Anastasya Shepherd

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Category: Poetry

  • Wear and Tear

    I like wear and tear.
    Things are new and clean in the same way, but old and dirty differently.
    And so are people.
    In the age of mass production, wear and tear help to save us from boredom.

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • A child and the sea

    There is something almost unbearably poignant about a child approaching the sea.
    The difference in scale is staggering and the fearless curiosity – heartening.

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    ashepherd
    in

  • Puddle

    The shallowest puddles carry the deepest, most intricate reflections.

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Beauty

    Old machines have a special kind of utilitarian beauty,
    where form is perfectly fitted to function
    and function can be discerned from it –
    sleek elegance,
    enlivened by the pride of craftsmanship,
    by the care given to details,
    by the wonderfully childish: “See what I can do!”

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Symmetry

    Symmetry.
    It is so fascinating because it creates the illusion of predictability,
    because at some level we confuse similarity in space with continuity in time…

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Discernible differences

    The spaces in our lives are seen in context,
    framed against the background of the familiar
    and noticed when they differ from it –
    but not too much…

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Through The Trees

    The closer you approach a source of light above,
    the deeper you plunge into the dark.

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Life IS fair

    In relationships you are paid in kind.
    You invest emotionally – you get love or hate.
    You invest time and effort – you get attention.
    You invest formally – you get a proper spouse.
    You invest financially – you get an expensive divorce.

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    by

    ashepherd
    in

  • Ideas

    Ideas permeate cultures like rings on the water;
    the stone someone threw is gone, submerged,
    but the ripples go on and on,
    slowing down where the water is thick and marshy,
    amplified by resonance and creating new patterns where they meet waves from other stones…
    There is almost nothing more powerful;
    while there is water the ripples will go on,
    where there is water – the ripples will get there,
    sooner or later…

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    by

    ashepherd
    in
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