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Ananda: a colgyrnach
The question that I have is this: If ignorance is such great bliss, then why are we sad, dwelling on the bad in a mad state of pissed? It seems to me we are confusing bliss with something we are … Continue reading
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Tagged bliss, clogyrnach, confusion, daily poems, ignorance, Irish verse forms, poetic forms
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Self-Damnation: a casbairdne
With words, my sentence fulfill: the weak willed soul seeks to fail, its too frail form doomed to fall before bringing home the grail. Too true; the trials and tests that beset the searcher last past the point where the … Continue reading
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Tagged casbairdne, daily poems, damnation, failure, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, self-loathing
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Advice for the Road: an ae freislighe
The path that we’re traveling has today only begun. So don’t start unraveling, don’t think the whole race is run. To enjoy the adventure, we’ll take time with what we see, cast away old indentures and seek past what seems … Continue reading
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Tagged ae freislighe, daily poems, destinations, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, roads, travel
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