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The Secret Undertown Ministry
Once upon a time, although since as a dimension, time is a relatively unstable paradigm and cannot often be trusted to remain in the tense that one would expect, in a land far, far away [and distance too would seem … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged allegory, excerpts, novels, parables, science fiction
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Question Posted to the Ishmael Community
Posted this evening to the Ishmael Community, a web community devoted to the principles set forth by Daniel Quinn in his books Ishmael, The Story of B, and Beyond Civilization, among others: My question is the result of a conversation … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged Abel, Beyond Civilization, Cain, Daniel Quinn, history, Ishmael, justification, parables, spirituality
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God is a Lonely Whore
I am so in love although I have never seen; my eyes are full of things my heart denies me: colored visions wrought in the language of amour, the word made flesh in the weak metaphor of wretched, babbling men … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged abandonment, commitment, cruelty, desolation, God, love, Lucifer, memory, parables
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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
Posted in Poems
Tagged fear, knowledge, mystery, oceans, parables, shorelines, the unknown, travel
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
PONTIUS: “Against you, I have great legions arrayed. Your brothers even call out for your death; yet you smile and do not waste your breath with pleading, or seem in the least dismayed. I hold the power to end your … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, infinity, Jesus, parables, Pontius Pilate, power, significance, sonnet
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The Parable of the Sower
Sometimes, I think that I have borne a lot of resentment, and fought against the world believing to lead with your fist uncurled meant weakness, and what you deserved, you got. I lived as if my troubles were the most … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged adulthood, childhood, daily poems, learning, maturity, parables, paradox
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Speaking in Parables
Sometimes it seems that words are so inadequate to describe the true nature of things. As a poet, I find that lack of expressive ability most trying – particularly when what is being described is seen, but not so much … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged communication, creativity, parables, Thomas More, words
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