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Driving at night:
"The dippers, the gods, and warriors all flickering about the ambiguous emoji of the moon." —Lorrie Moore 🌔
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Driving at night:
"The dippers, the gods, and warriors all flickering about the ambiguous emoji of the moon." —Lorrie Moore 🌔
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Driving at night:
"The dippers, the gods, and warriors all flickering about the ambiguous emoji of the moon." —Lorrie Moore 🌔
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Driving at night:
"The dippers, the gods, and warriors all flickering about the ambiguous emoji of the moon." —Lorrie Moore 🌔
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Driving at night:
"The dippers, the gods, and warriors all flickering about the ambiguous emoji of the moon." —Lorrie Moore 🌔
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This Mined Mind of Mine
This mind of mine
is a mine
mined with mines,bombs bombing
balmy balms,static coms,
erratic ROMs,a spinning sinning din of
fractured psalms.Soul soloing
solely on wounded soles,moldy moles
modifying holes,digging shrews,
rigging news,a sonic bubonic tonic of
the unamused.Eye on the I,
I’d hide from I,
why try,eye, I,
open wide,what’s inside,
now out,
look about,shouting shout,
spouting sprouts,broken limbs,
token Sims,a brimming skimming hymn of
the grim.Blinding binds,
blinds behind signs,warped windows,
skin grows,transparent parent
gelling jellos,a churning yearning turning of
buried cellos.Nerve serving curve
of the mortal swerve,a word herd stirred,
a buried blurred bird,sudden flight,
sodden fright,a scattered battered bat of
the tattered night.Hands in the sand,
unplanned manned strands
of what once was grand,keeps collapse,
seeps relapse,in the laps of
the lambasted land,vain veins
veined in clay,waiting gray,
weighty water
washing away,a dim lit hymn-bit limb of
decay.Still—
slurping krill,
burping bill,Be still,
be still,not my will,
but thine,new wine,
do dine,demining
this mined heart of mine,never mine,
ever kind,sever the binding line,
and I,
eye,am no longer
#BeStill #ContemporaryPoetry #DarkPoetry #deconstruction #experimentalPoetry #Faith #fracturedMind #gothicPoetry #Healing #Identity #innerTurmoil #internalRhyme #mentalLandscape #metaphor #mindAsMinefield #NotMyWillButThine #Poetry #Prayer #Psalms #psychologicalPoetry #rhyme #self #soul #spiritualStruggle #SpokenWord #strangePoetry #StreamOfConsciousness #surrealPoetry #surrealism #surrender #Wordplay
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The Silver Strand
returning
to the car
i see
a silver strand
intent on
capturing me
i was gone
but a moment
yet the spider
did spin
from the mirror
across the window
to lure
me in
it seems
this small one
dreams of
bigger prey
so too I
if to my path
I stay
this bit
of web
is a
flimsy thing
but if
I cast
it not
i snare
nothingJuly 2, 2016
#2016Poem #ambition #backyardPoetry #carMirror #creativeLife #Creativity #everydayMiracles #freeVerse #humbleBeginnings #JulyPoem #KeithLyndakerSchlabach #metaphor #Mindfulness #naturePoem #observation #path #Patience #Perseverance #persistence #poem #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #Purpose #reflection #shortPoem #silverStrand #smallWonders #spiderWeb #SpiritualReflection #web #WordPressTagsSpider #Writing #writingLife -
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Subscribe #AdaptAndOvercome #Adaptability #AdaptabilityInLife #AdaptationAndSurvival #AmbitionAndSacrifice #BeWaterMyFriend #BreakingFreeFromThePast #BruceLeeBeWater #BuildingANewLife #BurnTheBoatsMentality #BurningDesireToWin #BurningTheShips #Challenges #Change #Commitment #CommitmentToSuccess #CommitmentWithoutRetreat #ConqueringDestiny #ContemporaryInspirationalWriting #Courage #CourageToBeginAgain #CourageUnderPressure #creativeWriting #DeepReflectiveWriting #Determination #DeterminationAndWillpower #DreamersAndFighters #EmbracingChange #EmotionalResilience #EmotionalStorytelling #Erwinism #ExistentialReflection #FacingTheUnknown #Faith #FearOfFailure #FearlessAmbition #Future #FYP #GrowthThroughStruggle #HernanCortesPhilosophy #History #Hope #HumanDetermination #HumanResilience #IdentityAndChange #ImmigrantExperience #InnerStrength #Inspiration #InspirationalProse #Journey #Learning #LessonsFromHistory #LettingGo #LettingGoOfThePast #Life #LifeAfterFailure #LifeReinventionStory #LiteraryMotivation #Love #MentalToughness #metaphor #mindset #Motivation #MotivationalLifeLessons #MotivationalPhilosophy #MotivationalWriting #MovingForwardInLife #NoTurningBack #OvercomingAdversity #OvercomingObstacles #Past #Perseverance #PersonalGrowthJourney #PersonalReinvention #PersonalSacrifice #PhilosophicalWriting #PhilosophyOfSuccess #Present #Progress #PsychologicalStrength #PursuingOpportunity #Pursuit #ReinventionAndChange #RelentlessPursuit #Resilience #ResilienceAndSuccess #Sacrifice #SacrificeAndAmbition #SelfDiscoveryJourney #SelfReinvention #StartingFromScratch #StartingOver #StartingOverInLife #Success #SuccessMindset #SurvivalAndAdaptation #SurvivalMindset #TheCostOfDreams #ThePowerOfAdaptation #ThePursuitOfSuccess #Transformation #TransformativeLifeLessons #WisdomThroughHardship -
