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Category Archives: Illusion

Songs of the Mother

July 1, 2021by johnhintonart 2 Comments

Songs of sadness, songs of woe. Songs that bleed and songs that know. Songs of life and songs of death Songs that take away your breath. Songs of silence and […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, Illusion, Interbeing, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry, Song, Uncategorized

Sins of the Father

June 29, 2021by johnhintonart Leave a comment

Sins of the Father Sins of the father. Who missed the target? Was it my father, his father or his father or his…? Patriarchal penetration, perpetration and perpetuation in perpetuity? […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, Illusion, Metaphor, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry, suffering, Uncategorized

Where I Stop is Where I Start

June 27, 2021by johnhintonart Leave a comment

I come to this place over and over the wall of feelings, the wall of thoughts, the wall of trauma and neglect. I even bring my chair here sometimes. I […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, delusion, Esoteric Prose, Illusion, Interbeing, Metaphor, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry, suffering

Today I Saw my Face

June 25, 2021by johnhintonart Leave a comment

Behind the mask of hair, obscurity of vision and perception vanishes, albeit slowly. The stark truth of Life-as-it is always hovering beneath the mask calling me to clear my mind, […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, delusion, Esoteric Prose, Hebrew tradition, Illusion, Metaphor, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry, suffering

Knocking on the Mirror

June 20, 2021by johnhintonart Leave a comment

Standing in front of the mirror I see a face Changing, morphing, moving in stillness Who stands before me? I reach out and the reflection reaches back Is this a […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, Illusion, Interbeing, Metaphor, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry

Into the Breach

June 15, 2021by johnhintonart Leave a comment

In my heart and mind, I see suffering. Not just the ubiquitous world and everyone else’s torment and a disconnected me,hiding in the corner. The greatest suffering of all, is […]

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Buddhism, Contemplative Poetry, delusion, Illusion, Interbeing, Metaphor, Mutterings and Metaphors, Poetry, suffering

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