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Continue reading →: TraceWas it something that somebody said? Mama, I know we broke the rules… Ashes of laughter The ghost is clear Why do the best things always disappear Like Ophelia -The Band, Ophelia A friend of mine was telling a ghost story the other day…
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Continue reading →: StigmataTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned. -WB Yeats She’d been crying, but I didn’t know…
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Continue reading →: FlameTris: But I’m not pretty. Four: No, you’re not, and I would only go to your funeral if there was cake. -Divergent Inching closer to the edge…
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Continue reading →: Freefall“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: Make use of suffering.” -Henri-FrĂ©dĂ©ric Amiel I slowed the van when I noticed him…
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Continue reading →: TouchBut dreams come slow and they go so fast You see her when you close your eyes Maybe one day you’ll understand why Everything you touch surely dies -Let Her Go, Passenger I visited Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello…
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Continue reading →: MoonlightAnd I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch And love is not a victory march It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah -Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen The only sound in my house…
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Continue reading →: Beauty“Beauty is not only a terrible, it is also a mysterious thing.  There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men.” -Dostoyevsky So much is made of beauty in our day
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Continue reading →: LostI’ve been sleepwalking Been wandering all night Trying to take what’s lost and broken Make it right -Cam, “Burning House” To love is to lose. So the poets tell us…
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Continue reading →: IntoWould it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all…”…
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Continue reading →: ShowNow lies the earth all DanaĂ« to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson So much of societal interaction (regardless of the society) is taken up in the establishment of validity…
Essays, poetry, meditations, and book reviews by Jeremy Vogan.
Jeremy Vogan
God, Life and Beauty is a blog site for my essays, poetry, book reviews, and other writings. Feel free to look around and comment if you have feedback. Enjoy!
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