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Carrier wave; sine curve; you see iton the heartscan lifescreenin the intensive care wardas if with no regard for youit’s self-sufficient; sufficient..

This Spring, a new nameamong the old graffiti -will it be true love?

'Shall I be gone long?Forever and a day.Where will I go?Ask my song.'The sweet cold plumsin the ice-boxwere no compensationfor the note attached..

In a smart burnoose, Khadour looked on, amused;it suited him, to pick the choicest fruitfrom market stalls, comparing each with alland, smiling, then..

How many years after our birthbefore we hear some word or phrasethat speaks of ‘unity’?And then how many more,before we hear such conceptsas..

The diffused northern sunlightof this studio at dawnmatches the silence and the stillnesslike the speaking silenceof the retrochoir behind the..

In the beginning was the Word…what’s a beginning, then?a beginning, perhaps, not in time;a beginning, perhaps, with time itself;in our time, the..

Good dog…! ’…Your faithful hound closes his eyelidsfor a fraction longer - could this be blissso pure that humans rarely know it? –rests his head for..

write in praise of ignorance – that is,that state which we so easily mis-name;which would be better known by that old term,‘un-knowing’ – free of..

In carefree, laughing, joyful mood –let’s praise the ego, to its face!Our most faithful mate throughout our life;with us longer than our parents or..

in praise of a fellow poetwhen someone’s doingquietlysomething which isperfect in itselfthento praise or to encourageseems almost likean insultto..

I, upon this journey, question me:journey, I to God, or God to me?If I to God: I pray that journey fast;if God to me: Thou first; that I may last.

His open eyes, one catching the sun,shining towards me – presumablythey still function optically:recording, unmoved, unmoving, my presence;this dead..

The older couple who've set downtheir folding chairs, a blanket, lunchboxnot too far from the old Lincolninhabit three islands of peacewhich by the..

Noon here in hot summer in this quarter-sphere of stepped stone;the smell of herbs rolling down from the mountainside,the light so strong that it..

To know the impossible to be impossibleand yet to love the attempt;to demonstrate that beauty is eternal, yetseen only in that moment now,never to be..

The door creaks, as she opens itand the fall of the heavy iron latchechoes through the empty church.The atmosphere inside, this cold day,is heavy, as..

Alas, no clear account can I relate(as one who knows too well, that sorry state):for after all, to know one’s ignorancewould be a wisdom cosmic in..

IbrahimIbrahim was a shoemakerin that Persian land afarwhere wisest men practice craftsin side-alleys without nameand teach with storiesOne day..

In olden days we would have saidthings like an act of grace,an endeavour noble in intent,humanity at its most heroic,the heart speaking,the soul’s..

‘Animal sacrifice in Kali templesand in Durga shrines is a disgrace! –this is pagan savagery anda shame to our pure souls!*(Please excuse the yellow..

There were two monks whoshared a cell in perfect amity.Yet they, concerned to perfect their compassionfor all humankind, wished to know allmankind’s..

Now that this houseflyhas finished wringing its handsover the past - what?

See them at the starting-gate:impatient horses tossing their bridled heads,rearing, backing, snorting;silk-bright riders patient;how have they..

You – whose inner strength, I always thinkto be the greater than my fluctuating own –ask, only half humorously, asbusiness, family support, collapses..