Category Archives: Poems Beyond Their Words

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

Recipient Becomes the Sender

Posted on April 23, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’m just passing it along, All has come – to become gone But for a fleeting instant at most love is a guest of an eager host I become aware that sender I must be, which is how it now … Continue reading →

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Inside out

Posted on April 20, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

How is it that such vast encounters can be taken in by the small portals of our eyes and ears. Perhaps it is already within us – and it takes but a single ray of light to illuminate the entire … Continue reading →

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The Altar of Happiness, Ruins of Sorrow

Posted on April 20, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

…I mused an eon of my life one evening, on the purpose of existence and on what leaves me with the most certainty, those being both birth and death; as well as that which gives me the least certainty – … Continue reading →

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let it lie, let it fly

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

A feather softly landed. Let it lie. ‘Tis an attribute of another name. Eternal light, Not intermittent flame. When called through lips A sound, a kiss. When a breath says “love” It’s lost to winds, Only to land if it … Continue reading →

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Sated Fierce Ones

Posted on April 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a sweetness when we realize that all we seek on earth is only for temporary nourishment…the truth is in the dreams of the sated fierce ones. What gives the lion his strength is the softness of his dreams. … Continue reading →

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Sojourner

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Across the surface, drag the handKnotted wood and obsidian. Splinters sliver, skin sliced through,The surface bleeds an ocean blue. Stroke the metal torn and rusted,pitted rock, lichen crusted. Press the door oh sojourner,press the surface ever more. Slide your fingers … Continue reading →

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bleeding hearts

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hearts imbued with redolence fill the garden with others sent… …to pour their wine in waiting chalice of servants drunk in sultans palace. Fragrance comes before the rose, then long after the petals close. Following the scent of flower white … Continue reading →

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And Finally, We Sleep

Posted on April 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Heart beat, let me breathe, “goodbye,” A shooting star in her midnight sky. Just one more breath for a candle flame To slip the grasp of a love in vain. Night curled bodies, pressed and warm, Rose petal kisses to … Continue reading →

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A Cove, One’s Own

Posted on March 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A cove, one’s own For hearts, a home where sky and sea cliff sides crawling with posies meet in places built from traces of reassembled memories. all is quiet, all is tender, purling waters to remember sips to come, from … Continue reading →

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Be Unwritten

Posted on March 22, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am amazed at the resilience of the human spirit. It seems we rally around the stories of hero and heroine, rescuing the soul from the tracks as the train approaches. And as beautiful as this is, there is a … Continue reading →

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