Category Archives: Poems Beyond Their Words

contains poetry inclined toward mysticism, gnosticism, Irfan, Tasawwuf, Sufism

We lie at night

Posted on September 24, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I dream She lies with her eyes open flying fish leaping between two placid oceans catching moonlight with their silver scales I wake She lies awake, not seeing that I watch her talk to God I can tell from her fathomless gaze … Continue reading →

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Poets for God

Posted on September 19, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Skin is shred by ricochet Shattered marbles shot by childish thoughts at play from a circle etched by a blunted knife into the hardened dirt of a playground, paved for life Threads of clarity patch weary fabric The cloth of … Continue reading →

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In Vino Veritas

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Do not look for revelation in an event, look inward at the sum of your experiences… then exhale – blow them away like a fine powder into the abyss of space.  Emptiness, silence…dissolution – the unspeakable, un-hearable happens.  Your message … Continue reading →

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Your Damascene Sword

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

You’re too used to your blunted ways Worn habits of reason is why you stay So tired of hearing the same arcane From a heart that cashes in on pain Grab your Sufi sluicing pan, Ya Allah, let’s pull the … Continue reading →

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What does this poem mean?

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She asks me, what does my poetry mean? Understanding my poetry is something earned through it’s arduous journey from the shores of your mind to the plateaus of your heart. There is no right of passage, no words to honor here. This poem … Continue reading →

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Broad shouldered lions

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Broad shouldered lions stand over the ocean’s quietude, roaring thunder in the surf, thudding sand laden questions with salt soaked and matted paws. Surly supplicants beseech the sea, whose tides answer only to the sun and moon. A lions home … Continue reading →

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Journey Across the Bosphorus

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a place where redolent memories sway On the winds arriving from yesterday From Remeli across to the Anadolu Feneri Through the Bosphorus from Marmara to the Black sea Voluminous vessels cross this straight With treasured scents for a … Continue reading →

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Unseen Heart

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

“You are sacred to Me,” speaks a steep disembodied voice, lifted by the lowly, rescued by the reed, quenched by the eagle. She has been delivered to the underworld from sliding scree, into silence from the long sigh of a … Continue reading →

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Tend to the Lantern in Your Heart

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I recently read an article which states that there is no “one” person who will fulfill us and that many couples initiate a union with a foundation based on each being “on their best behavior,” implying that over time blemishes tarnish bliss. … Continue reading →

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Density of Absence

Posted on September 3, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

The density of absence is far more than that which is absent… as such, it has it’s own gravitational pull and so we fall toward the center as if IT desires US. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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