Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear
Tight-Lipped Monks
The life of the High
Priest, Prophet, or King
comes at the dear price
of having to think.
Sure, it sounds easy
but what do you know?
You sit there, feet up,
watching the show.
Laughing at lines,
dumbstruck by drama,
vicariously
living through trauma.
But when Sunday comes
you ponder the Wise,
and long for that look
they have in their eyes.
What is it they gaze?
What do they behold?
If they see the Truth,
why haven’t they told?
Ah, there’s the Secret;
the Riddle of Man:
to know that God is
I Am That I Am.
10-12-24
Recent Poems
- That That That (Hocus-Pocus) – 0118
- Is It In? (Lick, Swirl, and Push) – 0117
- Oh, That Stain – 0116
- Holocaust for One – 0114
- Writing in Purrsive – 0113
- Water is Water – 0112
- The Bad Man Cannot Know – 0111
- Purr Bliss – 0110
- My Ugly Mirror – 0109
- Still – 0108
- Kitty Tripper (An Apology to Paloma) – 0107
- The Ink I Am – 0106
- And Party Ev-er-y Day – 0105
- Making Love with Neville Goddard – 0104
- Tight-Lipped Monks – 0103
- The Lonely Arts – 0102
- Never Never Had a Chance – 0101
- Long Time Now (How to Master Gravity) – 0100
- The Long Blink – 0099
- The People’s Man (Welcome to Dizzyland) – 0098
- And That’s the Way It Is (The Filler) – 0097
- Rome is Burning (Dance the Night Away) – 0096
- Morning Prayer #1 – 0095
- Only My Devil Knows – 0094
- Undone – 0093
- All I Could Say – 0092
- Miracle Rust Machine – 0091
- When When Happens – 0090
- Or Else – 0089
- Just Because (The Art of Now) – 0088
- OK, You Win – 0087
- The Effect of Cause – 0086
- Choices – 0085
- The Opposite of Love – 0084
- Power of Magic – 0083
- Sun of Which – 0082
- Notice the Difference – 0081
- Love Only Dies – 0080
- If a Thought Is a Thing (Some Thoughts on Thoughts) – 0079
- Let’s Write the World – 0078
- Snakes Dressed as Saints – 0077
- When Love Is All There Is – 0076
- Reflection – 0075
- Blame It On the Ink – 0074
- Nothing Will Stop Me (for my friend, Jerry) – 0073
- Hell Floats (Giving God a Kiss) – 0072
- Homophone? – 0071
- Eat Out the Sky – 0070
- The Art of Implosion – 0069
- Pretending I’m Not in Hell – 0068
- The Ultimate Sin – 0067
- The Falling In – 0066
- Here Comes the Bride – 0065
- Useless Words for Love – 0064
- How to Become a Legend / The Day the Devil Retired / Retail Rebellion – 0062
- Soul Ink – 0061
- The Rule of Thirds – 0059
- To Dance – 0058
- 4 1/2 Star Meal – 0056
- Caught In a Dream – 0055
- Glutton (Eat with Your Eyes) – 0054
- Awareness of What? – 0053
- Christ-Sized (Hang Dry Only) – 0052
- Brainwashed, Convinced, or Taught? – 0051
- Circulogically Speaking – 0050
- Let Love Purr – 0049
- This Round’s on Jesus! – 0048
- God’ll – 0047
- Bright – 0046
- Big I’s – 0045
- Invisible Between – 0044
- Empathy for the Devil / How We Screen for Gods – 0043
- The Point of the Argument – 0042
- Pitchforks and Pixels (Read the Fine Print) – 0040
- Stimulating Dinner Conversation (Scrambled Eggs and Brains) – 0039
- Word Math Magic Time – 0038
- True Things – 0037
- Out from the Inside – 0036
- Swept – 0035
- No Limits – 0034
- Bed Hogs – 0032
- Soul Body Free – 0033
- Umbrellaless – 0031
- Listen – 0030
- Infinite One – 0029
- Catjectives – 0028
- Roots (for Lisa) – 0027
- Third Eye – 0025
- Love is All – 0024
- Gone Blind – 0023
- Melting Pool (Together We Destroy) – 0022
- Family Circle – 0021
- vALANtine – 0020
- Second Hand Living (Tick-Tocking Away) – 0019
- The Math of Birds and Bees – 0018
- Withered – 0017
- Passing Fancies – 0016
- Power of Love – 0015
- The Same – 0014
- Devils Get Bored – 0013