Tag Archives: spiritual poetry

The Enneagram (Redux)

Posted on May 5, 2021 by cdsmiller17

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? 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…

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Spiritus Sanctus (Redux)

Posted on April 29, 2021 by cdsmiller17

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In my series of sonnets called Spiritus Sanctus, I wrote several poems that would act as reminders of some spiritual truths I had absorbed over the years. For example, the following poem highlights Jesus` sayings on…

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Oh Lord, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Posted on March 27, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Helena Blavatsky (July 31, 1831 [OS] – May 8, 1891) Baby, do you understand me nowSometimes I feel a little madBut don’t you know that no one aliveCan always be an angelWhen things go wrong I seem to be badBut … Continue reading →

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Was Shakespeare a Freemason?

Posted on January 29, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Shakespeare Tablet The more I research this particular subject matter, the more it seems to be true. Take the text from this online site: The Dedication to the Sonnets The dedication prefixed to Shakespeare’s Sonnets is one of the most … Continue reading →

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Is It Really Possible? Could I Have Been Him?

Posted on October 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 15, 1827) I wasn’t going to go here again, after deciding that John Varley was a better fit for me. And then I spotted the Peter Ackroyd book, Blake, in my office library. … Continue reading →

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Now, That’s What I Call a Completely Different Take on the Pieta

Posted on July 14, 2020 by cdsmiller17

If I were a betting man, I would say that this translation by Jessie Lemont of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Pieta” was inspired by The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Normally, all references to Michelangelo’s statue would be that … Continue reading →

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Deception

Posted on May 18, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  Could be I deserve ev’rything I get! How else can I account for my good luck? Otherwise, I might now be really stuck In situations that were much too wet. Conjunctions between Sun and Jupiter Enact a reign of … Continue reading →

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Kahlil Gibran: Artist, Poet, Prophet

Posted on April 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Prophet This book had a profound influence on me when I read it during the 1970’s. In fact, I would go so far as to suggest that my spiritual poetry developed because of him. So, you can imagine that … Continue reading →

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Touchstone Cool

Posted on December 28, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Wayland’s Smithy – 11 October 1987 If you’ve been following my posts from the very beginning in 2014, you would have come across a poem I wrote in 1987 to commemorate a visit to this long barrow. Now I want … Continue reading →

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We’ve Heard…

Posted on June 18, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Some Leonard Koans I’ve heard the soul is diamond in the rough That pain must polish it to a bright display; But mine is diamond dust that’s blown away. (from “I’ve Counted What I Have”) Now I heard there was … Continue reading →

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