http://slow.writerscafe.org/eternalpoet1389 The original writings of author Eternal Poet en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775991428 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 And at the edge of the forestI looked out upon mankindTaking notice as winter daysBegan to dwindle and fadeMeditating along snowy fieldsContemplating life and death Observing simple revelationsPassed down from our eldersGifted to us freely by the earthHinted a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1496852/ Blindness.  Iquietly open my eyes.  Under theglittering stars, I detect consciousness and vibrancy.  There is a certain depth to this darkness,the velvety richness of the night.  Illdisposed,  I resurrect the forgottenconstellations and a myriad of pulsating ga.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1493734/ Crystalline snowflakesDescend gracefully, like feathersPiercing the delicate unprotected skin, Upon your beautiful faceIn the cruelest of WintersHarsh borderlands persistAcross distant lonely fields, left vacant in the void, of your untimely departureRadi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1493179/ Impermanence like the tideBrevity crests, like stormy seasThe churning heavens cry outAs prismatic mists overtake meI have designed these fragmentedLapses in linear time, my judgmentLike the eyes of a circling hawkAll things equal, like the shoreand seaIn this m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1490727/ Portland boundSeems I'm lost and then I'm foundIn luminous rose gardensI just gotta get my feet Back On solid groundThe backdrop of this cityIs quietly drifting throughCountless Thoughts of youand Emerald colored dreamsUnder dark angry skiesMount Hood .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1490726/ This infinite amber WyomingLandscape devours vast horizonsUnder the grand shadowy vestigeOf Matho Thipila, the bear lodgeThis is all so new to meThis is all so breathtakingThis is the genesis of meWith the red earth, rocks and treesCircling trails under lush peace.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1490725/ Dreams blend quietlyInto midnight shadowsAn ocean indanthreneBrush strokes paintedWith thoughts of loveHope and meaninglessDesire solemnly dissolved In the brevity of dawn and lifeThe sky, the shores, mountain peaksWhisper to me, invite me, pull meInto.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1486980/ How I remember youMy sacred Paha SapaA living breathing landscapeMountains rising like towersRocky ridges the perfect altarFor solitary prayers and ritualThis divine earth evolvingDevolving, revolving Always in a great majestic arcThe circle that marks everyth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1483423/ Snow blindness.  February dissolves into opaque perylene gray.  Spirituality, infused in these jagged rocks,burnt umber forests, ice shelf shores and anthraquinone skies.  I glimpse the iridescent fading afterimage ofthe Huron Nation.  It was in a deepforest of black oa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1482414/ Preface to My New Book http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1468872/ Frozen in time, eachmoment a still frame.  Dreamlikestatuesque,  I slumber, reaching for anethereal ghost (she is never really there). A mystical awakening to auditory premonitions.  I can interpret the thoughts of countlesspast lifetimes, yet in my own I am hel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1468056/ I am the mariner, thetaker of the stars.  I navigate distanthorizons and vast empty stretches of transoceanic space.  My eyes reflect the cosmos, my heart pulsateslike a shimmering quasar.  Yes, myalmanac and me, long lost love and the glorious open sea.  Holding this.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1455042/ Through an eternal lonesome myriad Of dark, gray monumental autumndaysLy-co-ki-we always brings forth thebest in meAmong the protective shelter wombcanopyOf rustling sugar maple, oak anddogwoodBenevolent light burns from my unguardedspiritSome call it an aura, b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1450536/ Clockwork triggerThe great spiritstumbles Incoherently RevolvingChurning up spirits andheartsPowdery opaque snowCrystalline cracked winterand glittering SummerstarsIn the immense vacuumsilenceOf four strange summersI dreamt of you,somehow, magically.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1447888/ I once quietly meditatedUnder a lone cottonwoodListening to rustling leavesIn the gentle August afternoonJust on the edge, the outskirtsOf a thicket of gorgeous oakThis was somehow my home....Like some distant dreamA haunting memory emergingMy soul remembers all.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1442655/ Dusk, the sacred catalyst Igniting unimaginable colorsA beauty hidden, within the skinA litmus test, a divine spectrum Scarlet, indigo, blood red vermillionVelvet shadows soft, quietlyshroudingThese darkened wrinkles, tattered  lines That crisscross your m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1442242/ I followed herDown a mazeOf winding streetsHer footsteps echoingAcross desertedsidewalksThese Lake Michigan MistsSmothering Chicago citylightsThat glittered eternallyonceFor You and Me (thiswas our city)Like magnificent effervescentstarsI stare.