Sam Sleeman
Poetry

List of Poems on this site.

Poetry. “Are the words against which we have no defense.” Which “we”? Ego of course. Words that pierce the heart like cupids arrows, go straight in paying no mind to convention or propriety (both expressions of the Status Quo) Poetry is the way the Soul gets to let the light in.

The apothecary shop of prose. Remedies for unsettled Souls. A collection of poems for those facing acute loss and uncertainty in life’ Every Soul requires a unique remedy so I have put some on the shelf.

Hold your own.                                                                      By Kate Tempest.

Bread and Wine                                                                     Fredric Holderlin.    We the Ego/Soul duality can only carry the divine water sometimes.

The wind one brilliant day                                                  Antonio Machado     Loss of the Soul’s garden.

I am not a mechanism                                                          D. H. Lawerence        We(our Ego) are not machines we are Souls that have lost our way.

The well of grief                                                                     David White.              Dealing with Grief

At the bottom of the well of grief.                                      Sam Sleeman              Dealing with Grief

Speak to of pain.                                                                    Kahlil Gibran.

A man asked his heart What are you afraid of?              Aubrey Marcus

I know why the caged bird sings.                                       Maya Angelou

Everything is waiting for you.                                            David Whyte

Wild geese                                                                              Mary Oliver

 

 

The Road not taken.                                                             Robert Frost.

When Euclid set out to measure Hadies                          Harry Martinson

Hold your own.                                                                      By Kate Tempest.

The Brandnew Anchients                                                    By Kate tempest

Last night as I was sleeping.                                               Antonio Machado. 

The hidden one that always walks beside us.                  Antonio Machado    

Is my soul asleep?                                                                 Antonio Machado

The wind one brilliant day.                                                 Antonio Machado

To be a slave of intensity.                                                    Kibir

Speak to us of pain.                                                              Kahlil Gibran.

The night we missed the wedding.                                    Robert Bly   From the frog bride story.

Joy and sorrow.                                                                     Kahlil Gibran

A Bush Christening.                                                             Banjo Patterson

The Geebung Polo Club.                                                      Banjo Patterson 

The Man from Snowy River.                                               Banjo Patterson

The Man from Iron Bark.                                                    Banjo Patterson

Finding the Father                                                                Robert Bly

The Guest is inside.                                                              Kibir. Tx. by R.B.

Has anyone seen the Boy?                                                   Rumi

Living together                                                                      David Whyte 

 

 

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