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The Sodden Astronomer

They say, Do not look at the stars,
or you will step into holes
and sink your shoes in mud.

So you can keep your eyes
fixed on the ground,
safe from puddles,
safe from falling,
and miss the lights
burning above in the dark—

except for a stolen glance,
a hurried sip of heaven.

Or you can throw
caution to the wind,
lift your thirsty face
to those bright jewels
sewn into black velvet,

and stumble on
with wet feet.

October 27, 1988 (edited June 2026)
Curridabat, Costa Rica

Part of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988

Escaping Complexity

https://davidjosephwriteshere.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/escaping-complexity/

A Question of Conscience

Are you dead, my guide?
Or have you simply sunk into the muck
that creeps upon these inner corridors,
drowning in helpless demise?

The glass is obscured and the
bright moon has faded into the mist
while I, like a blind hand groping,
stand trembling in this night,

waiting.

October 28, 1988, Curridabat, Costa Rica

Part of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988

Unread

https://davidjosephwriteshere.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/unread/

✮ River Call ✮

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My experiment with a Reverso form. I find that in mystical poetry and sacred poetry, forms sometimes extend the mediation effort. It makes you dwell longer on that core thought : slow cooking the poem in the mind. With reverso, you have to choose words even more carefully to achieve coherence.

Reverso form, imho helps you explore an answer to a spiritual question in the reversed form. I will try to ascertain this more as I write here.

#reverso #MysticalPoetry #sacredpoems #poetrycommunity

✨ The 7 Powers — Orishas ✨
A collection of poems born of dreams, intuition, and whispers of spirit. Fragments of story, symbol, and strength. 🌙

#Orishas #PoetryCommunity #SpiritualWriting #MysticalPoetry #InIvyAndInk

http://dmedinawriter.blog/2025/08/30/the-7-powers-orishas/