The Syntax of Dreams 📜✨💭
La sintassi dei sogni#symbolism #imagery #codes #multimedia #languages #youtube #videolessons #dreaminterpretation #metaphor #syntax #connections #mindset
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Distinct, Not Distant
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates I once recorded myself talking to no one at 11 PM, transcribed the whole thing the next morning, and read it back like I was reviewing research notes. Findings: inconclusive. The subject remains uncooperative. This is, apparently, what I do for fun. I am a neuroscientist by training and a thinker by constitution, which means I have two different ways of saying the same thing: something is here, and I need to understand it. The […]https://getawaywithhamza.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/distinct-not-distant/
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„One Foot Out“ (March 2026)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland#monochromemarch #monochrome #monochromemonday #zurich #switzerland #streetphotography #street #car #woman #foot #metaphor #bnw #photo #bnwphotography #photography #streetphoto #blackandwhite #moment #catchthemoment #Hasselblad #midformat #Schweiz #mittelformat #strasse #auto #frau #fuss #metapher #foto #monochrom #schwarzweissfotografie #fotografie #schwarzweiss
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Wo das Meer trägt und widerspricht – Über Hyperkomplettheit und die Grenzen ontologischer Kohärenz
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/wo-das-meer-tragt-und-widerspricht#Philosophie #Wissenschaft #Sprache #Erkenntnis #Metapher #Ontologie
Where the Sea Carries and Contradicts – On Hypercompleteness and the Limits of Ontological Coherence
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/where-the-sea-carries-and-contradicts#Philosophy #Science #Language #Knowledge #Metaphor #Ontology
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Ein Text über Spiegel und Spiegelungen ohne Punkt und ohne Abschluss als ruhige Meta-Ebene
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/spiegel#Philosophie #Literatur #Erzählung #Selbstreflexion #Metapher #Sprache #Humor
A text about mirrors and reflections without full stops and without closure as a quiet meta level
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/mirror#Philosophy #Literature #Fiction #SelfReflection #Metaphor #Language #Humour
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Ein Text über das paradoxe Lesen von Menschen wie fehlerhafte Systeme – und die leise Rückkehr der Menschlichkeit.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/menschlichkeit-wie-datenmull-ausliest#Philosophie #Psychologie #Innenwelt #Selbstreflexion #Sprache #KI #Metapher #Fragmentierung
A reflection on reading humans like faulty systems – and the quiet persistence of humanity beneath the code.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/humanity-parsed-like-waste-data#Philosophy #Psychology #InnerWorld #SelfReflection #Language #AI #Metaphor #Fragmentation
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Ein Text über Depression als Freizeitpark der gedämpften Farben – ein Bild, das sich leise entfaltet und tief trifft.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/freizeitpark#Philosophie #Psychologie #Wohlbefinden #Gesundheit #Innenwelt #Selbstreflexion #Metapher #Sprache #Erzählung
A piece portraying depression as a theme park muted by fog – a quiet, resonant image of inner perception.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/theme-park#Philosophy #Psychology #Wellness #Health #InnerWorld #SelfReflection #Metaphor #Language #Storytelling
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Ein Text über das Denken als Prozess ohne Endzustand – eine Schleife, die nicht gefangen hält, sondern lebendig macht.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/funktion#Philosophie #Psychologie #Sprache #Selbstreflexion #Innenwelt #Metapher
A reflection on thinking as an endless loop – not a trap, but a living process of continual questioning.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/function#Philosophy #Psychology #Language #SelfReflection #InnerWorld #Metaphor
