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Carlo C Gomez Apr 2021
Starting from the Euphrates
wayfinding a trail toward Babylonia
to divert her waters

mapping her ancient towers
her eyes
her desires
her pudendum

egressing out of the bitter river
surrounding her temple

until enlightenment
glisters betwixt the frangible pages of her
Dialogue of Pessimism:
~
"Who is so tall as to ascend to heaven?
Who is so broad as to encompass the entire world?"

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Inspired by Jamadhi Verse's poem 'Minor Melancholy' and the music she provided a link to:

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4289300/minor-melancholy/
Above all
I thank the stars
For the gift of wayfinding.

Above it all
I gaze higher still
Or to the sunlit valleys below
To find my way.

The gift of terrifying awe as Orion's belt peers through the trees, bringing South.
The gift of sure confidence as I point the Dippers out to others, bringing North.
The gift of guesswork as we discover behind which peak the sun will rise, bringing East.
The gift of inevitable hush that descends along with her, bringing West.

The gift of heavy elements
Composing all
And my body
And these eyes
That were also made for
Reading maps,
Reading signs,
Reading animal sigils.

Above all
I thank the stars
For teaching me
To be less blind
And to find My Self
In the world.
10/24 Inktober prompt: Blind
Chris Saitta Jan 2020
The mouth is the small compass of the soul,
Without dials, true north, or magnetic force,
The ungaugeable instrument of the voice,
In directionless modulations of undertow,
To circumnavigate under cartographer’s pole
Stars guide our wayfinding-heirlooms of words.
amrutha Nov 2024
signal lost
static
let's send out
cyclone alerts
the light house says
I must go home
back to
seabed
no more duty
for me

now we're all ocean
no sailors
no wayfinding
no compasses
all ocean
Ryan Dement Jul 2020
it's been so long
i know the way now,
folded pavement
seamless merging.
hopeful headlights
piercing windows,
i cross the border
cannonballing.

then one wrong left,
and hell again.
MissNeona Jun 2024
Some new names?
Vic Tully... I just like being the Victor
Jackie Chun-Lee
Or Willie Full Nelson
Found out being an Einstein might just mean you steal credit from a wife like some Cabbage Patch Lovelaced Engine with Mephisteles fakin as a Marge.


RAFAHELLO SANRIO post transfiguration is all into petting the kitty la forniara style after many madonna obsessions

Might be more like Hugh LeoNardoh's da Veni Vici

Bounce back, going in on Sanity
Hanzi off, pinyin ate it, bopomofos
Keep Your Hamsa To Yourself
With the eyes; to seer
Gamer recognizes gamer
How 2 Score?
Dutch/indo tas=bag
Mr's noodle aint so Indo Mie
Wat is pp?
Existence gives you lemons...
Seren, the tea of calm starry skies
Sage, to offer clary tea
Humina vibechecks
No such thing as a diss track, ted
Practice makes progress,
Lesson the Learning
Super vision... more perspective
Core-act de-cyphering of "suffering"
Arch of Median Bell's Curve
Hel's Belle of Flora & Fauna
Midwinter nyt-mare dark horse
El Dorado Sendero del Cangrejo
Fuzzy logic companion anima
Just winging it; affectionately
Aves non Mari, ah!
SP Airs Rose/ SpArrows /Special ErRoRs
Naturally wild things: them beebeez
Aranha, spin, orumcheck for spiders
“axiluh” is the ancient Aztec word for “the lizard.”
zilla jira shera gojirah
Animalistically, it tracks
Making marks and beautiful impressions
Planting a Seedbead
Storyweaving directive?
New Branches of growth on the old Holle wood tree
Drawing a glow~☆
Fun gais chase lightning
Thundering mind for serenity
Cliques, thought bubbles & echolocation
Awareness, Alignment & Action
Cyclebreakers/ Conscious Cyclical Cultivation
Omnidirectional: Wound Up 4 Scrub Down
The weirding wayfinding
Sheer force of will; power
The Gift: Wrappings of Presence
Copacetic accompanyment
Finding the 'fit~
Know thyself, know thy enemy
Mount of Know thy Self-Mastery
Luch a dor / doormouse muscles / mouse
Son = er zi sun = earth
Sol-pathing, sparkily, shiny things
Sweet child of the golden sun horse
Full in-visible spectrum
The intercellular space race
Variable Universal Expansion Rate
Cosmology 4 Nube: Big Ring & Giant Story Arch
Dark Star Emergence
Matrix mothership '4ma
Ultrasonic wavecore/kincore
Every body is tiny baby men
Baby's First Betrayal
Sugar Plumb Fairy Tales
Irish cheist question
Kaikki Kysymys (time in the city)
Problem-addict to re:solution
Merdacotta
prior eye tease
The Joy Ploy
Super Finishing Move
Wholely en-Raptured
Farraday cage match
Fight? Oh, re:mediation
Unplugged but connected
Experimental Data Sets Intention
The Power (of) Play
A wise guise, eh? Yuk yuks
hai huoc humourous
Ode to the Psychopomp
Nuts roasting on a perscribed fire
The Advent of the Calendar System
After Midnight X-Mass Gonna Give it to ya
Ex Marks a Spot
Treasure Eyes Land
Silent Knight, Wholey Nyt
Myst-I-Call Magic
The Greench(akra) of Kalimakka
The Sanatan Clause
Stock? Hnng~ stuff'er!
Copy cat burglar of grand rising larsony
Haddaway to learn what is kin
Going Dutch 4 kin... who's they?
WE kami, we are, us~☆

