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Tag Archives: perceptions
What’s My Name?
What’s my name? You may have seen it in the papers Saw the lines ’round my face and you read about my latest capers What’s my name? It’s on everybody’s lips Who’s hip, who’s tripped, who’s slipped, who’s got a … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged expectations, identity, illusions, mass media, perceptions, success
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Dirty Water
When I try to convince someone that my way is better than theirs, I don’t stand there and tell them their glass is dirty, and as a result they’re drinking dirty water. I just stand quietly, drinking my clear water … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged belief, division, equality, examples, Malcolm X, perceptions, persuation
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Sanity
Sanity is a funny thing. It often seems that the more you emphasize your own sanity, rely upon it as a sure thing, compare yours to others, the more likely it is that you are in fact not sane. On … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged coersion, communication, exclusion, insanity, madness, perceptions, religion, sanity
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Box Haiku
Inside the small box that is our experience there is nothing new: the folded edges let in small amounts of light to read old news by. But the lid is loose — a gentle push opens it; look, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged adventure, connection, enlightenment, haiku, ignorance, Japanese verse forms, limitations, perceptions
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A Line Has Two Sides
We sit & stare across the line, we stare & sit across the line Our words drawn as sacred weapons, our symbols drawn as ancient hexes, Ever at the ready should the need For our defense or quick attack arise. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged boundaries, division, illusions, partisanship, perceptions, separation
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Beyond the Boundary
Of all the little things that seem to matter, and petty squabbles that divide our time in episodes of silence between chatter and spaces marking off what’s left behind, the biggest part of what remains unspoken is that which each … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, boundaries, daily poems, division, enlightenment, perceptions, sonnet
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This is the Way
This is the way the world is: Drunk, strung out on the euphoric smack Of its own illusions of history Sucking down the bitter pills Like tapioca pearls stuck in the bottom of bubble tea Strained through flavored watered-down sugar … Continue reading
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Tagged control, daily poems, illusions, perceptions, power, reality, the world
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