Tag: Art
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Riffing On The Color Purple
This is more of a stream-of-consciousness endeavor, though I did edit it a bit upon completion. It’s from my time in a poetry group back in Ashland KY, some time in 2011 or ’12… Some of the references may elude those born at the end of the 20th century, into the present… Sorry ’bout that…; -)~…
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Her Scented Bed
From my first Haiku Collection – late 1990s Her Scented Bed In her scented bedPassion’s tides recede and rise —The fan moans softly –LE
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Moving Meditation
Moving MeditationFrom my first Haiku Collection – late 1990s Qigong keeps me wellenergy moves in circles —snake creeps down, cock stands –LE PS: Yes, this was inspired by my daily Taijiquan practice…
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Facade
Facade What shall I wear todayWhat face will I displayWhat body of toleranceOr frustration will exudeThe carefully preparedContours of myFacade Whether we want toAdmit it or notOur face, our projectedSelf is reappliedEach and every dayArtfully, or not, our renderedFacade Some get discouragedOr just lazyKeep the same one goingDay after day, asCreativity wanes as elitesConstantly undermineHumanity’s…
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Morning Meditations
Meditating sitting meditatingmorning dovesoutside my windowhoo-hoo-hoooohoo-hoo-hoooowho-who-whooooo sitting meditatingtraffic cacophonya few streets awaybackground staticthrough wind chimesimminent rain signs bathe sunbaked groundswildflowers bloombeside cactus spineshillside climbs can stillhear the chimes resonatingsitting meditating –LE
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Emerald Green …
Anoter from my Spring Haiku Collection Emerald green grass,Few leaves have come to the trees —Earthworms dance for rain. –LE
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Linear Thinking
Linear Thinking linear thinkinglinguistic thinkingour common lotmost can’t seemto rise abovelong ingrainedconcepts thatinfluence ourperceptionsof time andconsequence but what if we’vejust not evolvedenough to perceivereality in thegeometricexponentialdimensionshinted at bythe mathematicsof the multiverseof eternityhere andnow what if eternity universe and/ormultiverse existseverywhereall at oncenow –LE – 2/25/25
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Revisiting My Sonoran Desert Elegy
Sonoran Desert Elegy cougars and bobcatsand coyotesoh myjavelinasprairie dogsand roadrunnersscurry by with jackrabbitsand skinksGila monsters andrattlesnakeswith insectsin infinitevariety desert denizensflying highfalcons and eaglesbuzzards andravens whileowls and bats claimthe night sky backdrop of mountainsand sandy parchedground where cacticreosote and mesquiteeucalyptus anddesert daisies linedry washes summer monsoonsand winter rains thatflood those parched plainsboth evaporate in thedesert heat…
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Dragon’s Fire Rumbling
Dragon’s Fire Rumbling self absorbedsocio-psychopaths poking the dragonwithout reserve plunderingpillaging – killing Gaia and herchildren too much conceit to understand the dragon’s eyeis open, watching waiting for thatfinal straw to unleash fiery‘justice’, revenge and despite their hubrisnone will be spared the dragon’s fire ofapocalyptic rage –LE – 2/22/25
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Is This Too True Or Merely True Enough?
An oldy, but a goody… Some lable this (and me) cynical or pessimistic. Really? Have you looked around recently? How would you interpret our current ‘reality’? Too True ? Are we rain;are we sane–ishworking with ageless energy,planning to live forever,life full of regrets and sorrows,hoping for resurrection — or — at least reincarnation — or…
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