Stank ***** III: Toot Fast, Toot Furious

WILDCARDS
Animalistic, Familiar
Her ball, cure~
Early Spring Cleaning
Deepthought
Skyla GM Aug 13
Over and under
I bob through waves,
praying for still waters.

The rot in my bones
hasn’t sunk me yet—
yet I’m wayfinding,
losing sight
and finding it again.

Catching the silver of the sea
in sunlight’s reflection,
I feel the breath of whales
as they breach
and exhale.

I drift among cephalopods,
and in between the spines of sea urchins—
each one urging me
so swiftly
back ashore.

And I wonder
if we,
humans,
are a tragic
flaw in nature.
MissNeona Jul 8
600
make your BEDMAS (order of operations)
progress comes with the doings
with care and consistency
to bend and stretch
catch, chuckle and continue
workin with what is there
copacetic with own humanity
respond, respect, reflect, rest, recalibrate
adopting virtues from natural cues
recognizing and honouring momentary opportunity
modify form to maintain or improve function
to find & stay true to form
the practice before the preaching
the sense to stay steady & strong

in the name of...
mums the word

tryna exist in superposition
may be miracles amidst the mist
the hierarchy of needs
just want to swing some hangouts
get a grip on it... or make one
the uber-micro-macrame

slow, natural growth is bootyful
back data assets up at re:*****
and all that jass
self rearview is easier with evidence
Do the gitch fit? Swag.
an unorthodox wholly mass

learning to translate the mess with age
****-handling methodology
...until morale improves
need some ballroom: to dance and sing
shimmy down for the shake up

like a strange numbers game
50% champignon of the field!
hundo pea sugar daddy!
bes yuz seksen dort

reasonably emote on that ****
In tune with your intuition
power of pronoia and placebo
making sense out of the shadows
rainbows through windows
emotional support sobaka

Daily efforts appreciated
cycle-logical improvements
the sign of a steady advance
another day and some more trottrots
stay on the ball and roll with it
now is always the perfect time
what we repeatedly do

doubling down on useful wayfinding
Pick a side-quest with your pomodoro
is that more "loyal opposition"?
did the heibai 69 make the greys?
HIGHBROW vs lowbrow ****

the luck of the i wish/careful what ye be wishing for
not my first rodeo / back on my bull double feat
ilio & lio paradox show / double feature show ponii

do onto others as you'd want done onto you next
in-sight and in-tell are in-side jobs
who are you accountable to?
Just doin' your personal best
it's just a body of work
intense brainstorming sessions
still an achievement if no man sees it
takin' my time with it
grindin' through the mystery business
nostalgia as a check-point
mending with connective solutions

In commune de cat, oh.
the cat's song is a mew's sing
seasonal skin shedding

bolstered to grow up amazingly
Maybe the roots go deeper than expected
giving mushroom to find the morel of hisstory
put peas on erf while handlin' the beets down
the magic beans talk & bee's knees
there is a trellis in the hedge, now
as fresh as I can get
encouraging of a sage perspective
rosetau far eye reggae-later

earning the stars and stripes
bootids, scootin' and a bogey
we like tha moon (coz it is close to us)
interstellar adventurer: 2supernova&survive
its ostarmonath awaiting in the skies
the ressurection of sol, brother
if aethera is to a terra like soil is to sol
soul are constantly

When things get loud
on high alerts for quick-in'd tell and excited awareness
the trouble with tribos is when it goes TENG
psyop multi-point conversion for bonus
One man's junk DNA is anothers inherited treasure trove of traits

is cailin me bean fear

yo, **, continue? skkrtskkrt

just got one thing to say *raspberries

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