Wise Archives - Poet | Musician | Philosophical Mentor | Creativity Mentor https://www.simonjedrew.com/tag/wise/ Simon Drew is a philosophical mentor, poet, musician, and author. Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:38:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.simonjedrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Favicon-Simon-Drew.png Wise Archives - Poet | Musician | Philosophical Mentor | Creativity Mentor https://www.simonjedrew.com/tag/wise/ 32 32 Mary Cairncross, 22/08/2021 https://www.simonjedrew.com/mary-cairncross-22-08-2021/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:29:00 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42660 The post Mary Cairncross, 22/08/2021 appeared first on Poet | Musician | Philosophical Mentor | Creativity Mentor.

]]> Mapleton Forestry, 11/08/2021 https://www.simonjedrew.com/mapleton-forestry-11-08-2021/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:20:23 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42659 Mapleton Forestry, 11/08/2021 Towering gum trees now are gathered around me while I lie within their midst. They seem to me to be like ancient elders, and we commune as such as they peer down into my world, and I up to theirs.  “You have misspoken, Young Poet,” they whisper to me now, “For hath […]

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]]> In the Ancient Harbour https://www.simonjedrew.com/in-the-ancient-harbour/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:41:18 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42666 In the Ancient Harbour Giant waves beat upon the weathered mountains that have in days passed given way to this ancient harbour.  This place is harsh and unforgiving, sometimes empty and lifeless, other times completely immersed by the ocean swell, but mostly somewhere in between.  Few inhabit this harbour, but they who do are masters […]

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]]> Have a Think https://www.simonjedrew.com/have-a-think/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:18:26 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42494 Have a Think Have a think about these things; What do you do?  Why do you do it?  Do you do it, or does it to you?  What is of great worth?  What is desirable?  What is undesirable?  What helps?  What hinders?  What gives?  What is given?  What takes?  What is taken?  Have a think […]

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]]> Our Home on the Sand https://www.simonjedrew.com/our-home-on-the-sand/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:56:16 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42187 Our Home on the Sand I am the eye that looksout on THE ONE.  I am the mother who loves.I am the child who is loved. I am the father who protects.I am they who are protected. I am the sun that risesand the stars and moonthat take its placeonce the night has come. I […]

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]]> Caterpillar Eggs https://www.simonjedrew.com/caterpillar-eggs/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:00:50 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42490 Caterpillar Eggs As I wrote my poems at the edge of the garden, a woman made her rounds, and she stopped to talk along the way.  I asked her if she walked on this path very often, and she said that she came here daily.  She said that she liked how the garden changed with […]

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]]> A Whole New World https://www.simonjedrew.com/a-whole-new-world/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:22:58 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42488 A Whole New World When you really look at things, a whole new world presents itself.  A world that cannot be seen with a camera.  When you really look at things, mysteries become known.  When you really look at things, life is revealed. See More With The Poet & The Sage​ All of my writings, […]

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]]> A Marvelous Death https://www.simonjedrew.com/a-marvelous-death/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:12:44 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42487 A Marvelous Death I came to see you today, but you had long since begun your journey to the ground, and you were dry and wilted.  And while my heart sank in morning for our never having communed during your season of bloom, you nurtured my weeping soul, and you reminded me that even a […]

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]]> A Curious Thing https://www.simonjedrew.com/a-curious-thing/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:39:01 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42486 A Curious Thing It really is a curious thing, isn’t it?  As soon as you think you have it, it’s gone.  One minute you’ve grasped it, the next it’s slipped through your fingers. It likes to be chased, but never to be caught.  It is always running, but to where?  It sits, but upon what?  […]

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]]> The Walled Garden Suite https://www.simonjedrew.com/the-walled-garden-suite/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:44:51 +0000 https://www.simonjedrew.com/?p=42217 The Walled Garden Suite I. Tarry here, all ye who love wisdom, For here wisdom flows, And we fill our cups, and drink. II. Enter here, all ye whose hearts desire The fruits of virtue, For in these walls we desire the same. III. Be amongst us, all ye who know beauty, And all ye who can feel […]

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