POETRY
Science describes
accurately from outside,
poetry describes
accurately from inside.
Science explicates,
poetry implicates.
Both celebrate
what they describe.
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- Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm an aspiring poet. Here are a few of my recent creations.
Perennial
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I am wild beauty
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supple and rigid
gorgeous and grotesque
resilient and wounded
sublime and ordinary
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armored and vulnerable
withering and thriving
limited and limitless
dying and transforming
I am perennial
Sweet holding
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I run into the rain,
feeling it sting my face,
again and again
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winds gusting,
I leap over tangles
of fallen branches
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I summon the strength
to keep going,
this push is familiar
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as I climb, higher and higher,
the raindrops soften,
caressing my cheeks
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the universe's tears
meet mine, and
I feel held by the forest
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only in my slowing
can I feel the sweet holding
of the storm
haikus etc
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morning light caresses
brightening leaves, slowly
kissing them present
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as darkness descends
audacious colors soften
an invitation?
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fluid memories
sloshing around in my heart
longing to escape
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resisting what is
through constant origami
trust the unfolding
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fully inhaling
ways you return me to me
steeped in blessing tea
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thank you redtail hawk
for the reminder that I
do not fly alone
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delicate blossoms
their strength is their tenderness
peaceful warriors
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letting it all in
everything is magnified
wounds and blooms alike
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rapids fill our hearts
with humility and awe
soul-nourishing flow