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WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW Do not despise the sinking dread Do not turn away from that hollow ache To not know is to be human. Do not hate the...
Michael Warden
Feb 5, 20221 min read
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FIND ME
FIND ME My eyes rise to reveal these wet cheeks glowing under the pale cast of the winter moon Skyward, I lift up my cry, a frail lament,...
Michael Warden
Jan 2, 20221 min read
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CONSIDER THE SKY
CONSIDER THE SKY Where do you travel hidden in shadow, your black waves in ecstasy, churning under the broad, undulant wings of Seraphim...
Michael Warden
Jul 3, 20211 min read
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THE END TIMES
THE END TIMES Stretch out your hands Here, at the bleeding edge Here, at the trembling cusp of everything Bless the bright canyon into...
Michael Warden
Feb 27, 20211 min read
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WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHAT IT’S LIKE (6th of January 2021, a Wednesday) Here is what it’s like: You’re standing on the cliff’s edge over a deep dry canyon of...
Michael Warden
Jan 6, 20211 min read
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ONLY WONDER KNOWS
ONLY WONDER KNOWS You’ll never really know anything until you’ve listened to the worship of glaciers or for long quiet days bent your ear...
Michael Warden
Dec 15, 20201 min read
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WILL YOU?
WILL YOU? I came to the edge beyond the yowling cities of the Earth beyond the yearning harbor of CÃrden beyond the lost shores of...
Michael Warden
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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INTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAM
INTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAM I seek you in the maelstrom of the mundane world my finger on the pulse of that eternal thread that lives between...
Michael Warden
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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LET THERE BE
LET THERE BE Let there be light and agents of light you and me with eyes wide open seeing as we’re meant to things as they are Let us...
Michael Warden
Jul 15, 20201 min read
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QUARANTINE
QUARANTINE I need a cool wind and stratus clouds at sunrise the way they break the light into a thousand shards I need silence the kind...
Michael Warden
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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TO THE LOST SOULS
TO THE LOST SOULS I came in the late morning of my life seeking love I searched every face for that rare elixir of true recognition Who...
Michael Warden
Feb 7, 20201 min read
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SO LIVE
SO LIVE there are places on mountains that dare you to live secret hidden places you cannot see from the valley dead-end box canyons...
Michael Warden
Jan 1, 20201 min read
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WHEN A STORY DIES
WHEN A STORY DIES You will feel lost All of the maps you have known will fail you leave you utterly abandoned in a new land that does not...
Michael Warden
Dec 6, 20191 min read
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AWAKE
AWAKE Come now Don’t be afraid You are stronger Than you pretend Far fiercer and More ruthless You don’t need Any more strength You just...
Michael Warden
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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GLENINAGH MOR
GLENINAGH MOR I suppose it was the way the pale light fell across my scar on the shores of Connemara on that late afternoon Or the way...
Michael Warden
Aug 23, 20191 min read
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YOUR REAL ADVENTURE
YOUR REAL ADVENTURE to lose the madness you must let go of all the things you tell yourself you ought to be you must die to all artifice...
Michael Warden
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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I HOLD FIRE
I HOLD FIRE I hold fire in my secret heart that drives my walking no matter where it is I mean to go this vow is mine though I do not...
Michael Warden
Mar 21, 20191 min read
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LAUDS
LAUDS The first movement comes in silence a soft ripple on the surface like silk in the breeze slowly then the sun still hidden away...
Michael Warden
Feb 20, 20191 min read
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THE LONGING OF WONDER
THE LONGING OF WONDER I could ask you a thousand times do you love me and it wouldn’t be enough I catch the scent of you like a wild wolf...
Michael Warden
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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A LARGER LIFE
A LARGER LIFE I came this morning to the sea felt the wildness playing there, the howl of the wind nipping at the sand, the froth of the...
Michael Warden
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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