meaning of life | Life-Built Poems

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FOLLOW THE GOD-THREAD (Shaping Dilemma)

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Here’s the most pretzel-brain-making question there ever was in the history of human thought: “Life is ___________” (fill in the blank). That’s the deceptively innocuous-looking problem that, given even just a little bit of space and time, can toss you smack-dab onto the back of the Chaos-Beast that takes you on a ride straight down the most convoluted and paradoxical rabbit hole a thinking being will ever encounter. Argh! I’ll tell you right now going in: That question actually has…

PUT SOME SOUL IN YOUR GAME

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When you’re a poet, words and phrases can have a powerful effect on you. Words are more than simple vehicles for communication. Certain words and combinations of words really “speak” to you. They can grab you by the throat and drag you down strange alleys. They can tangle up your feet and make you fall. They can lift you up and help you fly. Getting enchanted and be-spelled by words is probably one of the biggest hazards of the ancient…