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John W. Leys

Indie Poet & Writer
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Philosophy

Are You Free?

I’m not free, She said, I can’t fly free Among the clouds. Gravity is oppressing me And holding […]

July 25, 2019 Poetry

Shining City Covered in Shit

Pale bloated Puss filled slugs And spineless jellyfish Senators selling souls, Guns, and national parks To the highest […]

October 21, 2018 Poetry

Tetractys for a Pyrrhonic Skeptic

The Only Thing I know For certain is That I don’t know anything for certain. 4/6/18 My ninth […]

April 9, 2018 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Wisdom and Fools

Wise men know What they do not know And doubt what they do know. Fools don’t know What […]

April 8, 2018 Poetry

Beyond Belief

Beyond belief, Above opinion, Supporting true knowledge, Composed of indisputable facts, Informing wisdom, Is the Truth. 1/28/18

January 28, 2018 Poetry

Looking for Truth

You can look in your books, Old and new, Of beginnings and births, Journeys and exiles, Looking for […]

December 27, 2017 Poetry

Chaos and Cure

Chaos around you: Be in the world, not of it. Chaos within you: Be still, breath, Be present […]

October 24, 2017 Poetry

Zeno of Citium

A Cyprian merchant ship Wrecked on Grecian shores. Everything lost. Discovered the wisdom of a dead man In […]

October 23, 2017 Poetry

Plato’s Cave (Tanka)

Shapes on the cave wall Mind-mist, distorted; unreal Crawl into the light Eyes adjust to sunlight Reality seems […]

October 5, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Still on the Road

Driving down the poison highway Through the nightmares of my youth: Saccharine poetry, suicidal thoughts; Disastrous experiments with […]

September 29, 2017 Poetry

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