Poetry

[haqiqu]

Remember

Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star's stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is. I met her
in a bar once in Iowa City.
Remember the sun's birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of time. Remember sundown
and the giving away to night.
Remember your birth, how your mother struggled
to give you form and breath. You are evidence of
her life, and her mother's, and hers.
Remember your father. He is your life also.
Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth, we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,
listen to them. They are alive poems.
Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the
origin of this universe. I heard her singing Kiowa war
dance songs at the corner of Fourth and Central once.
Remember that you are all people and that all people are you.
Remember that you are this universe and that this universe is you.
Remember that all is in motion, is growing, is you.
Remember that language comes from this.
Remember the dance that language is, that life is.
Remember.

~ Joy Harjo ~

(How We Become Human)

[norral]

so beautiful sister u. interesting point here is i read this and it is

exactly what i have been thinking about the oneness of all things.

thank you

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after 43 years my wife hates me but wants to make sure im

well groomed


after 43 years of wedded bliss (?)

my wife hates me but does want to make sure i am well groomed

so if i die when i am outside of the house i

will most definitely have clean underwear on

and thats important.


norral


a little note here. our marriage is just fine but after 43 years u are allowed to find ways to amuse yourself. and since im kind of an irreverent ( or is that irrelevant) type of fellow i thought i would give
u guys and gals a few laughs. no perfect hubby am i but a protector
most definitely yes. mess with my wife and i'll eliminate u lol. and that she knows

[haqiqu]

so beautiful sister u. interesting point here is i read this and it is

exactly what i have been thinking about the oneness of all things.

thank you

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after 43 years my wife hates me but wants to make sure im

well groomed


after 43 years of wedded bliss (?)

my wife hates me but does want to make sure i am well groomed

so if i die when i am outside of the house i

will most definitely have clean underwear on

and thats important.


norral


a little note here. our marriage is just fine but after 43 years u are allowed to find ways to amuse yourself. and since im kind of an irreverent ( or is that irrelevant) type of fellow i thought i would give
u guys and gals a few laughs. no perfect hubby am i but a protector
most definitely yes. mess with my wife and i'll eliminate u lol. and that she knows

the way i understand it is if you have clean underwear on when you leave your house, and then you are involved in accident your underwear will no longer be clean. so why bother?? as bill cosby said, "if you are involved in a wreck - first you say it, then you do it."

u, too, brother. your poems are enlightening.

[Meerie]

the way i understand it is if you have clean underwear on when you leave your house, and then you are involved in accident your underwear will no longer be clean. so why bother?? as bill cosby said, "if you are involved in a wreck - first you say it, then you do it."

Lol... this is awesome, haqiqu. And spot on.
I din't understand the Bill Cosby quote though.

[haqiqu]

the way i understand it is if you have clean underwear on when you leave your house, and then you are involved in accident your underwear will no longer be clean. so why bother?? as bill cosby said, "if you are involved in a wreck - first you say it, then you do it."

Lol... this is awesome, haqiqu. And spot on.
I din't understand the Bill Cosby quote though.

cosby was talking about having a wreck, that your underwear would no longer be clean after you have a wreck - "first you say it (number two or bowel movement), then you do it" - this is the reaction you would have in a wreck. i hope that makes it clearer, i can't write the word here or i'll get deleted

[godwide_void]

In and of Itself, the everlasting void coalesces; within, above and beyond all perception
The sole cause, in fact, of the very nature of this process of perception, a process which
only the extinction of the Divine Soul could ever terminate.

All is well, as all are cogs in the machinations of the grand architect, wherein dissipation into
the grid of the godhead is imminent. Go forth, know that only one single lamp does illuminate the valley
preceding such obscure depths leading into the quiescent core of the megacosm; and that lamp is the
eye, of the Creator...

[haqiqu]

Imperfect Thirst



If your eyes are not deceived by the mirage
do not be proud of the sharpness of your understanding.
It may be your freedom from this optical illusion
is due to the imperfectness of your thirst.

