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WallsI never tire of holding that astrolabe, When, for a moment, All my particles of dust are in Perfect union. Even when I’m led into Strange…
Oct 18, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
Good Lord
Good LordMy soul cries out: heal the sickness. Give me the spirits of the dove and the serpent. I know you ask for sacrifice, sacrifice for the truth…
May 12, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
Love Drunk
Fear Is The Mind-KillerAll the peacemakers in history have been blamed for causing chaos and violence, and can still be blamed: the prophets, movement…
May 2, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
Leaving Eden
SumI am molten fire, burning away slogans, idols, the ink of certainty. I dwell in cracked sidewalks and wilted weeds, for brokenness cradles my name. I…
Apr 24, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
Letters To The Wind
WeWe are a votive candle's flame. We are ancient stardust and breath. We are a river, flowing. We are rabbits, running, running. We are tears in the…
Apr 19, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
The Tears of Things
This marks the beginning of my experiment in writing a weekly newsletter of original poetry and prose, quotes and reading recommendations.
Apr 11, 2025 • Jon Tijerina
The Kingdom Within
Poems on emptiness and form.

The Kingdom Within

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