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Ken Pepiton Jul 23
A bemusement used, a taken way...

Usually reality is realized
after all seemed
done, ready as we appear
in the bubble
of all that has ever been known, or told
in medium made
to hold collective gnosis,

recognosis' last realization
known as common sense
we, who read already know,

but so far never use altogether.

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See time, imagine seeing time,
prepare perception per
happening, per
turning, re
turning to go…

go on,
perform the day,
become the knower
asking for interpreting
translation retaining prettiness.

Can you, with your tools, presume
every reader ever sipping this piece
or part of the wholesome inspiration,
each reader already
wills the fist,
fingers wound, thumb bound
to knock
on the portal asking egress,
apparent,
from this far, retrogress,
inward vision,
to the core, here,
whither heart and lungs work
the works within us, pumps
for the fluids we intake,
and rework into blood
and phlegm, snot gobs and spittle,
to lubricate descent into churning acid,

that burns, dissolves, breaks down, food,
for thought used for reason, to answer
why, or how, when, where, who,
enough, for any character, I or
you, the other, there, seeing

time made from theory
of entheos enthusiasms thought
through though roughly, being as

distance traveled in experience, known

between us, emptyness, in truth,
nothing to see, no evident connection,
save the absolute reality these letters let

be, the meaning, the unspoken,
or, the finite bespoken spell,
ordering attention, pointed

precept perception, taken in,
via letters letting translators
make all who read be mankind,

wombed or un, we always insist,
persistence in life is what we live
to prove worth the wait, we run,

in the manner of machines, spring
driven, wound up to run down, sit
still
waiting for impetus to push us, ag
us into aggressive response, obeying
fusing forces restricting chemistry
laws of valence and ionic charge
informing recognizable
smell and taste, certain flavors used

to make one think, any thought thing,
reifiable, if one trys to think what if we

both sides
of these ephemeral lettings,

as one pulls, the other pushes, we run,
like a mechanical mind, winding next
around now, making ready, peeling away

the protective rind around the feeding
mind's first fruit from sleep and coffee,
catalysts few think of as tools, prepeeling,
pre
parings falling prophesy a letter Y, why
because, of course, you shall be loved.

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Let each stitch contribute,
leave each line remember next.

Each stitch taken to mend, saves…

Thread, twine, or more twists,
tieing strands set aside for good,
useful
lengths as linear tying tools holding

this or that, to other parts, already, in
the frame, weft strung taut, strummed,

harpish notes, each string tuned
to perfect tension,
within our loom's frame, adjusted
to the background noise,
participating notes unnoticed
in the finished goods sent to market.

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eh? Commercial quality, y'say?
it is naught, it is naught,
but the buyer lies.

By now, the asking price is paid.

What market, who buys my confusing redoing
weaving the wishes of me as a boy, into final form,

old man, looker into the abyss, and listening, humm

of life in the flesh,
in the reality you seem
to become future real in,
stepping away from the well trodden road to riches,

landing in one of those engineered ditches, sudden,
instant after falling, laughing, glad there was no rain,
since, were that superfluity
relief never forseen as
needful, even essential,
to prevent a total washout
of roads
from ever before
to ever after, where
when as ever truth does tell
it inevitably must rain too much.


------------------------- Epilog
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Let me taste your ware."
Says the pieman
to Simple Simon,

"Show me first your penny,"

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Indeed, I have not any."


Well, then eat a poem,
for truth once paid attention,
works like a penny, for simple men
wishing but something to chew.

Pi, and spinning and wishing all work
spells we wish we knew, roundly.
E to the nth degree evolves to rest

Entheos inspired, empathy aspiring…

letting be what must amused remain enthused.
Evident bemusement, in the space of time.
Thank you, first reader. Yet to be, you are the first to find lines lost in the flood of letters forming nothing until you happened to read them. True or false, if that were the question attempting its own answer.
Yashkrit Ray Jul 15
Explains anything
Heals all the wounds - poetry,
The life and the way
Poetry is where my heart truly lies.
Getting lost, and living solely for achievements, is no way to live.
What is next on the list of things to achieve?
Will it ever be enough?

-Rhia Clay
Piyush Mar 20
Rainy Day,  
Blurred Eyes,  
Lost My Way,  
Lost My Sight.  

Another Day,  
Another Try,  
Searching for a Path,  
Reaching for the Sky.  

Different Day,  
Different Time,  
No Place to Rest,  
Not a Dime.  

What to Say,  
What to Rhyme,  
Lost My Way,  
Lost My Time.
Mark Wanless Jan 25
a pinprick of light
shines through the galaxy of
dark it is the way
Todd Sommerville Dec 2024
I am a Star Voyager though,
 I've never left the ground.

 Traveling through the Milky Way
without making a sound.

There is music here in the desert sky,
 the cicadas drone,
accompanied by,
The coyotes singing in the wind.

As I travel from star to star,
with eyes full of wonder.

The gaseous clouds of Orion
faintly visible here in the deep dark desert night.

While the Pleiades
shine like diamonds,
against a backdrop of swirling black velvet. 

The collected warmth
of the desert floor warms my bones
as the wind whips and dances.

The desert is a wonderful place to be alone,
but a hard, hard place to call home.

Come morning,
I'll abandon my Desert respite,
and rejoin the world of men.

But even though I must go,
I know I shall return.

And become a Star Voyager once again.
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showyoulove Dec 2024
There is beauty that makes my heart ache
There is beauty in every breath I take
There is beauty every time I come awake
There is a beauty so profound that it can't be fake
There is a drop of grace in every little step
There is a bit of hope in every word I write
There is a little love in every child's eyes
There is a hint of heaven in the miracle of life
There is joy that defies all reason
There is peace that passes all understanding
There is hope that burns eternally
There is love that transcends even death
There is the truth deeper than this reality
There is the way which brings me to life
There is the life, and it is so beautiful
And oh, how I love, this Beautiful Living!
Inspired in part by a friend
Ariannah Nov 2024
The way you kiss
The way you smile
The way you make me feel alive
Along with what you made me do
Makes me enchanted to know you

You feel, you care, you understand
****, I love it when you hold my hand
You know, you see, you want
For me to hold your heart
In the palm of my hand
Protecting her from the bad

And I'll forever miss
Your hot, sweet kiss
Burning on my skin
Taking me to places I've never been
And I'll forever miss
The smile on your lips
Cause I can at least say
I'm grateful we turned out this way

With all the tears, with all the joy
With all the memories we'll never destroy
With my ups and my downs
With my head up in the clouds
I can finally say
That this is my only way
To love you.
Sora Sep 2024
And just like how
wisteria bloom and flourish
in the unbeknownst shadows of spring,
your once befooled heart
shall also find it's way.
Only if it was possible to be as beautiful as flowers.
Estelle Yna Sep 2024
I'm in the middle of the street, I stop.
I look around to find a clue tho I am lost..
They say to never lose your hope,
But everything I see is rain and dust
And looking at my reflection in a drop
I think..who's that, a ghost?

I let it out, a sigh, and glance above
Sad smile, dead eyes looking thereof
While falling down are drops of opal
They're dancing..what a spectacle
I'm witnessing a musical
And hoping for a miracle
Those mystic jewels, astral beauty
The sky is crying..or is it me?
Inspired by rain and deep feelings, thank u for reading;)
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