By Bruno Talerico
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Sunrise,justification to watch the day unfold.Sunsetjustification to snuggle.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 116/365.
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The knowledgethat really matters in lifeis how to purify water,how to grow food,how to cook and how to build. We’re not taughtany of that in school.I need a home,a safe place where my seedstake root and become.Neither stars nor desertserve physical needs,but I also need sunsets,the Milky Way aboveand vast desert spaces.© 2025 Bruno Talerico…
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Hornless stag.Thornless roseBeyond the grave,only the soul can go.Formless void.Stormless seaGravity the only guide,rainbows the only landmarks.Aimless sailorwithout chart or sextant, adrift rudderless.Helplessly headedtoward the X on every human map,toward the destiny of every life:the grave.The grave, doorway to the unknowna burrow, a tunnel,express train to the underworld.Beyond the grave,the sea, the vast sea of…
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violent splashingcrowded undersized birdbath fine feathers flocking© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 113/365
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If we want to be exceptional,we have to do exceptional things.There is no nobility in being miserable.No one gains from negative stories.Being unhappy doesn’t help the world.All growth begins with change.Even when things seem to be falling apart,they are changing, making room for growth.Let go.Stop trying to force outcomesSurrender.Fully accept each moment as it is.After…
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in a foreign land seeking opportunity, offering labor and skill, hoping for kindness. Instead, reviled, dehumanized, confronted by anger, threatened with hatred and violence. We live in the prison of conformity, separated by screens and pixels, barricaded behind walls of glass and concrete, while homeless people shiver outside our closed doors. Jesus and Siddhartha rejected frames of normalcy, forgoing earthly attachment, challenging the status quo, choosing instead to…
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We are artists, musicians,nomads from the playa—spirits with open hearts,ready to embrace the rhythm of community.With fresh land beneath our feet,we build our temples,eagerly approaching neighbors,inviting them to share in our joy.Yet cautious eyes reflect concern:fear of noise, dust, and fire—ranchers with herds, vintners with vines,families rooted in faith,cherishing the stillness under starlit skies.Our excitement…
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After words, pause.After lines, space. Repeat, except the last.Stop.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 109/365.
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Today is not tomorrow or yesterday.Today is yesterdays present. Tomorrow is another present.Is forethoughtreally afterthoughtfrom another dimension?© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 108/365.
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Despitediffering geographic locales,we all enjoy light and warmth from the same star.© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 107/365.
Desert Dweller 