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Tag Archives: wholeness
Greater than the whole
They’re not so often obvious, the most important things; in nuance lies the heart of life, the rhythm that persists despite the grandiose and wild that receive all the press. The understated subtlety remains the truest test. What difference does … Continue reading
Water seeks its own level
Water seeks its own level, on a quest to find the sea; The answers we seek taste of metal, our understanding like liquid drawn from a well that finds the hard edges of knowing, the galvanized pail holding the essence … Continue reading
This is the oyster
This is the oyster; why seek for the pearl? There’s no escape plan for leaving this world in my religion: no hereafter gold, no burning embers, no cold of Sheol. This is the medicine; why seek a pill to flee … Continue reading
Big Fish
What makes up a community, if not those common threads that make us not such strangers and more interested, instead, in how the other sees the world, what makes a good friend tick. To share the things that shape your … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, communication, community, friendship, relativity, trust, wholeness
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Allness of Everything: alcaics
In seeking out the allness of everything (a journey full of critical posturing that makes our baggage less intrusive) listening silently guides each footfall. Each minute’s chat, each garrulous dialogue, that nervous banter drowning the emptiness of what the world … Continue reading
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Tagged alcaics, daily poems, secrets, silence, undertones, wholeness
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If I Should Choose
If I should choose to force myself to write despite the lack of something new to say, would any notice much change in the way the words embrace as equals dark and light? And if compressed into some hackneyed form … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, daily poems, poetry, popularity, wholeness, writing
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Love is Enough
Back in December of 1991, Aaron Flinn and I were attending Berklee College of Music. We co-wrote this song as both a tribute to our main inspiration (the Beatles), and also to reflect our own vision of the world as … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged acceptance, belonging, love, tolerance, wholeness
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