Alchemic Verse

Transmuting pain to poetry

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August 25, 2026

Like Pouring Concrete in the Rain

A rearview mirror glance at all behindThe rubble packed in boxes and my mindBeside hope innocent and fear so blindAnd blurry sketch of what I’d like to find The demolition plays before my eyesCrescendo and in infinite repriseA futile masochistic exerciseWhile begging for the pain to make me wise Like someone who knows how to… Continue reading

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July 20, 2026

Where god lives

Between the feet of mountainsStone swords of cosmic warThrust sharply to the surfaceColliding at Earth’s core Where on the blade the seasonsAt once can show all fourAlong the rock serratedSnowcap to desert floor But not in ornate buildingsWhere holiness is boughtPower cloaking mouths from whichHypocrisy is taughtInverting every pocketTo earn in grace a spot… When… Continue reading

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July 10, 2026

Blog: It’s Been

It’s been seven years on the 4th since my ex asked me to marry him. Seven years later, my life is unrecognizable and nowhere near where the woman that replied yes thought this would go. It’s been a year since I started blogging about Life Yeet 2025, a collection of changes in all aspects of… 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 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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January 27, 2026

Moonlit Mending

Curving needle shines on highRises with the fall of nightPulls on bloodflow like the tideBinding lifeforce far and wide Spooling frozen breaths that riseAtmospheric thread through eyePlanet rolls the ends to tieHoles to make to mend torn time Piercing through burnt velvet sky Astral medic sutures whereTime left wounds both broad and bareEdges spread by… Continue reading

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December 15, 2025

Blog: T’is the Season

It’s been a bit since I wrote last – anything at all, even to myself. People often refer to losing momentum as a function of the holiday season, everything being so ‘busy.’ The adjective I might use instead is ‘loud.’ Every man-made object in and out of the home has a screen that is shouting… Continue reading

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