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The life of expression is the tuning fork by which we find our way to the sacred.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Fork
Tuning
Forks
Sacred
Expression
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Life

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What is not ex-pressed is de-pressed.
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The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.
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Rather than finding heaven on earth, we are asked to release heaven by living on earth.
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If I dare to hear you I will feel you like the sun And grow in your direction.
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