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The Great Unknown
It’s not so much the great unknown that gives me pause and food for thought. The universe may hide itself as it sees fit, and choose to show what tiny bits my mind can grasp according to some private plan. … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, hypocrisy, knowledge, mystery, unknown
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A Different Kind of Shore
When one looks out past the breaking waves at ocean’s end those across the sea seem much less remote connected by this expanse of constant movement. Away from the sea In a great endless valley, peering at the edge of … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, knowledge, mystery, oceans, parables, shorelines, the unknown, travel
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Our Children’s Lives: a villanelle
Adventure here finds peril where great mystery still thrives; it won’t respond to reason or attempts to understand the me-o-centric universe that is our children’s lives. A place where having grown ourselves, we’ve proved we can survive, although what proof … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, childhood, mystery, parenting, poetic forms, villanelle
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