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Big Fish
What makes up a community, if not those common threads that make us not such strangers and more interested, instead, in how the other sees the world, what makes a good friend tick. To share the things that shape your … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged achievement, communication, community, friendship, relativity, trust, wholeness
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Pagan Comm(unity)?
About two years ago, I participated in a discussion group that included a number of relatively famous pagan “elders”. There was some scuffle regarding some relatively unsavory behavior on the part of one of the members, a leader of a … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged community, discord, elders, ignorance, illusions, paganism, unity
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Redefining My Peer Group
When you think about it, what does a jury of one’s peers really mean? Legally, I suppose it means that because all individuals are theoretically equal under the law, one’s peers in a litigious sense means other equally theoretical equals. … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged belonging, community, definitions, friends, friendship, peers
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Peace in Action?
On one of the communities I manage, someone made a comment that it seems like all the peace-oriented communities are pretty comatose — not a lot of posting activity. This made me wonder about peace-makers, in general. To me, a … Continue reading
A Sangha of Two
The things that you love are a part of me, each butterfly that brings a laughing smile; Our community grows large because we share every moment and each traveled mile. I can touch you here and now, feel your lips … Continue reading
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Tagged community, companionship, contentment, daily poems, love, sonnet, Starlight Dances
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May the Teacher’s Role Be Lessoning
A recent discussion in a friend’s journal made me think of a poem I wrote a few years back in response to a thread on a pagan discussion board related to “why doesn’t someone teach me NOW what I want … Continue reading