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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Fire Sacrifice, Four of Pentacles and more

George Cassidy Payne·September 3, 2021
Fire Sacrifice The way some fireflies……hide within the grassfaking the fluorescent signs……of cold heat, I waitedto possess you, to consume...
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POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The No-Answer Answer, I Am the Love That I Seek, You Are Not Just You

Mike Larcombe·July 16, 2021
The No-Answer Answer Find and connect with the stillness within,for this is the you that you seek: your unconditional, non-judgmental,...
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WE ARE ALL ARTISTS: Creating your own closure

Christie Leigh Babirad·June 8, 2021
“All we can really do is love people. We can’t change them or make them do things they’re not ready...
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POEMS BY JOHN GREY: For the Day of the Dead, War Front, The One Flower

John Grey·March 26, 2021
For the Day of the Dead Shop windows are adornedwith papier-mâché skeletons,some in cowboy hats, some with crowns,Behind glass, slumped...
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BOUNTY: Love is the most important ingredient of whatever you’re cooking

Julia Abelsohn·March 6, 2021
Thick black clouds of smoke mixed with the smell of sweet red peppers roasting in their skins fill our nostrils...
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SHARING LOVE: 3 powerful reflections to help you live a life of meaning

Lisa Hromada·March 3, 2021
Several weeks ago, I came upon the news of the sudden and tragic passing of a friend. Amid my shock...
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WITHOUT SCANDAL, WITHOUT WORRY OR TERROR: The end-time predictions of Joachim of Fiore

Lucas Coia·December 23, 2020
Did you know the world was supposed to end in 1260? Read about the prophet Joachim of Fiore, who predicted...
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AS EQUALS: Love holds the potential for political change

Finn Janning·December 11, 2020
Somewhere, I read that Black Lives Matter (BLM) is all about love. I like that. I think it’s true—all kinds...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Irish Moon, Vow, Amy and more

George Cassidy Payne·November 16, 2020
Irish Moon Woundedamong her trees, it’s 3:20 a.m. I ponder heras a long pour of Guinnesson a slow night. Vow...
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LIVING ABROAD FOR LOVE: 3 truths we’ve learned about international relationships

Tyla Miller·October 21, 2020
Whenever I meet someone new and the topic of relationships comes up, they soon discover that I’m Canadian and my...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Photography, The Feeling of Difference and more

George Cassidy Payne·September 6, 2020
Photography is the waterfallcarved by theelements, a riverbed ticking away,layer by layer, thesalty, smoked scentof sycamore mist. Were the Humans...
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POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: In This Darkest of Nights, Love Came and more

Jim Johnston·August 11, 2020
In This Darkest of Nights, Love Came 1 Everywhere I look, a darkness is spreading,carried on waves of coercion,waves of...
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POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: From Moment to Moment, The Gift of Love and more

James Farwell·August 7, 2020
From Moment to Moment May I remember that I am not my body,thoughts or feelings; I am theAwareness, Compassion and...
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TO BE AND TO LOVE: A remarkable and inspiring time to be alive

Forrest Rivers·August 3, 2020
One day during the height of the pandemic, I was sitting with Clay, a very dear and infinitely wise 72-year-old...
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POEMS BY CHELSEA FRISBEE: Rising as One, Boundless Love, A Life in a Place

Chelsea Frisbee·July 10, 2020
Rising as One speak through ustrees of so much power and grace build within usthe much-needed voicescoming together as we...
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POEMS BY DIANA RAAB: Stillness, Unfolding, What Life Reminds Us

Diana Raab·July 3, 2020
Stillness (In response to: “I Like for You to be Still” by Pablo Neruda.) I like for you to be...
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METTA MEDITATION PRACTICE: Tap into the power of loving-kindness

Forrest Rivers·June 1, 2020
Two of the primary purposes of meditation are to learn to let go and to recognize one’s interconnection to all...
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PEOPLE ARE SCARY: Poetry by Trude Witham

Trude Witham·April 24, 2020
Stay away Keep your distanceEveryone is suspectEven if I know you Stay awayLest you cough on meSneeze on meBreathe on...
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A PANDEMIC OF HOPE: Poetry by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·March 30, 2020
As fast as the virus and then some, Love is spreading. In the hands of doctors and nurses, it spreads....
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BOX OF LOVE: Every wrong act that a person makes aright transforms humans into gods

Ji Strangeway·February 14, 2020
I grew up in the big city. It had dirt roads. Here, seeing ghosts was more common than seeing cars....
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PETEY’S YELLOW BIRD: All he wanted was love, and so did we

Ji Strangeway·December 7, 2019
One night, children kept knocking on our door. Superheroes, monsters, a witch, a ghost and Satan—each no taller than four...
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OUR TRUE NATURE: Poems and affirmations to awaken the soul

Matt Buonocore·November 22, 2019
A Sunny Dream You are the sunniest day,I never find a cloud in your sky.You are the open sea,you always...
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SOOTHE THE SOUL: 3 poems about love by Matt Buonocore

Matt Buonocore·August 9, 2019
Locked in Thought My Dear,All I want is your happiness,I want to see you smile.I’ve watched for years behind these...
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POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Planted, The Purple Room

Rebecca Shea·August 2, 2019
I filled my watering can with holy waterAnd used it to water my lawnSo the grass would finally be greenerOn...
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