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Sated Reflections

Posted on February 23, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Let’s not run from reflections Whether they be of you, or me Whether by light or mirror glow By whom its shown or who it shows Be it my darkness or flattery. To recite what is in one’s true heart … Continue reading →

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Even In Shadows, Lights Work Is Never Done

Posted on February 20, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

The world is in a soft descent As henchmen bend away from dawn toward their cowardly silhouettes. With the pull of a trigger or slice by the blade The stage of tragedy is set Upon their chests the black stone … Continue reading →

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The Waiting Rings of Time

Posted on February 14, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Waiting in my memory Its gentle waves are calling me For I was cut from eroding shore To oceans edge for evermore Never a sight had crossed my eyes So vast a nexus, land and sky and sea. Transfixed so … Continue reading →

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The Pebble of Niyat (Intention)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Inspiration is everywhere Like sand from the beach flying off your heals still you’ve no idea where a single grain is; It is not around you, but within, Where there is not a where. So then where are you running my friend? Your niyat … Continue reading →

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How long to write a poem: Twenty Five Words Toward the Truth is…

Posted on February 11, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

A collection of 25 word short poemettes that were inspired by something; or they are simply petals fallen from the rose, clipped from the thorns. Sometimes 120 seconds to jot, sometimes an hour to write, sometimes years to finish… but … Continue reading →

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Poverty and Pride

Posted on January 26, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Faqr Fakhri” The poverty of the heart, empathizes with the lonely, the downtrodden. For it shares what little it has, and the less it has, the more valuable what it gives becomes. I’ve only one thing, there is no other, so who … Continue reading →

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Ishq

Posted on January 16, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Water derives its color form the vessel that holds it.” ~~ Sufi Al-Junaid of Baghdad Behold the Moon, she loves the Sun so deeply, that all we see of her is the solar light of her beloved reflecting off of her … Continue reading →

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On Beloveds: 25 Words Away From Truth

Posted on January 15, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

There are pearls in you So I’ll slip without splash Into the pools between your lashes For the eyes have depths Only lovers can dive. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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What is forgotten

Posted on January 15, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

What is forgotten Is easily replaced All else remains, divine quiet rings of ripples last long after the Beloved’s pebble cast to vanish beneath the water line. From the still axis a deeper message heard in the silence, between the echo, … Continue reading →

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I Followed a Writer Up a Tree

Posted on January 15, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

I followed a writer up a prodigious tree Every leaf I brushed, his poem. From the crown I scanned the pastoral a poetic landscape in repose, A resplendent chorus of Glistening verdant wisdom. O’ vast vibrato of sibilance slipping the … Continue reading →

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