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! B L I S S
When asked ‘What is it like? ’he’d only say,‘There is no ‘there’; no ‘like’; no ‘not’;no ‘other’; no ‘away’..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Autumn In The Northerm Hemisphere, Spring In The South..
It’s autumn here: the leaves fall brown,the nights are cold and frosty,the days are shorter and shorter,there’s snow on the way…is autumn asking you..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Artist As Verb
Perhaps the world is more grammaticalthan grammar: reveals itself, a little coded –as codes tempt, when grammar hidesunder the guise of..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Armenian Americans - American Armenians
Oh dear Armenians - you whomMother America took to her bosom,helped so many of you to becomerich and powerful...if the Turks acknowledge the ethnic..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Are Persons People?
and he saysyou don’t write poetry to please people, you knowthat’s with a comma after peopleyou write poems to please youwith shock lines like I..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Another Rant And A Wicked Suggestion
Spent one hour plus on the phonetrying to book a routine visitfrom the power company;innumerable options,given seven further phone numbers;it was..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Another Gem From Jon Haidt
Look inward to God,Look outward to God,but for God's sake, stop tryingto make the world conform to your will...
©  Michael Shepherd
! Another Cliché, Er, Bites The Dust
Every few months, a shot rings outin the desert of the public mind;another cliché (reading its local newssheet,chewed cigar in mouth, string..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Anna - The Story Of A Love
The Indians saythat the eater is the eaten.We caught each other's eyeacross a crowded room...she with her mates,but blushed in my direction...and..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Anger
Epictetus the stoic philosopher saidthat anyone who angers you becomes your masterby disturbing you;Well, that's me -full of righteous and..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Angels
Angels..do you believe in angels?do angels believe in you?which question, the more sensible?suppose angelsto know greatly more than us..suppose..
©  Michael Shepherd
! And Meanwhile Love
Waking in the dream-tossed night, I knew you harmeda thousand miles away in suffering’s dark storm;so only lovepain comes no easier when it comes..
©  Michael Shepherd
! An Unofficial Report On Poemhunter
‘So tell me, Michael…’the voice is slow and measured,that of one used to public speaking,his words so significant that the audiencemust hear every..
©  Michael Shepherd
! An Old Armenian Limerick
I once had a friend called Djirdjirian;His Christian name was Haig - though Armenian;(The British had a fine Postal Office on the coast) :So two..
©  Michael Shepherd
! An Exploration Of The Subtleties Of The English Language In Second Childhood
If I don'tgo andgowhen I need togoI stillgoanywaywithoutgoing there
©  Michael Shepherd
! An Ardent Wish For Others
How ardently, now, I wish for otherswhat I –alas too late – wish -would have wished - for my own self,and maybe, for my parents too:some time in life..
©  Michael Shepherd
! An Ancient Japanese Saying
Persons in citiesdriving 4x4sshould smile a lotbut not bow
©  Michael Shepherd
! Alle Thyngen Af Thu Syngen
Today, all things sing of you;you sing in all things.you show yourself -today - in all things;all things show you.you are herein all things – today..
©  Michael Shepherd
! Abbot John Of Forde At Prayer
All the wonders under heaven and earthwould take more than a lifetime to enumerate –why then, to be surprised, that Onecan speak to such as me,not in..
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Word In Your Era
I'm miss-spelling this message to try to shoveit past that spamblock that bans risky words like vole;and to tell you, my darling, my angel, my..
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Tribute To Ramana Maharshi
Movement, beautiful movementcomes out of stillness;dancers know this;sound, beautiful sound,comes out of silence;musicians, singers, know this;what..
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Tribute To President Bush From Europe
Mr President,You are allthat makes Americagrate
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Tribute To Poemhunter's Popularity
' DearGreetings to you, i hope this mail finds you well & healthy and i hope we can established a relationship since we are meeting for the first..
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Thousand Poems
yeah yeah, nothing for you to boast about –‘100 good ones would be quite enough…no, make that 20 – who’s got time for more,even if they were..
©  Michael Shepherd
! A Thought From Isaac Of Nineveh
Isn’t it extraordinary – whenyou come to think of it – thatthe One whom atheists deny(for then they would have to acknowledgeOne greater than..
©  Michael Shepherd