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There are names of things and there is the One whose name cannot be named. The mysticism in my poetry is its fount and a fare portion of its inaccessibility. When relating to the largesse truths, to get close to what you want, to describe, to name, is to inherently fall short. The realty of poetry is that it is just, a never-ending odyssey, naming things that aren’t just things. And, at a minimum, like Mark Twain so aptly put it: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between “lightning” and “lightning bug.”<\/em> I might add: the difference between “God” and “God-light” — or “God” and “gods.”<\/p>\n

Name of Names<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

God visits me
\nIn the dark
\nWith my eyes clothed
\nSoully unveiling
\nNaked truths
\nThat cannot be duplicated
\nBuy men of letters
\nHow ever many
\nFallowing
\nThere name of names<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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