Alchemic Verse

Transmuting pain to poetry

May 27, 2026

Blog: The Yesperiment

It’s been more than two months since the last blog – not for a lack of desire to write, nor a lack of experiences to share. Somewhere along the freeway of progress to embodied identity, the low motivation light came on and the lanes narrowed with bent and battered orange pylons down to one, clogged… Continue reading

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May 17, 2026

Earthly Starlight

Follow me from where it’s loudTo silent lighthouse on the soundBlinking light between the eyesSigning shelter from the tide The light is no low flying planeNor ship that sails the other wayLet earthly starlight pull your gazeGuide you safely through the waves Through howling keenLet light be seen Follow me from acrid tastesTo sweeter shores… Continue reading

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May 8, 2026

Hot Take: Life Soup

There’s a blend of ingredients that make up a life, simmered by the heat of living. A soup well-lived requires being deliberate about the ingredients, the ratios, and the seasonings held in balance with the changing of the seasons. One season calls for hearty root vegetables, barley and cream, another for cooled tomato, bell pepper… Continue reading

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April 29, 2026

Live It Twice

Overflowing days of rain Grow the puddles into lakes Drown the ankles, rust the brakes Run dark circles over drains Void is filled with storms of pain Thunder’s sobs and lightning’s shakes Leaving echoes in their wake Through my lips each form your name Ride the storms in sky and brain Live it twice to… Continue reading

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April 19, 2026

Each

ExcusingDeflect the blame with reasons variedRepeat to believe the tales that you sell RefusingDeny the conscience that you carryDeceit that forms each new circle of hell Each truth you bury deepCompounds the lieAvoid each consequenceOutrun and hideThe living that you fakeWill break your prideWhen brought to light ProjectingEntwine the injury with insultOmit the details that… Continue reading

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April 5, 2026

Cheeky

Time to smile like you mean itCurl lips to show your teethBlank your mind to how you’re livingFake it to make believe Time to smile like you feel itDon’t forget to tell your eyesMimicking what you seeZips up the heart’s perfect disguise When you run out of cheeks to turnWell then, what thenTime to smile… Continue reading

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April 3, 2026

Aheader

With my eyes on the horizonI never see the flowers at my feetWith fingertips just brushing themYet still my mind would race beyond the beat That my heart makes as the path curvesSo gently through a verdant grove of treesThat searching for the openingBlind to the birds alighting next to me What if I miss… Continue reading

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March 28, 2026

Coax

Bend low and meet the eyesExtend hand held loosely closedShift thoughts from fear’s demiseTake it slow in the approach Short breath brought through the noseOut the mouth locked tight with teethDeep pain as anger showsAnd protection blocks relief A wounded beastFears what it needsHeal to releaseAnd take the lead Tiptoe and bear the soundDeepen growl… Continue reading

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March 15, 2026

Blog: New Physics and New Life

Progress and travel generate a build of momentum, the mass of the decision multiplied by the velocity with which the moves are made. After some time in stony but familiar soil, I have taken to the sea again. The course I charted was an aggressive one, 6 hours in the car with a dog being… Continue reading

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February 21, 2026

Bloom

Of clay and rock borneSo crookedly grownBlown bare by the windRoots shallow in stone Reach limbs from seed sownCut greedily backLow from the harvestSurviving in lack Unable to bloom Sharp shear and scythe hackKeen takers carve looseShape weapon or fuelNew growth to reduce Sole value in useSap soothing the sickPotent the poisonFrom spindle thorn’s prick… Continue reading

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