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poem, Breath
Poems of Pure Breathing
by David Wade ChambersOlinda — I desire poems of pure breathing: gusts of puppy play roses exuding their perfume silent gardens and mountain meadows breathing in and out chestnuts respiring oxygen in hazy light carbon dioxide exhaled in velvet dark oxygen inhaled again with semi-precious metals in a retort making rare gases the alchemist’s prayer the snorting of steam engines the pale green sigh of the priest as he bur...
Active Writers
David Wade Chambers
Lester X
Alejandro Asúnsolo
Henk Holveck
Other Contributors
poem, Philosophy, stoicism
Homage to Marcus Aurelius
by David Wade ChambersLos cerrillos — Each life on earth is ceaseless birth and death. Each day, elements unite and disperse. Self is recollection, convention and habit, proclivity, creation, coming together and dispersing. And final...
poem, Love, Beach
Youth's Beach: 1957
by David Wade ChambersBiloxi — I have touched your face with often and near forgotten smiles. I have walked waist deep in every moment your body would give. I have lived inveterate days belonging only to you. Like an adolesce...
Today's Sunrise, poem
Beginning or End?
by David Wade ChambersAireys inlet — Ra, god of sun and sky, embraced that morning Ma’at, justice, tenderly. But was that sun rising, or setting? Was it a beginning or an end?
Other Stories
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Society, poem, narrative mapping
melting but, pulsing like icicles during a mid-winter storm.
by Henk Holveck in West Hollywood -
poem, Prose poetry, poetry
Talula
by Camsy Ocumen in Quezon City -
Today's Sunrise, poem
Beginning or End?
by David Wade Chambers in Aireys Inlet -
poem, Breath
Poems of Pure Breathing
by David Wade Chambers in Olinda -
Burning, poem, Books
Burning the Books
by David Wade Chambers in Aireys Inlet -
Eyes, poem, Communism
Beam in Thine Own Eye
by David Wade Chambers in Praha 7 -
poem, Philosophy, stoicism
Homage to Marcus Aurelius
by David Wade Chambers in Los Cerrillos -
poem, Love, Beach
Youth's Beach: 1957
by David Wade Chambers in Biloxi -
Verses for Emlyn, Today's Sunrise, poem
Now I lay me down to sleep
by David Wade Chambers in Olinda -
poem
ThisisastorywithonlyoneWord-butthisWordismorethanjustaWord-theWordisatruthanditisasong-itisaknowledgethateverythingaroundyouhasmoretoshowyouthanwhatyouarecurrentlyseeing-listentothisword-itcoulddefineyouifyouletitchangeyou-thewordisWISDOM-whatdoesitmean-wehaveallhearditbefore-manyofusbeleiveweknowwhatitmeansalready-wedonot-WISDOMistheabilitytounderstandthingswhicharenotimmediatelyclear-itisthecapabilityofgreatmenandwomenwhoareagentsofchangeinthisworldwhochangetheworldbyunderstandingit-WISDOMseesagirlcryingandlovesher-WISDOMsayssomethingwhenitmustbesaid-WISDOMalsodoesnotsaythingsthatarenotmeanttobesaid-butwhatdowedoifwedonothavethisability-doweattempttogainit-orisitagiftfromGodthatcannotbegained-perhapsnoneofushaveWISDOMatall-perhapsitisthepursuitofWISDOMthatmakesuswise.
by Jesse Reynolds in Glen Allen -
poem
denial
by Daniel Chow in Kennett Square -
relationships, poem, poetry
The universe conspiredIn quite a remarkable way.
by Lester X in null -
Prose, poem
Not being a part of where I am. Although. I am a part of being here.
by Kai Lohre in Bangkok -
Everyone, poem
Everyone Is Someone Else
by Hadge Hughes in Lancing
Recent Moments
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Society, poem, narrative mapping
melting but, pulsing like icicles during a mid-winter storm.
in West Hollywood, United States -
poem, Prose poetry, poetry
Talula
in Quezon City, Philippines -
Burning, poem, Books
Burning the Books
in Aireys Inlet, Australia -
Today's Sunrise, poem
Beginning or End?
in Aireys Inlet, Australia -
Verses for Emlyn, Today's Sunrise, poem
Now I lay me down to sleep
in Olinda, Australia -
poem, Breath
Poems of Pure Breathing
in Olinda, Australia -
poem
ThisisastorywithonlyoneWord-butthisWordismorethanjustaWord-theWordisatruthanditisasong-itisaknowledgethateverythingaroundyouhasmoretoshowyouthanwhatyouarecurrentlyseeing-listentothisword-itcoulddefineyouifyouletitchangeyou-thewordisWISDOM-whatdoesitmean-wehaveallhearditbefore-manyofusbeleiveweknowwhatitmeansalready-wedonot-WISDOMistheabilitytounderstandthingswhicharenotimmediatelyclear-itisthecapabilityofgreatmenandwomenwhoareagentsofchangeinthisworldwhochangetheworldbyunderstandingit-WISDOMseesagirlcryingandlovesher-WISDOMsayssomethingwhenitmustbesaid-WISDOMalsodoesnotsaythingsthatarenotmeanttobesaid-butwhatdowedoifwedonothavethisability-doweattempttogainit-orisitagiftfromGodthatcannotbegained-perhapsnoneofushaveWISDOMatall-perhapsitisthepursuitofWISDOMthatmakesuswise.
in Glen Allen, United States -
poem
denial
in Kennett Square, United States -
Death, poem, Haiku
You made your prom dress with two pieces that transformed princess to a queen.RIP my friend.
in Minato-ku, Japan -
relationships, poem, poetry
The universe conspiredIn quite a remarkable way.
in null, null -
poem, spring, Questions
Recientes frescuras, olvidadas hojas caídas¿dónde quedó, pues,la incierta sensación de que el frío podría con todo?¿De dónde salieron y a dónde fueron bastardas esas ideas?
in Madrid, Spain -
literature, sunset, poem
No digas que se oculteNo digas que se detengaNo digas nadaNo lo eres para tamaño atardecerNo lo fuiste para serlo de alguien.
in Madrid, Spain -
Prose, poem
Not being a part of where I am. Although. I am a part of being here.
in Bangkok, Thailand -
poem, Philosophy, stoicism
Homage to Marcus Aurelius
in Los Cerrillos, United States -
poem, Love
I will never understand why flowers are romantic To present the one you love with such a fragile thing Beautiful, yes, but over so quickly
in Citrus Heights, United States -
Everyone, poem
Everyone Is Someone Else
in Lancing, United Kingdom -
Eyes, poem, Communism
Beam in Thine Own Eye
in Praha 7, Czech Republic -
poem, Love, Beach
Youth's Beach: 1957
in Biloxi, United States