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Poetry Collection – Beyond the Border Kingdom
I have begun to publish my collection”Beyond” here at Moments of Zen. The prologue and the first poem, “Into the Wild”, are now live. A new chapter will be published each week or so.
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Poem – Wonder
Steeped in the still black waters I see the white petals fall from the empty sky and I wonder with amazement, where do they come from? On my knees I pray not to a named deity but to the infinite canvas filled with stars and planets and know there must be a reason and wonder…
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Poem – Questions
“Are you out there beyond the merging of the sky and the sea?” I ask of the ravens atop trees lining the shoreline. I am torn as to my place here when I only have a few fragments left, the rest have scattered, on a journey through the infinite space, speeding toward the beginning or…
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Poem – Origins
In the quiet moments free of our internal conversations and struggles, the world around us opens and we hear a song born beyond our vision, carrying with it memories of the first light, of the origin of ourselves.
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Poem – In the Aftermath
In the aftermath we become introspective and concerned with immediacy, the ones most near, and once settled, we look up beyond our fate here and hope for hope.
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Poem – Here Before
I have been this way before, down this same path, and most likely not for the last time. I have been here before looking for a road, a way through the ever-increasing obstacles with a distant light ebbing and flowing surrounded in the absolute silence where I only hear my breath and the rising panic…
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Poem – Excerpt from Beyond
The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book “Beyond the Border Kingdom”. I look over the empty sea void of waves and ships and imagine you walking from the horizon toward me, gaining shape and definition, yet still a shadow, a faceless being that I have attached the label of “you” to but my…
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Book – Updated Introduction and Scope
A single tree in the middle of an otherwise empty field. A creek covered with brush and fallen trees. A winter evening lit by distant stars. A death within your soul. The raven’s wing near your skin. A life lived within borders and confines, is still a life. But is that life near high levels…
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Poem – As I
As I look down. I see hands. I feel nothing, not numb, beyond numb, nothing at all. Are these hands mine? The fingers do not move as I move through dark, move through some space but I do not feel I am moving I think I am moving. Is that enough to define a reality…
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Rameses B – Review of Reborn
I first learned of Rameses B while browsing Indiegogo for music and film projects. After listening to a sample track, I knew this was the music I needed to contribute to and support. The result of this campaign is the album “Reborn“, and it was worth the wait. The layers of multiple instruments present here,…