Category Archives: Short Stuff

Company on the Path

Posted on February 4, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Rumi warned to never travel alone on the path. Yet I look around and find great and silent company everywhere. Still something is missing. Jami said “if you have never trodden the path of love, go away and fall in … Continue reading →

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My Teacher is Now

Posted on January 8, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

I asked her to tea. She said, “my teacher advises me not to.” I told her my teacher said it’s okay. She asked me who is my teacher, I said, “the tea is my teacher.” I asked to kiss her. … Continue reading →

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A lion will never eat me because it hates me

Posted on November 24, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I wonder what else have we bred out of the domestic house cat over all these centuries? I look at my cat Tiger and see the ancestry of vicious animals, vicious not out of malice, but nature. We sifted this from … Continue reading →

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Wild Inside

Posted on August 14, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Languid lips, creased in soft repose sealing secrets there enclosed that only a kiss reveals. Blooms ponceau, One might imagine worlds beyond where the corners curl of a mouth that’s closed and wild inside. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Asleep with Dragonfly

Posted on August 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

This habit of lying on the ground outside placing my ear to the earth. So one warm fall day I found myself in the arboretum, my face nuzzled into the breath of the forest floor; I became intoxicated by the sweet attar of … Continue reading →

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Fire within the Moth

Posted on April 19, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

There must be a bit of the fire within the moth, to be so ecstatically drawn to the flame; even the candle light itself dances ecstatically, nourished by the scent of singed wings. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Dervishes in a Raindrop

Posted on March 22, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am a raindrop cradled in the center of a hyacinth sprout. My silhouette shown In its verdant cup. There below the azure, above the green leaf’s blade, stands a circle of dervishes in reflected shades of gray. A silent gathering … Continue reading →

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The Friend

Posted on March 12, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

A friend arrives so silently through the shadowed wings of our own hearts. Even when you seem alone, on the stage of life’s great drama, the mere awareness of them dilutes a hurtful memory, soothes a troubling situation, and dispels the … Continue reading →

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The Teacher

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

He has a voice within a voice, and I, an ear within an ear. When he says nothing I listen most deeply. Otherwise, since we met, I have learned that I know nothing. When around him, my mind is always … Continue reading →

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Ancient Mystresses

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am known to abscond with these ancient mistresses… my eyes dance across their soft parchment, threading the lovingly laid ink of their calligraphy. Held in the crook of my arm, entranced by their beautiful crumbling covers and long delicate … Continue reading →

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