magnetised from head to toe, throbs with rapture mind cannot capture but we, having sifted vibrations, have so imbibed … love transcendental....Read the rest...

Zen mode

Merging, melding, boundaries blurring, presence celebrates touch divine so blissful, grazing upon holy ground within, each cell throbbing … transcending all isms. ...Read the rest...

Gifts of silence

What if silence too is a script we conjure, tapping into subconscious mind, befooling ourselves, as we sidestep the truth of what is … bemused by ego? Trapped in swamps of dark desires, bound by beliefs, how...Read the rest...

From darkness to light

First things first, we enter the void of vast space, deep within the cave of our heart to discern truth of our self, discarding crutch of belief … free from fear and doubt. Dropping mind, we...Read the rest...

From darkness to light

In as it so seemed to be, desires and fears had both somewhat ebbed away but this thought was but a concept conjured by wayward ego … which we thus renounce. For as long as we...Read the rest...

Footpath Sweeper

In rapid succession, I jab my push-broom Through footpath in which I walk life..."ch..ch..ch" Clearing debris, so when i'm barefoot, I don't... ...Read the rest...

Winter Scene

The chilled whisper of the freezing northern wind vibrates in air with ballerina snowflakes, attuned to rustle of inert frosted leaves… winter melody. The floating snow falls silent from the grey sky, icy calm descends in winter...Read the rest...

Breeze blows

The North wind blew, ominous, nights now longer, testing resolve, deepening dread, the fear of darkness stalking, time to distil impulses … lighting lamp of love. The East wind blew, promising warmth of sol’s touch, proximity...Read the rest...

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