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Frank Russell Jul 2015
River as persistent
as the enduring ******
for self-preservation -

Carving by currents
and flowing within
a necessary course

Determined
by ancient
inherent law.

Oblivious to danger
and ignorant of doubt
it is perpetually unconcerned -

The river carelessly
generous
without discrimination -

Ever sustaining
trees, grasses and
underbrush shelters

Home to life in its waters
and nourishment for those
that come to the banks

Never quarreling with any
human imposition
be it sport or utility

And always providing
the perfect primordial
music for meditation

Always offering
an immaculate lullaby
for the tranquil restorative
of sleep.


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Frank Russell Jul 2015
River glides
perpetually
beneath ice


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Frank Russell Jul 2015
Rock as blade -
mountaintop punctures
cloud cover



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Frank Russell Jul 2015
Dig maniacally
with fingernails
to Earth's core

Proceed banging,
bloodying the skull
against the iron sphere

Still, the question
"Substance?" remains ringing
through pulsing headache.


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Frank Russell Jul 2015
Free thought path
through twilight of faith
- wake to gold



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Frank Russell Jul 2015
Blissful happiness
when the mind
is evading thought

Is absolute hell
to whom thinking
is bliss.


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Frank Russell Apr 2015
A teacher said:
"The only constant
In the cosmos
Is Change."

A student asked:
"And what of Being?"


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