Shades of Light, Might, Right and Insight!
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THE VALUE OF HONOR, A PRICELESS GIFT NOT TO BE BARTERED OR SQUANDERED The value of honor is timeless and priceless To not be a goner one must be entice-less Can we all evolve to become truly vice-less? And profoundly renounce all acts of divisiveness! Is that not the true test of one’s ultimate success?! In order to be the best in each lifetime’s eternal quest We must all divest ourselves from urges of pettiness And resist our ego’s penchants for chest thumping shallowness Instead maintain our high-self’s vested interests like crests Of steadfast valor honoring those who best act to serve the rest For can we truly then honor ourselves with anything less?! When we lay our bodies down again to rest without any distress Left for our souls to ponder nevertheless much less to confess That our life’s journeys may have strayed from our hearts guidance within our chests Yet our somewhat tattered vests have still withstood the tests That life’s roads traveled have bestowed upon us with enrichness The wisdom to grow like grand gardens flourishing in the wilderness! Those most profoundly beautiful duly recognized and universally blessed!
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A poet since childhood encouraged by my dear mother, most poems here span the last decade as my output’s become more ambitious with increasingly prolific and complex rhyming naturally occurring. Several poems were inspired by observations in nature. Others emanate from many glass receptacles illuminated with votive candles that I’ve artistically themed with names, displayed on plant stands, sometimes becoming allegories on or personifications of life. Another influence comes from films, adeptly highlighting prominent themes and poignant roles portrayed in ways that have eloquently personified a wide range of human behavior and interaction enacted displaying real life tragedies and triumphs. As spiritual beings living human lives, we’re all challenged with the choices we make via the free will God’s granted us and ultimately how those actions align us with either good or evil. And that’s the central wellspring of most of my poetry. As an astute societal observer, I’m staunchly a humanitarian individual desiring peace who seeks truth and wants to enrich, inspire and enlighten all who embrace my work which is humbly themed from the heart to serve, uplift and heal greater humanity and our planet which is currently in crisis with much suffering and injustice worldwide.
About the Author
Jeff moved to a monolithic dome home in Lakemont Georgia in November 2004 having become interested in them while still in WPB Florida 1988-2004. Born of American parents in Oakville, Ontario his writing skills were enhanced attending prep school at Upper Canada College in Toronto and then Stony Brook Prep on Long Island. He graduated spring 1982 from CU Boulder with a BA in Psychology resonating heavily with Carl Jung’s teachings. His metaphysical awareness expanded joining Mountain Light Network organization in Franklin, NC. where he was referenced as a gifted poet! A classically trained pianist since 5, with 7 improvisational CDs released in 2012 from recordings spanning 2008-2011, he's been retooling his early 1980's repertoire, eager to entertain, uplift and enlighten people playing concerts and sharing his poetry.