~ Sohrawardi ~


(quoted in Imperfect Thrist by Galway Kinnell)

[norral]

parasites and blood suckers

all i want for christmas if for the parasites and blood suckers

who have fed on decent humans for millenia to go away

go back to your own planets and leave us alone.

what a gift that would be

for mankind to finally be free

joined together in love and truth

supporting and nourishing our beautiful youth

yes what joy will leap from our souls

when finally finally man is made whole


norral

[haqiqu]

You have no idea how hard I've looked
for a gift to bring You.
Nothing seemed right.
What's the point of bringing gold to
the gold mine, or water to the ocean.
Everything I came up with was like
taking spices to the Orient.
It's no good giving my heart and my
soul because you already have these.
So I've brought you a mirror.
Look at yourself and remember me.

Rumi

[norral]

society


society focused on the unreal generated death

destroying the enviornment for the sake of money

people contracted cancer.

the food industry created garbage for people to eat

who became sick and went to doctors who gave

them drugs to treat their symptoms

never once addressing the cause of their problem

the drugs all had side effects which required more drugs

to suppress.

wall street thieves and crooks stole from the masses


and paid themselves 100's of millions and billions

nothing was too good for them

everything was too good for worklng people

religion preached an angry god and a savior that

wanted everyone to bow down to him

ask yourself this , would u want anyone to bow down to

you,

i didnt think so so what up with dat savior so called

i reject it all its all backwards we live exactly backwards to

the way that would bring us health and joy

may a miracle happen for all of us and the scales fall

from our eyes

and may we learn to truly value one another

and not things

until such time as that

we will continue to suffer


norral

[haqiqu]

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

~ e.e. cummings ~


(Complete Poems 1904-1962)

[norral]

u want to

if u want to go kill a child

go do it yourself

i wont do your dirty work for u

always so greedy looking to steal from others

never satisfied wanting to enslave

may all your evil energy return to u

1000 fold

and may u live with it thru all

eternity

u murderers and pedophiles

with your secret societies

are despicable

u repulse me

and all people of a good heart everywhere

norral

[Oceania]

Norral, that's a little harsh. noone should have to live with that for eternity, not even the worst of them. i know it's hard to forgive, i do but sinking a part of ourselves doesn't help. only with love the worst criminals are cured.

[norral]

dear oceania

thank u sister. i know but i dont care. im 64 which means just one thing


i have seen this evil crap fo longer than most on this board. i saw the one president who ever inspired me get killed,kennedy. i saw malcolm x get killed who was one of my heroes, i saw martin get killed one of my heroes, i saw robert kennedy get killed. i have seen millions killed in vietnam little children naplamed set on fire, hey no problem here nothing to worry about
i have seen all the wars. i saw in iraq where american soldiers raped and killed a 14 years old girl and her parents. hey nothing to see here just an aberration were the good guys right because we are america.

i my sister have just had it. i hope they and their families , well i wont say it but im sure u can imagine it. the depth of my discontent with the power sturcture on this planet is only revealed to a small extent in these forums. maybe im dumb but i thought men real men were supposed to protect children not rape them. guess im wrong by the standards we have now in america. just an aberration raping and killing a 14 year old

no big deal no big deal at all . so ive seen enuf i have seen enuf. the civil rights movement with a church being blown up again nothing to see here its all good. apartheid in the south nothing to see here no wonder we supported south africa they had the same system that we loved so much here.

again it is the government of this country i have a problem with no the people . the government of this country is just flat out evil. one thing i am happy about is my sons see things the same way i do and for that i am thankful. so i apologize in the sense that i realize that i have a jones for the power structure but i wouldnt want to feel any other way to be honest. and one thing u can say about me is i say things that others feel but wont put into words


love u

norral

[Oceania]

well i guess i can't stop ya from feeling that way. *hugs*

[alicewhite]

Q IS FOR QUESTION A IS FOR ANSWER

Q-
WITH TWO EYES
CLOSED TIGHTLY
CAN I STILL SEE?

A-
YOUR ALL SEEING
THIRD EYE
SEES ALL
THAT THERE BE.

Q-
CAN ANYTHING
TRAVEL FASTER
THAN THE SPEED
OF LIGHT?

