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Thoughts on the Power of Authority
Today, an online friend sent me the following message, I assume intended to inspire: “THE POWER OF AUTHORITY: When we speak, we must speak with authority; when we walk, we must walk with authority; when we showcase our talents, we … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, change, leadership, power, problem-solving, respect
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By Faith Alone
Religion is not the enemy; it is just a tool employed by those who would control and those who seek to rule by any means to make it seem as if this world is just a dream. It’s not great … Continue reading
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Tagged coersion, ecumenics, evil, faith, power, religion, subjugation, tolerance
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Hallows 2005
Tonight the veil between the worlds wears thin and feels as sheer as gossamer. To touch its fabric is to let the shadows in, to find one’s means of light only a crutch that guides us, just a mere footstep … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Halloween, illusions, intentions, paganism, power, ritual, Samhain
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For Bukowski
Believe it … poetry can heal wounds; of course, an awkward, ill-set bone will sometimes need to be re-cracked, and soft illusions that so gently cradle us to bind the flesh beneath, must go. And often, language is so poor … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Bukowski, exhuberance, living, poetry, power, sacrifice, words, writing
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What price a pawn
What price paid by a pawn who makes, if merely by sheer luck or chance, its way through fields strewn by mistakes in focused, single step advance to the far end of what it knows, where all the trappings of … Continue reading
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Tagged coersion, control, daily poems, games, hierarchies, leadership, power, sacrifice
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Death of a Circus Lion
His speech was almost poetry; I say almost, because to claim such subtle acts of sophistry as conscious art is to enflame the ire of critics, who exist with their sole purpose to decry encroachment on their world as lies, … Continue reading
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Tagged circuses, coersion, control, daily poems, exploitation, genius, irreverence, language, power
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