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Category Archives: Poetry
A Recovering Spell: The Vejigante
A demon captured and playfully exorcised
A Recovering Spell: The Taino
Symbols carved in stone A record left in flesh and spirit
A Recovering Spell: The Flamboyant Tree
Branches of a soul aflame but not consumed
A Recovering Spell: The Coqui
A call in the dark Found only by the one who hears
A Recovering Spell: The Machete
Tool to clear Tool to restrain Tool to harvest Tool to sustain
A Recovering Spell: The Campesino
From field removed and forest swept, The cane and coffee left for more certain hands
Lift
Hands were made to lift The tool that builds The obstacle in the path The weight that oppresses Hands were made to lift The infant that cries The child that laughs The friend that despairs The love that unites Hands were made to lift The object The body The dream The offering The Spirit HandsContinue reading “Lift”
Ecosystem of the Mind
A community unseen Thoughts competing for habitat and resources Herds of routine travelling together, grazing Packs of spontaneous on the prowl, hunting Masses of involuntary writhing in the undergrowth In the sky the rising and setting of alertness Moving in an atmosphere of stimuli A climate of inputs Absorbed and converted into action One worldContinue reading “Ecosystem of the Mind”
Chemistry of Fate
There is confidence in the stoichiometry No decisions need be made Elements measured and poised All that is required is an action But what hope is there that every electron will obey? How can I expect 100% yield?