“By blowing this kiss—
I’m sending you a blessed wish—”
title: “Sending Wishes By Blowing Kisses”
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AUG / 22 / 2022
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Dedicated to the mysterious power of sincere prayer.
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In addition, here is an alternate version:
“Love-charged prayers sent as shooting-star showers—
Soon to strike thy plights like mystic meteorites—”
title: “Meteorites To Make Things Right”
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AUG / 24 / 2022
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“After January’s Jubilee, February’s Tomfoolery & the Mirth Of March—
May’s Maize Maze wearied April’s Angels—
So August let loose a Gust Of Awe—
To rejuvenate the jazzy jive of June & July—
While September’s Amber Embers Slept—
And missed a meet-up with the other 3 members of the Calendar!—”
title: “Funky Monthly Wordplay”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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Dedicated to silliness amidst all the seriousness.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“Fall’s first frost quiets the crickets—
Whose spirits depart this planet like little comets——”
title: “The Sonorous Season Shifts & Goes Silent”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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Dedicated to warm weather creatures & the ephemeral interval where musical animals share their summery songs.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“There’s an Ant-Lion Sand-Pit in this Hourglass Terrarium where we’ve long overstayed—
Everything’s upside-down & wrongside-right, so let’s rewind time before the last grains have drained—
Uncovering the simple fact that there’s always been visible cracks in the surrounding glass—
Of this clocklike cage where we’ve long been trapped——”
title: “Chronoquarium”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“In this wayward world where the better-half of your own soul starts out as a stranger—
Settling for a comfortable pacifier is the real danger——”
title: “Hazards To The Heights Of Human Potential”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“Gotta rememba that there’s a Messiah inside ya—
But we all betta respect the lessons left by our brudda Buddha, Gautama—”
title: “Encouragement For Enlightenment”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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Dedicated to Siddhartha Gautama & all adherents who preserved the words he shared for the sake of everyone’s salvation.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“The Time Is Nigh—
To Metamorphosize Thy Mind——”
title: “Imminent Metamorphosis”
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2009 – 2011 ??
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Dedicated in honour of the change of heart, that changes one’s mind, to prioritize the well-being of others over oneself.
As well as all the little ways that we all continue to improve, as our awareness of the huge impact that even the tiniest choice causes, as our partially purified perception’s clearness increases.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“Infinitely Unfurling Fountain-Flowers’—
Cascading Heart-Cups’ Nectar-Geysers—
Wonderful Waterfalls’ Unstoppable Miracles—
Refilling Each Other’s Reservoirs—
With What One Another Outpours—”
title: “Wellspring Within”
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AUG / 25 / 2022
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Dedicated to Koi and every variety of usagi.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“Posies & Pansies are pretty & proud—
But quite sick of being stuck to the ground—
Cuz they’d prefer to traverse the winds of the world like a cloud: unbound—
So these beautiful-but-immobile blooms dared to flap their foliage like leafy feathers—
And now, new wings glide the globe, which we’ve come to know as Flutter-Flowers!——”
title: “Flutter-Flowers’ First Flight”
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AUG / 30 / 2022
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Dedicated to the courage that can elevate us all, if we dare to be brave.
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
“And so we finally arrive at the end of all Tragedy—
Now that Melpomene herself is a newfound retiree—
Which permits this ancient Muse to pursue happier hobbies quite ardently—”
title: “Tragedy Retires”
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AUG / 29 / 2022
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Dedicated to all nine Muse daughters of the titan, Mnemosyne:
Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Urania (muse of astronomy), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of religious hymns), Euterpe (muse of lyric poetry), and Terpsichore (muse of choral song & dance).
As well as Sappho of Lesbos (renowned as the mortal Tenth Muse).
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"For the benefit of everyone/everywhere/everywhen, may these ripples
catalyze only cascades of goodness, with zero badness resultant.
Spoken truly and sincerely."
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