A-
THOUGHT AS A PHOTON
CONSCIOUSNESS
PURE COSMIC
LUMINESCENT
LIGHT.

Q-
WHAT DIMENSION
ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT?

A-
THIS ONE WERE IN
YOU JUST
SKIP
IN AND OUT.

Q-
HOW DO YOU KNOW
THIS TO BE TRUE?

A-
THE PROOFS IN THE MIND
IN ME
AND IN
YOU.

[norral]

the witches ball


standing at the top of the hill,

overlooking the valley,

the coven linked arms and spirits.

arms upraised energy poured into them

seeing each other without opening their eyes

their energy circulated

and flowed into gaia

joy leapt into their hearts and minds

and the feeling of power

to be used for the benefit of all


norral

[AnthroHeart]

From Edgar Allan Poe's the Raven, done with a twist.

[haqiqu]

Awaken to the mystery of being here
and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.

Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.

Receive encouragement when new frontiers beckon.

Respond to the call of your gift and the courage to
follow its path.

Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity.

May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame.

May anxiety never linger about you.

May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of
soul.

Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek
no attention.

Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.

May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven
around the heart of wonder.

~ John O'Donohue ~


(To Bless the Space Between Us)

[haqiqu]

This evening, the sturdy Levi's
I wore every day for over a year
& which seemed to the end
in perfect condition,
suddenly tore.
How or why I don't know,
but there it was: a big rip at the crotch.
A month ago my friend Nick
walked off a racquetball court,
showered,
got into his street clothes,
& halfway home collapsed & died.
Take heed, you who read this,
& drop to your knees now & again
like the poet Christopher Smart,
& kiss the earth & be joyful,
& make much of your time,
& be kindly to everyone,
even to those who do not deserve it.
For although you may not believe
it will happen,
you too will one day be gone,
I, whose Levi's ripped at the crotch
for no reason,
assure you that such is the case.
Pass it on.

~ Steve Kowit ~

(The Dumbbell Nebula)

[Oceania]

i love Poe.

[haqiqu]

Before He Makes Each One

Before he makes each one
of us, God speaks.

Then, without speaking,
he takes each one
out of the darkness.

And these are the cloudy
words God speaks
before each of us begins:

"You have been sent out
by your senses. Go
to the farthest edge
of desire, and give me
clothing: burn like a great
fire so that the stretched-out
shadows of the things
of the world cover
me completely.
Let everything happen
to you: beauty and terror.
You must just go--
no feeling is the farthest
you can go. Don't let
yourself be separated
from me. The country
called life is close.
By its seriousness,
you will know it.
Give me your hand."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~

(Translated by Annie Boutelle, Metamorphoses Fall 2001)

[AnthroHeart]

Cool video Oceania. That should have been in the furry thread.

[Oceania]

sorry

[alchemikey]

make me an empty vessel for your healing light
may the spectrum of color return to brillaint white

may love flow freely through my hands
without expectations and no demands

for i'm just an instrument of your love
seeking to shine like the stars above

[Ruth]

Love it alchemikey! That is my prayer, for sure!

[norral]

amen !!

[alchemikey]

how much change are you willing to make?
what if you lived like your life was at stake?

sing prayers...chant tones
move in layers...dance your bones

connect eyes...say "good morning"
bless gray skies...higher self adorning

the commonality of being is what we all share
magical existence...snowflakes twirling in the air

do you have the courage to make your dreams come true?
the seed of love needs nurturing in order to burst through

sanctify your actions...form a ritual
give thanks for each breath until it's habitual

finger paint...create healing space
smile at strangers...learn to embrace

don't be nervous for people are just people
let's combine our gifts into an ascending steeple

[Ruth]

Ohhh, I must confess, I have trouble blessing the gray skies - at least I have had in the past. You may have inspired me to do so in the future!

Love and light!

[haqiqu]

oh love, love!
intoxicated
i wander
knowing not
caring not
where am i
what
or who.
only
the faint wisps
of your fragrance
lead me
staggering
on
***************

alhamdulillah!

shabbat shalom,
idiot yosy (flug)