Pausing
When pausing
we contemplate what is present in the present,
review what was present in the past,
prepare ourselves for a probable future,
and plan possible presents for hereafter.
Invitations to pause
for reflection and response
via conversation and application
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Questions about the what, who,
when, where, and how of this life,
as nudges for your queries -
Alphabetized ideas and proposals
about this and that, to be revised
by your experiences and reflections -
Calls to gratitude, praise, trust in goodness, to ask for what’s needed
to play our part with goodness -
Stanzas of 5/7/5 syllables in 3 verses
with perspectives on the elemental, embodied, ethereal, essential -
Perspectives on the elemental,
embodied, ethereal, essential
through free verse, rhythm, rhyme -
Sketches of portraits of notable and memorable beings, painted with letters arranged in paragraphs
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Brief scenes
featuring ordinary and extraordinary
witnessed and imagined
situations -
Stories
for every age,
offering lessons
in the form of allegory -
Exercises for the integration of experiences via investigation,
instrumentation, introspection,
inspiration and intention