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puppets

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Bill Sargeant
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alone in an ocean of empty space
spellbound by the shadowplay Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Enigma, Existentialism, Nothing, Shadowplay | Leave a reply

Darwin vs. the True believers

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Timothy Bearly
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I do not want to sign up
to join their clubs,
fraternities,
political parties,
AA meetings,
bible studies,
or writing circles. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Adam;, Bible studies, Darwin, Eve; | Leave a reply

the living earth

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Yoni Freund
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there are those born here on earth
who daily rise above the muck
climb a ladder to the sky Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Christian eschatology, Culture, Heaven, Jewish mysticism, Life after death, philosophy;, Religion; | Leave a reply

religion

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Bill Sargeant
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at moonrise
the ghost on the gallows
hangs in silhouette against a backdrop
of raw illusion Read on…

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the incredible egg of nothingness

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Bill Sargeant
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here we are
from amoeba to mankind
every living thing on earth
sparked into life Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Chaos, Earth, Egg, Mankind | 2 Replies

Everything Must Go

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Harold Whit Williams
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I keep falling asleep & waking
Up & falling asleep & sometimes

Dreaming & waking up & there
You lay next to that lamp we click Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Belief | 1 Reply

What is the Soul?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Dr. Krishna P. Chakravorty
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The Brahman is the Atman, the Atman is the Soul,
Said the big Sankara after long and hard meditation,
The Soul is the Spirit, the Essence and the Self (I),
That is living in all the living and the non-living alike. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Ātman, Brahman, Culture, Jainism, meditation, Metaphysics, philosophy;, Reincarnation, René Descartes, Sikhism, Soul, Taoism, Vitalism | Leave a reply

The Third Window

Posted on August 6, 2012 by William G Davies Jr
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On The Left Of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church

The sun spills into
The stained-glass window
Of a figurine; androgynous
But pleasing with
Long golden hair. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Blonde, Catholic Church;, Glass | Leave a reply

To Someone Else’s God

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Harold Whit Williams
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First, the Big Bang, now all this, &
Between those stars sparkling

& exploding & all those cells mutating
& splitting & dying, I can’t seem to

Get any work done around here. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Ajax, Amp, Pet cemetery | 1 Reply

God Was Watching Their Eyes

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Gretchen Meixner
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Spurious believer,
He has left your solemn pew
With his fickle tongue
Tied around his teeth
Not to risk the beloved grin. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Devil, God; | Leave a reply

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