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Tag Archives: Purpose
THOSE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO
Stare them in the face. . . all those little things you find yourself too often doing, that don’t help get you where you wish so bad to be , but which take you to some other, lesser, crummy or … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry
Tagged Accomplishment, Breath, Distraction, Feelings, Habit, Heart, Purpose
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THE SPACE THE UNIVERSE HAS SHAPED FOR YOU
Your task is to fill up the space the universe has shaped for you. Yes, there is that solid place twixt flesh and blood and bones and skin that delineates a thing that everyone agrees is you. But that’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry
Tagged Attempts, Body, Celebration, Heart, Identity, Life, Mind, Mind's Eye, Path, Purpose, Seeing, Spirit, Vision, Wonder
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A SWEET VALENTINE FROM THE PAST
Give yourself a little gift of thoughtful, loving service. . . after your need, or else, some thing that somehow simply makes you pleased. . . And it may befall that you forget, and later rediscover it, which multiplies your … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Quick reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Forgetting, Love, Need, Pleasure, Purpose, Rediscovery, Self-love, Service, Valentine
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BLOW TO MAKE A SOUND
Blow to make a sound. Cover the holes to make it smooth and sweet and round. Tap foot, keep time, hold heart and mind more deep than worded reason or its clever rhyme. Without wry shapes of face or mouth, … Continue reading
Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry
Tagged Bells, Breath, Clarity, Fingers, Keeping time, Music, Purpose, Union, Universe
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WHAT YOU’RE CUT OUT FOR
You have been cut. Yup. You feel as though you’ve had enough. No shred of oomph to think of triumph and go on, like one of scruff, to do the things you know could make it better. . . So … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Better, Conflict, Cooperation, Cut, Healing, Help, Identity, Loss, Peace, Purpose, The Unknown, World
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IF YOU WANT TO KEEP LIFE UP
It may get boring or get tough, but if you want to keep life up, resist the urge to merge with sleep, whether hot, disturbed or deep, at peace or snoring. Draw from, give back to life’s great font, though … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Boldness, Boredom, Challenge, Continue, Determination, Difficulty, Life, Love, Perseverance, Purpose, Strength
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LIFE NOT PENDING
One special thing to know of life– it’s really never pending– beats of the heart, breath after breath, or even if these for a short while should chance to stop, while we yet on this Earth still walk, to the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Gifts, Life, Mending, Mind, Offer, On hold, Pending, Pettiness, Present, Purpose, Thought
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HOWLING BETWEEN THE MOONS
Howling between the moons. A new phase soon I know is coming. . . And, by then, I hope my body will be humming and nowhere will I see those crows who search park trash cans with their nose to … Continue reading
Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Crows, Future, Hope, Howling, Identity, Moons, Phase, Purpose, Scavenging, SInging
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ONE, TWO, THREE– SEND A POEM DOWN TO ME
One, two, three– send a poem down to me. . . Four, five, six– blow a candle, make a wish. . . Seven, eight, nine— send me breath along with rhyme. . . Finish off with count of ten, and … Continue reading
THE LIKES OF YOU
The likes of you. . . You’re way out there– there’s no excuse. . . You’re way too weird, you try to change– but as you feared, it’s just no use. . . Or so you say. But that’s because … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Awareness, Desing, Freedom, Identity, Life, Making a mark, Path, Posterity, Progress, Purpose, Seeing, Shift, Slips, Strength, Uniqueness
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The Danforth Anchor 