by admin | Jun 7, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
You have me fall through the surfaceYou have me tell You my thoughtsYou have me surrender to namelessnessYou have me smile from my feetYou have me sing in my veinsYou have me dance within YouYou have me work and restYou have me build on a themeYou have me ripen in the...
by admin | Jun 6, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
AsTheCandlesDisrobedThe chaosShadows disappearedFrom the temples wallsNature fell silentAnd the beautyWas heavensCall
by admin | Jun 5, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
When the one who is awakeMeets the one who is aliveThenWhat stands always already unmovedJoins the ever moving flow of lifeWhat forever remains untouchedTouches the heart of a single manWhat never can truly be spokenIs expressed without any doubtIt is a tacit embraceA...
by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loaf and invite my soul,I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.My tongue, every atom of my blood, formed from this...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | Poems by Women, Secular/Modern Era
In the middle of the night,My bedroom washed in moonlightAnd outsideThe faint hush-husingOf an ebbing tide,I see VenusClose toThe waning moon.I hear the bubbling hootOf a playful owl.Pierrot’s purrsRipple under my hand,And all this is bathedIn the scent of...
by admin | May 28, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
In time, I hope, that there will beA growing sacrifice of ‘me’In time, I hope, that I will goBeyond my constant yes-and-noIn time, I pray, that I will beLike deepest water, still and freeIn time, I pray, my life will showThe ancient truth: I do not knowIn...
