Category Archives: Books & Poetry

The power of the word

Orpheus

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The Poet

By Khalil Gibran He is a link between this and the coming world. He is A pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink.

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School of Truth

O fool, do something, so you won’t just stand there looking dumb. If you are not traveling and on the road, how can you call yourself a guide? In the School of Truth, one sits at the feet of the … Continue reading

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A day of Silence

A day of Silence Can be a pilgrimage in itself. A day of Silence Can help you listen To the Soul play Its marvellous lute and drum. Is not most talking A crazed defence of a crumbling fort? I thought … Continue reading

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The power of nothing

A beautiful article from this week’s New Yorker on science and the art of medicine, as scientist are debating the response to placebo. Power of nothing

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Black

Black Crime festered hoods, drug overlords, poverty punished ghettos, HIV/AIDS ravaged cadavers, down-low deceivers, violent thug gangs , misogynistic populism,  health disparities run amok,  fissuring educational gaps, skyrocketing unemployment. When that loud group of boys got on the bus how I recoiled in judgement. … Continue reading

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Keenly Keynes

This is an article from this week’s New Yorker on John Maynard Keynes and his ideas that have shaped the world we live in Now. What would he tell us to do now – and should we listen ? The … Continue reading

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The remains

The beauty of death By Khalil Gibran Part 3 – The remains Unwrap me from this white linen shroud and clothe me With leaves of jasmine and lilies; Take my body from the ivory casket and let it rest Upon … Continue reading

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The ascending

The Beauty of Death By Khalil Gibran Part 2-The Ascending I have passed a mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the Firmament of complete and unbound freedom; I am far, far away, my companions, and the clouds are … Continue reading

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Come sing with me

COME SING WITH ME  by Justme Come sing with me, oh choir of man For knaves and kings and precious things You have not known or understand. Come dance with me, oh child of God For her and he and … Continue reading

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