Category Archives: Religion



Fervor

A courageous Muslim girl,
Malala Yousafzai, fourteen,
Was shot in the head
Because she went to school.
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Posted in Inspiration, Religion, Today's News

Good and Evil

For the love of god
A young Sunni lad
Destroys himself
In the market place,
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Posted in Death, Illusion, Politics, Religion

Hare Krishna

First Sunday, eighth month,
The Hare Krishnas
Come to Venice Beach
With Bhagavad-Gitas galore.
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Posted in Religion, Wisdom

Anoesis

This morning, in a comic strip,1 I saw
A word I doubt has ever been exclaimed,
A word so powerful, so crammed with awe,
Involving human bliss (or grief) untamed.
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Posted in Pain, Religion, Wisdom, Words

Biblical Verse

Some Hebrew Bible poems
Are not too bad.
After all, they are
The words of god
(Reported by stenographers).
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Posted in Beauty, Lust, Poetry (What is it?), Religion, Words

The DSM—Fifth Edition

The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorder lists
Over three hundred (often mystical)
Depictions of warped behavior—brain twists.
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Posted in Bullshit, Conformity, Religion, Wisdom