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Seers


On an image from ‘Inspiration Corner’


We know they’re filtered, coffee grounds -

the same for sound bites that we hear,

now with AI, the site’s not clear,

but open-eyed - save tromp l’oeil?

For fear, deception, anchor points,

like verify on broadcast news,

so, spot what differs, puzzle page,

my belt and braces, shapes compared.

When talking to the colour blind,

I know their blue is brown to me,

so labels differ, spectrum’s range,

but they still know when autumn dressed.

One may be day - a sunny beach -

the other night with limelight shift;

but reason and experience

suggests art trickery afoot.

We need our seers, with second sight -

I call them poets in disguise -

who see beyond first glancing show,

wait long enough for afterglow.

Perhaps it’s back to stand and stare,

maybe reflect what’s really there,

the tree from Eden to the skull,

or Bhodi lore, to contemplate.

The more I see of canopy,

the acorn with inherent growth,

webbed mycorrhiza underneath,

I see tree teleology.

For if alone, this tree in pose,

unsettles me with eroteme,

the Greenman has fulfilled his cause,

and pilgrimage for me begun.

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Miembro desconocido
28 nov 2023

There are many great lines in this one - all of them to be honest. But what got me instantly is this: "We need our seers, with second sight - I call them poets in disguise -

who see beyond first glancing show,

wait long enough for afterglow."

The world would be a better place, if there were more of these poets in disguise. Thank u Stephen!

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Thank you !

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Nigel Smith
Nigel Smith
27 nov 2023

Tremendous piece for me to read, absorb, it brought to mind contemporary social concerns, man and his myths which all tumbled me into the nature of reality. I confess the themes I found have been passions of mine

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Miembro desconocido
23 nov 2023

Nothing is what it seems any more. Who verifies the verifiers?

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Alison Blevins
Alison Blevins
22 nov 2023

Your writing always has such a lovely rhythm to it. I enjoy exploring the complexity of the words - lots of new ones in there for me to google. Thank you Stephen.

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Keith Trayling
Keith Trayling
22 nov 2023

i just can't write non rhyming poetry so I'm envious of those who can. I'm not sure why Stephen but I particularly enjoed reading this one, didn't understand it all but it induced some lovely images in my head. Thank you

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