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Seeking Christmas
It isn’t with the Christmas tree Or presents wrapped for all to see St.Nick, he didn’t bring it here Nor Frosty of the Grinch I fear It isn’t in the shopping mall Nor songs that sing our ‘Deck the … Continue reading
Flood
Heavens wail and cry Floods consume the land and life Earth drinks in the tears Trying the #introtopoetry to reprompt the poetic imagination, today’s challenge was to use water as the inspiration and to write a haiku
Post-Human Evolutions 3:The Gladiators
The Sons of Mars: The Gladiators They enter the new coliseums to the thunderous applause of their devotees These modern day gladiators lifted up as the heroes of the age The champions among us, some mingling of humanity … Continue reading
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Tagged Gladiator, Posthuman, Posthuman Evolutions, Sports, Warrior
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A Major Completion and A Transition
So I finally completed working through the book of Jeremiah. That was a lot of work and it took me a little longer than I anticipated. I am proud to have made it through and I learned a lot in … Continue reading
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Waiting Rooms-A Poem
Sitting alone in the waiting room Waiting to hear good news from the surgeon That the loved one I committed to their care Is waiting in recovery for me to come and join them In that place where the waiting … Continue reading
At the Birth of the Day- A Poem
In the midst of the unmoving darkness with its bone chilling cold Emerges the beginning of a new day As the approaching sun paints the sky with its pallet of light As the skies cry out in the labor pains … Continue reading
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Re-enchantment-A Poem
The demons and angels and magical forces that reigned in the world no longer hold sway In a world of people governed by rules and laws and discipline, order and civility In the grave seriousness of the moment where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffered Reality, Disenchantment, Hope, Imagination
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