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The Humbling and Other Poems

Book by Robert J. Tiess · 16 quotes · Poetry, Poem, Light

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“One lie might eye the highest throne / inside the castle of your mind, / and any whim may play the lord / when left unchecked, out of control, / once knights of reason flee their posts, / let sentiments invade these walls, / then leave the keep without defense. / How easily a kingdom falls! (from Interior Kingdom)”

Mind Reason Thoughts Emotions Lies Deception Kingdom Castles Knights Critical Thinking

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“Let aspirations reach as leaves / which feel for sun beyond the clouds, / whatever warmth and radiance / might make your mind more like the rose: (from Florescence)”

Inspirational Mind Sun Thoughts Sunlight Flowers Roses Radiance Aspirations Aspiring

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“A mouse would solve this handily, / except I like to probe unknowns / and be amazed by what I find / along the corners of your mind. / Wherever you will let me start, / l love to learn your ways by heart. (from Amazed)”

Love Mind Heart Poetry Poem Mice Labyrinth Mazes Mouse Maze

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“With one glove off, you trace the heavens, / fingers full of reverence... (from Stargazers on a Winter's Night)”

Poetry Universe Stars Sky Poem Winter Starlight Stargazing Stargazers Consellations

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“I'm just a student, one who sees / the paradox of Socrates, / to understand I do not know / and yet enlighten as I go.”

Philosophy Poetry Learning Humility Enlightenment Poems Humbling Socrates Humbled

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“Tomorrows hinge / on one decision. / In all directions: / consequence. (from Destinations)”

Choices Destiny Future Consequence Decisions Consequences Deciding Destinations Tomorrows

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“the universe / is not just you." (from Personal Copernican Revolution)”

Universe Realizing Awakening Realization Cosmos Cosmic Self Centered Copernicus

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“Beyond the rambling waterfalls, / the thunders mumbling in their sleep, / and crickets with encrypting trills, / the dialogues run far and deep / throughout the forests most ignore: / the histories of all that crawls... (from Conversations with Gaia)”

Earth Poetry Nature Poem Forests Trees Thunder Waterfalls Gaia

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“The past no longer limits me. / I drift on wind and live as free / above the houses, mountains, clouds, / the cities gripped by anxious crowds, / alighting where I will by day / whenever I decide to stay. (from Now I've Become a Butterfly)”

Freedom Liberty Butterfly Free Butterflies Self Transformation Being Myself Transformative

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“No, life's not wholly vanished here. / You only have to look for it, / behind, before, between these leaves, / above the broken ends of branches / where one small bluebird takes its pause... (from Between These Leaves)”

Life Alive Branches Trees Birds Searching Leaves Leaf

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“Be more than symbol, strength, and dream. / Be light! Inspire! Revive! / Redeem! (from Phoenix: Salvation)”

Light Dreams Survival Redemption Resurrection Rebirth Revival Phoenix Born Again Reborn

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“you wonder / when you start to rise, / if light exists / outside this night, / but this is how / it all begins: / from darkness / not of any sins... (from Lotus Dreamer)”

Light Dreams Enlightenment Awakening Flowers Dreaming Blossoming Dreamers Rising Up Lotus

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“Come dreamers, / be our architects! (from Architects of the Impossible)”

Impossible Dreams Future Architecture Create Visionary Dreamers Creators Architects Visonaries

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“Let blessings only dwell here, yes, / not one phantasm of the past, / for now begins the exorcism / evicting darkness at long last. (from Renovation of a Soul)”

Light Past Poetry Darkness Poem Present Blessings Souls Exorcism Spiritual Renewal

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“Old foliage ignores the anxious sun / since dismal winds convince each brittle branch / to hold no moment closely or too long / now shadows spread and all turns silhouette. / But then she smiles, reviving life with light, / and hope may spring eternal one more night. (from April, Autumnal)”

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“May peace be ever in your sight / and conquer hearts of those who'd fight / for false beliefs or grievous wrongs / or threaten hate where hope belongs. (from Prayer for the Voices of Resistance)”

Hope Peace Praying Hatred Resistance Hopeful Hearts Prayers Voices

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