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Tag Archives: fate
Galileo
The stars are fixed; they do not move. Instead, what we call firmament is just a shifting lens that’s bent to suit the seasons. To approve or disapprove such things is vain and futile; our whole history, that we would … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, deities, destiny, fate, Galileo Galilei, relativity, sight, wholeness
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The Shallow Water
a poem in blank verse Again, the conversation turned to fate; and as the group was interested, to chance, the lines of battle drawn between the ones who thought the world predestined yet misshaped and those who found perfection or … Continue reading
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Tagged blank verse, conversations, daily poems, destiny, fate, foolishness, plans, poetic forms
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Plan B is the Reality of Plan A
Sometimes, I wonder if the choices made in the heat of the moment, out of my head, by comparison to some plan would have played out differently if I’d chosen that plan instead. While in some way that structure might … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, choices, daily poems, decisions, fate, planning, plans, regret
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Your Father’s Son
Most men come here broken, but you appear undefiled despite the years you must have spent out roaming in the wild; and when I asked you for your name, you offered up naught but a smile. No, you are not … Continue reading