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Tag Archives: deities
Deity and Single Parenting
Well, it started as a discussion about that certain part of the male hierarchy (and no, it wasn’t a discussion about Viagra). And though it started with that certain reference in mind, the thought was expanded somewhat in the retelling: … Continue reading
Who cries for the gods?
Who cries for the gods, who watch as their intelligent design is torn and sundered into pieces, reviled and maligned? Who cries for the gods, who listen to the clamour of our voices, each using free will as excuse for … Continue reading
Speaking in Tongues
Speak to me in ancient tongues as if in my subconscious mind the threads of some genetic past can be rewound around a lingo neither you nor I now know; or better yet, just make it up as you go … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, deities, glossolalia, gospels, hypocrisy, inspiration, nonsense
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Petitioning: an ae freilighe
The gods may grant petitions to endless years of prayer; not lay too strict conditions; in that granting, be fair; but it is not sedition to think them often cruel, seeing naught but perdition in their lessons and schools. Think … Continue reading
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Tagged ae freislighe, daily poems, deities, fate, illusions, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, prayer
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Human Nature
Why must “human nature” be considered some mad blasphemy, an otherwise repulsive state save for its chance to teach us fate and providence are not without a sense of humor, lest we doubt; and if not heresy gone wild, the … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, daily poems, deities, happiness, humanity, nature, spirituality
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Instrument of God
You call yourself an instrument of God, selected to seek vengeance for some wrong; I wonder, do you ever think it odd that retribution should be your sole song, that God, who has a symphony of life to call upon … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, deities, hatred, hypocrisy, ignorance, jihad, religion, terrorism
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Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
The true ascetic does not ask for things to compensate them for some perceived lack; and yet, each vow of abstinence weaves strings of favors that they fancy will attract the warm benevolence of unseen might, a glance from some … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, daily poems, deities, hope, pointlessness, prayer, ritual
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