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If Seeking: rionnard tri-nard

Posted on May 3, 2017 by John

If you would seek wisdom, the walls of your prison must be made a prism. To purify vision, let light begin creeping like mice, softly sneaking, almost still half sleeping – if wisdom you’re seeking. 03 MAY 2017 Share This:

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Abandon This Garbage: alcaics

Posted on August 11, 2006 by John

Oh wisdom seeking mendicant travelers, your baggage and burdens are troubling handicaps; they will not help you on your journey. Abandon this garbage by the roadside. If you would find some unforeseen adventure, let drop your jaded world-weary illusions; you … Continue reading →

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Take heart, ye wayworn pilgrims

Posted on May 10, 2005 by John

Take heart, ye wayworn pilgrims on the road to finding out, who’ve braved the elements of fear, delusion, pride and doubt, and found on your long journey not a sole epiphany except that destinations often are illusory. Take heart, ye … Continue reading →

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The Seeker’s Lament

Posted on January 27, 2005 by John

For forty years I’ve sought some kind of truth and come up empty-handed, more or less. What dreams I held like treasures in my youth have lost their gleam; my hands, their tenderness. The journey has not gone as I … Continue reading →

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Untitled poem

Posted on September 12, 2003 by John

It’s so hard to focus on the subtleties of life Often times the fountain pen is like a carving knife On clandestine maneuvers in the dark soul of the night Without anesthesia or a sense of wrong and right Once … Continue reading →

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