Monthly Archives: May 2014

The Great Debate

Posted on May 12, 2014 by cdsmiller17

I’m always surprised when someone takes me to task for something I’ve said, or something I’ve written. To express an opinion is just that: an opinion. I am not attempting to make anyone else accept what I think as the … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s News

Posted on May 11, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In relationships, there is nothing more demoralizing that being tossed aside for someone new. You feel like yesterday’s news. It happened to me while I was living in England, and my immediate response was to write the following poem.   … Continue reading →

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How I Chose the Winner of the 2007 Grand National

Posted on May 11, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Betting on a horse race is never a ‘sure thing’. For 20 years, I tried and failed at picking a horse to win the Grand National at Aintree in the UK. Then one year, I did something a little bit … Continue reading →

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Strange Coincidence?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by cdsmiller17

On the 31st of October 1987, I was sitting for a psychic portrait by Coral Polge, in the UK. A man, looking like a banker, sat (on the Other Side) for her. I didn’t recognize him at the time, but … Continue reading →

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Therapy

Posted on May 9, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Events in my earlier years showed me that I had a need to help others in their time of need. This led, first, to my becoming an Astrologer and, later, a Hypnotherapist. Two poems demonstrate my earlier frustrations.     … Continue reading →

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Original Sin?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by cdsmiller17

There’s been a debate going on for millennia about Original Sin (ancestral sin) versus Spiritual Birth (sin-free beginnings). I cannot do justice to this discussion, but for a little light humour, I wrote the following poem.   Genesis   When … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Maiden

Posted on May 7, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In the first year after I moved to England, I met my very first business partner. She was an Aquarian like me, and her approach to Astrology was more focussed on the spiritual side. Along the way, we got close … Continue reading →

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Bread and Wine

Posted on May 6, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Some titles seem to lend themselves to repetition. Such was the case for Bread and Wine. In the first poem, I was trying to encapsulate ideas I gained from Madame Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine. In the second one, I was … Continue reading →

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The Enneagram

Posted on May 5, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  It’s an interesting image, the Enneagram. The hidden message is the solution to π: 3.142857. I have tried to encode the following poem with the same message.     Enneagram   The symbol of esoteric knowledge Reminds me of … Continue reading →

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Flight of a Canada Goose

Posted on May 4, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The book Jonathan Livingston Seagull made such an impression on me when I read it. I could identify with the main character, so I thought maybe I should write something that echoed my Canadian identity. (I hope Bob and Doug … Continue reading →

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