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Ein Blick in den inneren Nachrichtensender – ein ganzes Studio aus Rollen, Ritualen und kulturellen Mustern, das plötzlich sichtbar wird.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/mein-eigener-fernsehsender#Philosophie #Innenwelt #Identität #Kultur #Metapher #Selbstreflexion
A glimpse into the inner broadcasting studio – a full newsroom of roles, rituals and cultural frames suddenly revealed.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/my-own-television-channel#Philosophy #InnerWorld #Identity #Culture #Metaphor #SelfReflection
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Ein Text wie ein Feuerball: keine Buffets, keine Ausreden – nur direkter Kontakt mit dem eigenen Spiegelbild.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/texte-aus-dem-giftschrank-feuerball#Philosophie #Literatur #Erzählung #Psychologie #Selbstreflexion #Sprache #Metapher
A text like a fireball: no buffers, no detours – only unfiltered contact with your own reflection.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/texts-from-the-poison-cabinet-fireball#Philosophy #Literature #Fiction #Psychology #SelfReflection #Language #Metaphor
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Texte, die sich falsch anfühlen dürfen – und genau deshalb nötig sind.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/texte-aus-dem-giftschrank#Philosophie #Literatur #Sprache #Selbstreflexion #Innenwelt #Metapher #Erkenntnis #Psychologie
Texts that feel wrong on purpose – and reveal something in the stumble.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/texts-from-the-poison-cabinet#Philosophy #Literature #Language #SelfReflection #InnerWorld #Metaphor #Insight #Psychology
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Ein kurzer Blick an die Kante des Denkens – dort, wo Logik endet und Eigenlogik beginnt.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/blinde-flecken#Philosophie #Psychologie #Innenwelt #Sprache #Erkenntnis #Metapher
A brief look at the edge of thought – where logic ends and inner logic takes over.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/blind-spots#Philosophy #Psychology #InnerWorld #Language #Insight #Metaphor
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Ein Traum über genehmigten Widerstand und ein Spiegelbild, das nur noch ein Auge hat.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/nur-ein-traum-unmoglich#Literatur #Philosophie #Innenwelt #Metapher #Freiheit #Gesellschaft
A dream of authorised resistance and a mirror-self with only one eye left.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/only-a-dream-impossible#Literature #Philosophy #InnerWorld #Metaphor #Freedom #Society
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Ein Text über Metaphern als ererbte Schutzmechanik – und darüber, wie Trauma sich in Sprache verwandelt, wenn direkte Worte fehlen.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/das-ererbte-ubersetzen-generationstrauma#Philosophie #Literatur #Psychologie #Identität #Gesellschaft #Metapher #Integrität
A reflection on metaphors as inherited survival tools – and how trauma becomes language when direct speech is impossible.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/the-inherited-act-of-translation#Philosophy #Literature #Psychology #Identity #Society #Metaphor #Integrity
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Ein Labor, ein Gänseblümchen und zwei Membranen als Denkwerkzeug.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/das-labor-mit-dem-ganseblumchen#Philosophie #Innenwelt #Sprache #Metapher #Selbstreflexion
A laboratory, a daisy, and two membranes as a method of thinking.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/the-laboratory-with-the-little-daisy -
Ein Reim über Suchanfragen, digitale Spuren und ein Einhorn, das durchs Datengelände schaut.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/ein-suchmaschinen-crawler-reim
#Literatur #Philosophie #Sprache #Metapher #Gesellschaft
A poem about search queries, digital currents, and an Einhorn watching from the margins.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/a-search-engine-crawler-rhyme
#Literature #Philosophy #Language #Metaphor #Society -
On The Problem of Technobabble and Ontotechnology
https://eldraeverse.com/2024/09/08/on-the-problem-of-technobabble-and-ontotechnology/
#eldraeverse #meta #metaphor #ontotechnology #technobabble #writing
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And yet I still tell people, "She's really very sweet."
Of course, I have to because she's snarling at them like a 20 lb maniac.
When all the while, what would secretly make her happiest would be to have people, anybody, rub her belly.
There's a metaphor in there somewhere.
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Jonathan Swift offers several witty definitions of wisdom.
#Literature #metaphor #TeamEnglish #engchat