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1439238/ I have to Let it goI said as I held on So tightly, gripping atNovember winds that Tore downDelicate Scarlet autumn leaves That glowed VermillionLike some hidden rage, and SadnessAmidst gray Blurry landscapesSometimes you Get lostAmidst emerald fields Like pain.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1439212/ Relentless rolling wavesAngrily churn against this coastStirring up submerged memoriesAnd forgotten thoughts, of herThe silent vacuum, of this enormousstormImplodes upon uneventful daysShredding the unguarded beachAnd the of limits of thisinsurgency Like a kni.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1438776/  I quietly awoke sweating, alone, hurt.  A hazy scarlet aura, slowly penetrated/illuminatedthe lonesome western horizon like some unintended tragedy.  In the rich velvety darkness of early dawnsolace, I was suspended in some kind of bardo-like state.  This was a c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1424502/  Crescent moon, October has arrivedIlluminating the darkest autumn night Grasping branches, reaching aboveSplintering silver shards of flaking barkI climb into effervescent ultraviolet canopyThrough infinite heavens and eternal starsThe scarlet burning sky si.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1421894/ I felt it pulling at meCrashing into meImploding from all sidesRipping, shredding,Tearing me in twoHopelessly strugglingI gave in to the currentsI swan like a dolphin, a whaleI let it take me away, Stripping my clothes offLike endless sparkling wavesRe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1411675/ We followed winding paths of windswept sand Upon a magnificent shoreline that once was sacredTraversing ancient trails of Potawatomi and MiamiDreams of EverestAmid memories of RainierWe only trace majestic outlines of moraines and golden dunes hereCool win.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1404898/ Inyan In the caring grasp Of my gentle fingersRests an old forgotten friendA lovely pitch black obsidian stoneTaken from the living breathing earthThe sacred ground of our ancestorsI listen quietly, patientlyAs the rock begins to speakWhispering natur.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1401358/ I sit by overgrown cattail shores, of a quiet lotuspond, meditating in early morning. Seeking solace among the divine, the alligators, sea salt and myreflection upon still darkened waters.  Alabamaskies, stream endlessly sacred, reminding me of eternity, and something utterly.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1396529/ poetry, spirituality, mysticism http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1388824/ The Mystical Epiphany The thawed earth cracked like brittle glass, beneathmidnight footsteps, familiar strangers shattering such peaceful solitude.  You were light years away.  Gray cracked branches grappled likeoutstretched arms for the glittering March stars just out.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1386811/ A crescent moon, through distant fields, it is finally themonth of July.  Marshall County, fragrantpine and lonesome summer.  I miss mybrother.  Dreams ascend like spirits intothe silver midnight.  In the clearing, a séanceamong forgotten friends.  Day-d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1383707/ Distant voices and melodiesThis quiet moment, a blessingMemories floating, like an ocean of cloudsAcross a mirror reflection, a placid lakeBut even when these skies are fallingDescending in a melancholy paradeIt's never quite velvet without youThe ephemeral windswept .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1383697/ The open heart, my brotherIs like a luminous glowing Spring flower surrenderingTo the majestic golden embraceOf the glimmering Hindu sunriseI kneel and pray, honoring youUnder brilliant morning rays....Ah-Cum-Kin-I-Ma-HutI feel your ancient presenceUnder starl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1377406/ She devours ancient poetry, singing gracefully in bathrooms andempty stalls To the lonely ancient flickering periphery of deceased starsThat float unconsciously above suburban rooftop shinglesCalling upon formless spirits and the imprints of the deadHer ancestors finely speakin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1374335/ Mirror my formAnd all I see Is a storm inside meSilence, still yet to be brokenBy the chilling fog of mysteryA thousand Engulfing landscapesYet to be discovered and conqueredI am just a tiny unmapped islandIn an immensely grandiose seaGlittering stars careen a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1374321/ Sunsets, sunrises, silhouettes and afternoonsSwallowed me up, like a great wine drenched ocean stormMy birth this beautiful immense lonesome shorelineThis moment my simple unnoticed magnificent heydayMy death the transcendental summit finally ascendedAll I remember now is hum.