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These Three Things: triad
On these three things the world depends: life purpose, effort and one’s friends. The first provides velocity: forward motion, destiny. The second supplements one’s sails when wind and tide desist or fail. The third reminds us to respect those in … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, effort, friendship, Irish verse forms, life, poetic forms, purpose, triad
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Let’s Toast: stave
It makes no sense to soldier on; the dusk looks so much like the dawn that even should the sun eclipse there is no cause to do backflips or celebrate the coming day. But come, let’s toast life, anyway! Each … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, alcoholism, death, illusion, life, poetic forms, positivity, purpose, stave
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Wake Early: rhopalic verse
Wake early, quietly, deliberate; look closely, carefully, attentively. Pay greater attention, specifically, to whispers: lingering, ephemeral. 26 APR 2017 Share This:
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Tagged #BookofForms, awakening, morning, poetic forms, purpose, rhopalic verse
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Bargain debasement
Always thought that I would be important to humanity; save the world and all that kind of stuff. And if the end came, when it did, I’d be right in the middle of it Talking loud and acting kinda tough. … Continue reading
What good is art
What good is art if it does not instruct, or for our “better angels” cast new wings beyond utilitarian design, reminding us that beauty without form is doomed, under the sheer weight of itself to force its rigid framing to … Continue reading
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Tagged appearances, art, culture, education, purpose, religion, spirituality, substance
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Between Something Worth Saying and a Voice to Say It With
One of the biggest personal challenges I face as a poet is striking a balance between form and function, or between pose and purpose. What I mean by this is that as an artist progresses in their technical ability, in … Continue reading
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Tagged destinations, education, intentions, poetry, purpose, responsibility, teaching, writing
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The Starting Point
Like all Capricorns, I suppose, I am continually attempting to fashion some kind of theory of the universe. In conjunction with that astrological impetus, my real world experience in information systems technical support insists that this theory include a practical … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, living, paganism, personal history, philosophy, purpose, spirituality
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