Category Archives: Poems Beyond Their Words

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

Those Who Cannot Trust – Who Fear Love

Posted on November 23, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

A forest is felt more at night than seen by day The saplings of fears grow in the darkness into tall trees that we climb to see stars above the canopy. Through the obsidian blackness, an occasional beam of light … Continue reading →

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Defined by a Feather

Posted on July 22, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

My gift at mid-life, (which is defined by the fulcrum that shifts continually to the right over the course of a lifetime) was received when I dropped a palette of gold that I pulled from the earth to catch a … Continue reading →

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