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secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2011-08-13 06:14 PM

         ponderings

we are slaves to transient
   opinion and self

nature is effortless, and
  selfless beauty
that holds no opinions

ignorance and knowledge
   are deeply interwoven

simply be, look, and listen

all truth is revealed
in form, space, and time
and exists only in the now

reality is constant change

           --- b. e. adams   (8/13/2011)

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2011-08-13 08:56 PM

I do believe you are right, Bruce, but then you usually are.
Ida

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2011-08-13 10:53 PM

Yep, I agree with Ida.

A

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-08-14 03:52 AM

Bruce, I wanted to say that the second stanza was my favourite, but on reading your poem a second and third time, I realised that my favourite part starts at the beginning and ends at the end.

Pondering is one of my most favourite activities and I find it like a burst of forest air into my being, exhilarating and exposing me to a compilation of ideas arranged differently and coming to exciting new (for me) conclusions and explanations.

I am not sure that I agree with your last 2 lines for all matters (though certainly agree with it for many matters), but I understand and love the concept (at least momentarily) and the pondering it brings me.

I love the feeling your poetry so often gives me - that I am floating like a small star in a large universe - or lodged in the chlorophyll of one bush or tree - or in the heart of a bird - or the croak of a frog - or all of these and a multitude more, simultaneously.

Owl

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

4 posted 2011-08-14 04:19 PM

"Simply be, look, listen..."
Secondhanddreampoet,
I needed to hear that,
Thank you,
ebonygirl

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2011-08-16 07:18 AM

"reality is constant change"

Isn't that the truth!

M

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2011-08-16 08:54 AM

The more we know the greater the humble realization of how little we actually know, no doubt.

You expressed more than one truth (or what you believe to be the truth) in this great philosophical poem.

Much appreciated, dear Bruce.

Love,
Margherita

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

7 posted 2011-08-16 12:27 PM

Philosophically delightful!!!

Marcia
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