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    A Little Less

    Everyone on these streets  wants to be a blade  the men who slit throats   have time on their side,  what use a shotgun  against twelve cleavers?    Grace and humility  unwrapped Christmas gifts  at the foundation of tree,  and yet, they still wonder  Why santa is such a cunt?    Tears fall like Elvis tears  yet to know you...

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    • This has anger and sadness at what people have fallen for.

    • damn. No sharp instruments for you. Yet your pen is cutting!

      • They only let me eat with a spoon – no knives or forks in sight. Knife crime is off the scale over here and it’s utterly depressing. Teenage gangs. This poem just doesn’t convey what I really wished to convey / articulate and the xmas metaphor doesn’t work.

        • many times when we write out an idea, it goes into a totally different direction, etc, than we imagined. It doesn’t mean it is less. It just shows that we are multi-faceted thinkers.

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    SESSION THREE
    Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
    This session (by request) will be on the Japanese Haiku form.

    Haiku 俳句
    (by Western rules)

    An unrhymed Japanese poetic form recording or expressing the essence of a moment, that at fist blush might appear to be quite simple, yet is far from it. Still, it is far l…Read More

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    Abyss of Reflection

    I am the ocean deep with mindWhere thoughts are waves that twist and windEach current pulls what reason knewInto the depths where truths undo I drift beneath the surface calmWhere silence sings a sinking psalmMy tides forget what they revealThen...

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    Meaning's Paradox

    I am the metaphor that bendsWhere meaning breaks and never endsI speak of all, yet say no thing A silent song the void can singI’m language shaped to lose its wayA truth that lies in what words weighEach phrase I...

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    • Powerfully penned, Mstrmnd. Into the book it belongs! Excellent write with many layers and a ton of depth my friend. Nicely done. Appreciate you.

      Damian

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    Tears of Death

    Rage and hate were imbeddedInto our fragile little mindsThe enemy we thought we dreadedWere the only people truly kindThe wool was pulled over our eyesLies spoken with a forked tongueA wolf in a sheep's disguiseJudas's tale now being resung...

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    • Wow we never questioned them we tasted greed and we never questioned them. That is powerful statement. Felt it

    • Thank you..yeah we stop pushing back because they dangle a carrot in front of us..they say a few food sounding lies and we are like ok..well I benefit.. thinking selfishly short term instead of long term..and in turn we give them more power and we lose ours

    • Powerfully penned, Mstrmnd. This is excellent work my friend, amazing write. I concur. Appreciate you.

      Damian

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