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1351965/ Silence glistensIgniting the sparkOf spirits and starsI am lostAmid these hillsAnd gray shadowsOf tree branchesScattered tentsAnd the silhouette Of love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1349139/ A fragrant eucalyptus breeze, blows up through golden strandsof sunlight, along the emerald Pacific coast. Thoughts of love arise amid frothywhite waves that crash upon obsidian rocks, disintegrating into the coast likebroken streams of restless cumulous clouds. I sit beside a tree .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1345103/ It was deep in the blue shadowy depths of this great valley,where the ice age still held its lingering grasp, and moments stood frozen in mercurialchill.  These frigid rivers twisted andturned through this pristine landscape like a divine serpent,  cutting through hills and fores.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1335673/ Deserted Streets,Railroad tracks, and a Car Idling at Midnight Hey, I remember that nightWhen auburn November skiesBled into the scarlet horizonYour black hair beautifully gothicBillowing like a mystical veilBelow your second floor windowI lit the wick of a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1332874/ The cold gray grasp of winter Had passed like melted snowReflections of silvery frostAnd the pale pulsating aura of starsStill haunting me on this equinoxYet as these days grow longerI feel such yearning, a callingThat draws a man into the forestAs spring thaws th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1332324/ The majesty I find, in a wooded ravineYour crystal clear creeks are the divinity I seekI descend down into your beating heart, a valleySlipping and sliding, down icy canyons and ravinesThis clay is your flesh, frigid water your bloodI kneel and touch each obsidian pebble and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1327756/ And so, she came to me quietly just before dawn, my Ptesanwi.  Silent in the blessed night, revealing theseven sacred rituals, I was parched and famished.  Buffalo herds raced westward into the dustyhorizon, disintegrating like a vast army of ghosts.  Yes, she was the prophete.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1323077/ Out over yonder, by great river shores, before Benson Bridgewas even erected, I took the form of a coyote brother.  When the world was still young, in the agewhere man and animal spoke the same tongue, I traversed the crests and bigshining mountains of vast horizons.  Thelandsc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1319660/ My luminous world, adheres to mystic twilight.  Prisms ignite and arc across the indigofirmament.  Shattered are the glossyresidues of youth.  The tide has sweptaway unknowing, thoughts float like debris. Clouds, a prayer that gathers, like dusty smoke.  The veil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1318526/  March.  Theearth slowly thaws.  Murmuring ice and thescent of rich soil, engulfs fragile hillsides. Seagulls quietly circle lonelyshorelines in a graceful arc. Naked branches carefully ascend, graspingupwards.  Decaying amber grass,thoughtlessly crushed beneath a s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1318521/ Around the circle, blared the amber glow offirelight upon crooked branches and rigid bark. Embers smoldered late into the autumn night.  The moon was shining luminous.  Under ancient oak, roamed the spirit ofnative long lost forefathers.  We are allhaunted in some way.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1311907/ Around fading embers, adorned a canopy of maple, achorus of frogs, grains of sand, footprints and an ancient yearning.  Deep, deep, I am lost in wandering thoughtsand the eternal night.  The immortal MilkyWay my only guide, illuminating pathways unchartered.  Reminiscently h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1308629/ The haunting autumn breezeCarried auburn thoughtsInto the yearning scarlet duskIn an Indian summer, long agoSunset always suited meAlong with love, your silhouetteAnd indanthrene shadows, forgottenIn the eternal seasons, saturatedWith the scent perfume, sage and lemon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1304230/ Shhhh!!!!Listen very closelyI hear the great spiritIn the fragrant breezeI see the sacredIn each cottonwood treeI can touch the divineOn the sharp edgeOf a towering mountainYes, it's the shorelineThe ultramarine shoalsThat speak to meIn the languag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1304216/ DivinityIs trapped in each snowflakeThe sacred reflectingOff silver raysOf grandmother moonJust past midnightWhen silence Spilled over the landLike an immense floodI heard your voiceCrackling acrossThe shattered iceOf a frozen January pondThe s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1304211/ Just like Indra, I am jealous, drunk on soma.  Asparas visions have distracted me, leading meastray, into the gray.  For I am theatmosphere, the tempest storm, the crackling thunder.  In the silver rain, I ride upon porcelain Airvata, across the sacred snow capped mount.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1300227/ Tangled up in yourprayer flags.  Distant chimes ringpeaceful serenity hymns across crimson cliffs. I bow in respect at the sacred tower, healing waves flowing over me likea soft tranquil tide.  The lush scent ofPinion and Juniper drifts in the magnificent golden tran.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/eternalpoet1389/1293214/