Ruminations of a Form
Poetry/Prose with a philosophical, spiritual, and scientific bent. Themes of consciousness, meaning, suffering, the I, spacetime, experience, the universe of Zen. A new post every Friday (all poems for now).
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- 12
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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I am [3] (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI am I am I am I am That "nothing" That home That almost certainly Unresolvable there Of Unlogical In Unreasonable I am I am That unrecognizable That unmistakable In Boundaryless The Featureless Is Dimensionless For Situationless I am I am Purely rational Purely brained Purely universal Purely grounded Purely inward Purely reasonable I am I am That which cannot reason The outside From inside I am The inside That outside I am
just there, to stare (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedglistening pile of what were the sustainers of a once life now left uncategorized these unwanted ordered organs of another laid for an agape audience like an earthly offering of swollen balloons various sizes cradled in Kentucky bluegrass with hues of the seemingly healthy yet still innards of purples and reds but absent is that which pumped and a brain that sparked skin to hide or eyes to look legs to run or arms to defend
Dissolve the Earth (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedcalmed sand radiates on the shores of contentment a warm touch home while lucent reflections of the tilted Moon move up and in for a Sun chuckles at the animated life as it drifts asleep with black glass of quiet meditation a breath of ice tranquil twilight sparkles commonly on the shimmering forever to align along a stable horizon floats the focus and a touch beneath an ocean depth of longing brushes forth the future to awa
Survive (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedSurvive Survive Survive To see what comes Next To see what comes Now For what it is For what it wants For what it brings Home Body Mind Survive Survive Survive By: Trevor Kuether<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EQ_k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa2bbcb
Consumed to Detachment (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedIngested by the warm lips is my heaven The threshold of pleasure swallows all For the highs are here and lows now there And the reluctance is that which always is The enticement on the foreboding nature Detachment reigns a man in separation But it had promised oneness upon these The home for earthly delights it builds to It certainly doesn't kill the predilection The misinterpretation is that reflection And that promise alwa
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