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Only Dream: alcaics
I cannot seek for infinite solutions, spend endless hours harboring discussion, just lurking in some thoughtful quagmire, patiently awaiting final judgment. How vain to think such artifice delivers a useful purpose, meaningful salvation, the precious jewel for reason’s scepter dispensing … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, alcaics, answers, daily poems, futility, philosophy, poetic forms, truth
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Butterfly Wing: an alcaic
The smallest gesture multiplies instantly: a careless murmur, effortless whispering, with armor piercing force, it thunders; delicate palimpsests shudder, helpless. The silence of an infinite solitude, in just an instant, changes its character; and shouting, loses shape and substance, wallowing … Continue reading
Allness of Everything: alcaics
In seeking out the allness of everything (a journey full of critical posturing that makes our baggage less intrusive) listening silently guides each footfall. Each minute’s chat, each garrulous dialogue, that nervous banter drowning the emptiness of what the world … Continue reading
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Tagged alcaics, daily poems, secrets, silence, undertones, wholeness
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