S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: A Word To Acknowledge Sir John Tavener, My Elder Brother In The Orthodox Faith 4 hours ago
You, Sir John, are not the only one
to hope for an authentic, local English Orthodox tradition:
I, too, hope and pray for the same condition---
wholly Orthodox, but geographically American.
Starward-Led [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: A Word To Acknowledge Arvo Part, My Elder Brother In The Orthodox Faith 4 hours ago
. . . but the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord. . . . O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Toward Lent, 2026 And Easter, April Twelfth, 2 9 hours ago
During this Great Lent, I have much to be done. That said,
I beg Merciful Christ to keep me alive through the duration.
Begin, my soul, by embracing appellation
and designator, Starward-Led. [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Donald Trump’s Top 10 Presidential Quotes 9 hours ago
1. 'A house divided against itself is the prime objective of my Presidency'
2. 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people, what sort of crazy idea is that?'
3. With malice towards anyone who opposes me, charity for nobody... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Footnote: Old Age Simile 10 hours ago
Anxious to flee this
failing carcass, my rank farts
are like impatient
refugees, lined up at the
border crossing point's entrance.
Kyakuchuu
, [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; To Basho, In Praise Of His Young BoyFriend, 40 [ /;\ ] 11 hours ago
From the Silk Route, a
pair of sheer, yellow stockings,
for Toyo: his feet
and smooth legs sheathed in sunshine;
both of you engorged at once. [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: At Holy Resurrection Cathedral 11 hours ago
Our kind ruined the world.
Let's take ownership of that,
and confess the sin.
Thereafter, we can receive
the most Holy Eucharist.
Kyakuchuu
aka
Starward-Led [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled DAILY GRATITUDE WONDERFUL LIFE 11 hours ago
I am grateful for understanding early on…
and can say without any misgivings…
how lucky I am to to have been gifted
this wonderful live I am living.
[read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled LITTLE THINGS 11 hours ago
May we be blessed to understand….
since we are only on this Earth for a short while…
it is imperative we do what makes us happy
and surround ourselves with people who make us smile. [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled ALL THE REASONS I WAS BORN 11 hours ago
Although I have no recollection of the day when I was born…
my parents said it was a cold day in December…sometime in the early morn.
Whenever I ask myself why was I born on that cold day in December
I stop a moment to think about my... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Dressed To Party [XLIX] 14 hours ago
Byeol has put on his sleeveless basketball
tee, with baggy dress slacks and sheer white dress socks
(OTC'S, the toes' reinforcements softly
opaque); and, as usual with him, shoeless:
no wonder I drool.
Kyaykuchuu [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Glimpse Of The Innkeeper 16 hours ago
Within the shadowed corridors of his high white house
(shadily acquired), the Innkeeper stomps out ovals of rage:
against rivers, mountains, vast tracts of preserved forests,
protected peoples not as pallid as he is, and the stars above
them all;... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Footnote: Abandonment 16 hours ago
Even my rancid farts are unusually eager to
escape this failing and decrepit carcass; they
jostle each other impatiently in the exit line:
any wonder that my soul is the more anxious to
take leave and, at last (no longer lulled), leap starward?... [read more] |
Seeker posted a new Poem titled Last Supper 19 hours ago
On the first day of the feast
of the eating of unleavened bread
His disciples came to him and said
Where shall we prepare for you to eat
Go into the city to a certain man
And saying to him of... [read more] |
Savvart posted a new Poem titled The Blind Eye 21 hours ago
The human eye, a wondrous thing,
A lens of light, a jeweled ring,
It drinks the dawn, beholds the star,
Yet misses truth that smolders far.
It sees the shimmer, not the scar,
The silver coin, not who we are;
It notes the tear but not the... [read more] |
