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The Truth Will Set You Free

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

How does one explain

to a Christian Congress what

“Love thy neighbor…” means?

~

No explanation

necessary. They know but

there’s no profit in caring.

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Tagged caring, congress, profit, value

Feb·28

Let Me Count The Ways

Posted by 2garrabrants

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While we’re awaiting

inevitable warming,

how’s best to pass these cold days?

~

How best to pass these

days?  Let me count the ways … nap,

sleep, and maybe dream.

 

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Feb·27

Hard Heartless Harbinger

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Can you help me see

the possible benefit

of February?

~

Though it is briefest,

this bleakest of months serves to

provide counterpoint for spring.

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Tagged february, springtime

Feb·26

Untempered

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If fire tempers

the forge hardened sword blade,

what tempers an ice hard heart?

~

Ice can’t be tempered.

The only recourse is to

melt it with compassion’s warmth.

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Tagged fire, hard, ice, temper

Feb·25

Metamorphasis

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How do you clear a

slate when the words have been etched

so firm and so deep?

~

Some grooves never fill

but time and overburden

will turn them into fossils.

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Tagged garbage, gem, metamorphasis, sediment, value

Feb·24

Defining Words

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How many problems

could we overcome just by

asking different questions?

~

Where, when, what, why , how,

who – simple words that define

the problem and solutions.

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Tagged answers, better, different, questions

Feb·23

Seeking Truth

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Where should we look for

answers when we’re not even

sure of the question?

~

Look for the answers

in all the old internal

spaces. Questions be damned!

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Tagged answers, meaning, quest, search

Feb·22

Something Other

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When seeking greatness,

is plain old hard work the key,

or is there something other?

~

Greatness comes not from

seeking but from devotion

 to something other.

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Tagged key, luck, success, work

Feb·21

Anticipation

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

How many snowflakes

does it take to warm a kid’s

heart and stop us cold?

~

Here in the Deep South,

bread disappears and hearts warm

days before the first flake flies!

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Tagged bread, chill, dread, hill, sled, thrill

Feb·20

Just Asking

Posted by 2garrabrants

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I’m Dreaming, but is

Universal acceptance

Really too much to ask for?

~

Though the wise ones tell

us to be careful what we 

ask for, we still need to ask.

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Feb·19

Above the Din

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the winds of war

howl, will we be able to

hear the  unforced call for peace?

~

Heeding the call for

peace is difficult enough

without sabers rattling.

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Tagged peace, polemics, Rhetoric, war

Feb·18

A Prayer For Spring

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Is there any hope

that spring’s coming warmth might

thaw this fury frozen globe?

~

Hope springs eternal

so may this Spring’s warmth extend

to human hearts and bring peace.

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Tagged cold heart, hope, hot blood, thawing

Feb·17

Awaiting Spring Warmed Hearts

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If  Spring is around

the corner, what’s this icy

block we’re standing on?

~

Alas, I’m fearing,

this frigid icy mass

is Dogma’s frozen wasteland.

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Tagged chill, frigid, longing, warmth

Feb·16

Abloom

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Here in winter’s grip,

how can we expect blooming

of tender loving flowers?

~

Flowers bloom not from

expectation but from love

even in winter’s cold grip.

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Feb·15

Correcting Cupid’s Aim

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When cupid’s arrows

miss their mark, where should we turn

for satisfaction?

~

Return, perhaps, to

that reflection and therein

find a lovable target.

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Tagged desire, love, self-esteem

Feb·14

If We Could But See

Posted by 2garrabrants

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And those unseeing

souls, are they not expecting

adoration from others?

~

To see and be seen

is both a need and a gift

if we could but see.

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Feb·13

Wide Eyes Blind

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

On a bright, sunny

day what causes some folks’ thoughts

to turn toward the gray?

~

Sadly, some people

see not light in their spirit

nor beauty in their mirror.

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Tagged depression, joy, optimism, pessimism

Feb·12

And So It’s Writ

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Could it be, that we

write ’cause we can’t draw a tree

and ’cause we can’t hit high C?

~

Why we write remains

a mystery. For some it’s

a simple necessity.

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Tagged drawing, singing, writing

Feb·11

Remembering Lucy

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How bad can a day

that begins with tangerine

clouds turn out to be?

~

Tangerine trees and

marmalade skies made good days

for John, Paul, George, and Ringo!

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Tagged Beatles, good times, LSD

Feb·10

Worldly Muse

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Given a whole world

full of wonders and mentors,

what will be your muse?

~

The world is my muse,

my amusement, my koan,

and my temporary  home.

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Tagged mentor, motivation, muse

Feb·09

Meeting Skogynn Pryv

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If you were going

to St Ives, how many folks

would you likely meet?

~

Seeking quality

I would like to meet only

Cornwall’s Grand Bard, Mick Paynter.

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Tagged pilgrimage, poet, Worm's Fool

Feb·08

Grim Tendencies

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why must our journey

so often lead us into

these grim and marshy places?

~

Though our journeys lead

 through beauty, it’s the grim we

tend to remember.

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Tagged bog, journey, marsh, mire

Feb·07

A Well Travelled Tributary

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How best to travel

when the way is dark and we

have lost both our will and our way?

~

Wallowing blindly,

enduring the tract less void

may be part of the journey.

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Tagged journey, roads, travel, void, will

Feb·06

To Leave Or Not To Leave

Posted by 2garrabrants

1

And in leave taking,

what responsibility

do we owe to those we leave?

~

Hard questions like these

have no easy answers, but

 love will help us address them.

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Tagged debt, owed, responsibility

Feb·05

Taking Leave

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When wracked with pain

insurmountable, is an

exit plan permissible?

~

Whether suffering

or not, we should all ponder

how we’d prefer to leave this life.

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Tagged escape, pain

Feb·04

A Gentle Delusion

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Does father really

know best or does mother just

let him think he does?

~

Neither Father nor

Mother know as much as they

believe. Ignorance is bliss.

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Tagged belief, bliss, ignorance, knowledge

Feb·03

It’s All In The Game

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When shooting the moon,

Should you lead your target or

Just aim high and say a prayer?

~

In the game of hearts,

it’s all in the hand you’ve been

dealt and how you play your cards.

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Feb·02

Diddling the High?

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If cows jump over

moons, what is left for us mere

mortals to attempt?

~

Teach cats to fiddle,

and the little dog to laugh,

or tableware elopement?

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Feb·01

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