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THE BELONGINGS OF PARADISE — [APOETESSAY — by mdok]

[In West Milford WV there is a little street, off the main drag, called Paradise Lane. One imagines such a place where such as Buber felt the reciprocal BOP touch of hand and horse and “found” his concept of Continue reading →

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THE FIFTH GREAT FREEDOM

President F D Roosevelt in 1941 proclaimed the four freedoms  integral to the American experience and concepts of human freedom as — Freedom of Speech — Freedom of Worship — Freedom From Want– Freedom From Fear. Artist, Norman Rockwell Continue reading →

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CURRENT CONSEQUENCE COMMENTS

This will be brief and not cover all issues pulse-pounding my brainion’s deep breathing. In climate issues it seems this is the pivotal year historians will look back to when the alarm really sounded loud and it was either shut Continue reading →

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[See under — mdok — 8/15/18 : An APE — APOETESSAY — The Cosmosion Oscillations of Purpose]

–(Make the connect of this COSMOSION to the poem group SEVEN PILLAR VILLANELLES FROM THE TEMPLE OF LIFE AND TO KEYSTONE-CROWN CONCEPT TO THE GLOSSARY PRESENTATION OF  A— AND ITS PLACE IN THE PALINDROME AND ITS FUNCTION IN TIME AS THE PENDULUM)–

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108 years ago — birth date of Jabez Hanford O’Kelly

108 years ago — birth date of Jabez Hanford O’Kelly. A great father, husband, and craftsman of his trade.
He didn’t like anything to do with theater. Never attended or credited any of my performances. Never went to movies.
When Continue reading →
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ON OUT-SMARTING THE SMART PHONE SMARTIES

SMART!? Probably has something to do with my age and the way my cognitive craves have been nourished over the years. A few months ago, I left my old Samsung for a new Apple. Well, I “sung” better before and Continue reading →

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THE AGE OF THE PAGAIAN COVENANT  (with PAGAIA & PAGAIANISM)

The ancient term of PAGAN referred to those who found the powers –as divinities– in nature: basically worshipers of Nature. The three Old Testament derived religions were, basically, worshippers of what transcended Nature: the glories being, basically, beyond this life. Continue reading →

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I’ve Been to Heaven

ONCE — I’VE BEEN TO HEAVEN’S REUNION

I’ve been to Heaven, been to Paradise–
Strolled Elysian Fields holding Love’s hands.
That Eternal Now of All still alive —-
Family Fluxions of Angel Wings,
Chalice-stirred Overflows of Communion,
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ANNUIT COEPTIS — NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM*

MY, HOW EVERY NOW AND THEN AGAIN,

EACH THINKS OF WHAT COULD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

CATCHING OUR BREATH, WE PAUSE O’ER PRECIPICES TO PONDER

HOW FLOWERS GROW WITH STONES IN WANTS OF WONDER,

HOW DEWS, STORMS, AND SUNS SHINING Continue reading →

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DEAR ONES

Dear Ones — you who fly-away too soon

And you, Brave Hearts, who watched them go

Yet carry-on past the crying.

Oh, I sing your double-song,

Bow my body down

To hold the weight of your sorrows

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