The Muses who inspire do not abandon me;round the clock they tick, sparked heartbeatsthat draw the world ever closer in varied splendor:morning’s cooled dew in Summer,pink snow of sunrise in Winter,the earth-toned blanket of Fall,and the creeping green of Spring. At dusk’s change of shift, I listen for the wingsof Mother Night as she travels…
Category: Daoism
dVerse — quadrille 116 — The Ten Thousand Things
Each atom, mote of possibility;synthesized, chargedpuzzle pieceswithin metaphysical context; aspects ofa time-space-dimensional continuum, simultaneously borning and graving, in perpetuity. I’m a daisy,a tree,a cloudburst,an ocean. I’m a song, a laugh,a scream, an idea. I’m sentient dust. image link here Learn more about the 10,000 things here. De Jackson is today’s host of dVerse’ quadrille…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #147 — “the earth was without form, and void”
When I think of a colorless world, I think of The Bible verse from Genesis that says, “and the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep.” In most (all?) religions there is a creationist story. Once there was one, an indistinguishable void that became more. This’es and…
dVerse — taijitu turns
maker memory law: hold the circle firmly and tattoo with two fish profiles chasing each other, a revolution of infinity. As the moon chases the sun across the sky, each resting in equal measure, light and shadow a matched pair, dancing from the darkness comes a seed to the light creation bursts forth in…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #136 — The Circus of Right
Reena, I have taken your poem apart and did a statement and response with it. Would I care to be right? If life was not finite Life is infinite. So is death. It’s an eternally revolving door. If I’d the luxury of eternity to let it be naturally proved that I’ve always been right… When…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #121 — the last book on planet earth
The last book on Planet Earth will be the first book, the one to be an idealized representation of what humans could and can be if they could clear their minds of the cloudiness of what is most frail and harmful about our species. When it is found or taken with humans, it can set…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #117 — Was that really me? and dVerse soliloquy
Truth or just a dream? Passing in the night Was that really me? Things not as they seem Shifts twixt mad and fright Truth or just a dream? Altruism; schemed Followed dark and light Was that really me? Chaos taffy sweet Peace a drifting kite Truth or just a dream? Trust and love don’t meet…
