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1. Don’t Worry About Death
I can honestly say that right now, I don’t worry all that much about dying. I don’t fear what is, or isn’t, to come. I thank my parents, and their introduction to their parents’ religion, but an otherwise free-thinking non-religious … Continue reading
I Wonder, St. Patrick
Oh Paddy, oh Paddy! Long have you and I held difference perspectives, not seen eye to eye, nor found much in common, through legend or faith, or some shared experience wrangling with wraiths. I wonder, St. Patrick; and wonder makes … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, daily poems, death, Druids, Ireland, perspective, St. Patrick
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Those Whom the Goddess Calls
Those whom the Goddess makes her own She occupies, both flesh and bone; and will remain, solid as stone, until She leaves to take them home. Those whom the Goddess picks remain only so long, until the pain of separation, … Continue reading
So Much To Do, So Little Time
“So much to do, so little time”, or so the saying goes; as we waste both the hours and doing, pacing to and fro. Refusing any call to act without sufficient thought, we fine-tune the social contract – every strophe, … Continue reading
Cycling: a lune
When you start things seem a lot easier than they are: you wake up each morning with a smile and positive attitude, a clear goal to accomplish on that day, with known outcomes. In the middle, things get a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, daily poems, death, evolution, life, lune, NaPoWriMo, poetic forms
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A flame in darkness
It does no good to mourn one candle when its flame goes out; nor to try to keep it lit when its wax melts away. It does no good to sit in darkness thinking of past light; nor to imagine … Continue reading
Let Loose Your Weapons: a dirge
Let loose your weapons, guns and swords! Forget your sovereign gods and lords! The old ways must be left behind for us to learn how to survive. Forget rigid philosophy that separates your me from thee, those ancient and quite … Continue reading
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Tagged death, dirge, evolution, futility, philosophy, poetic forms, sadness, senseless violence
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