The new writing form introduced in Divinity in Disguise, the nested meditation, uses repetition, wordplay, and changes in punctuation to allow each stanza to be its own separate meditation. In creating a nested meditation, the writer is led not by the logical, thinking mind, but by the playful mind to places of surprise, grace, and even healing.

 

The piece below illustrates the playful and revealing nature of the nested meditation form:

 

 

I want to leave this world awake.

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I want to leave this world a wake

of love behind the speedboat of my years.

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I want to leave this world a wake

of love. Behind the speedboat of my years

waves are rolling out wide and far.

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I want to leave this world a wake

of love. Behind the speedboat of my years

waves are rolling out wide, and far-

ther back the water is glass again.

 

From Now Is Where God Lives

copyright 2018 by Kevin Anderson

 

 

 

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Now this?

 

Now this

just is what is.

 

Now this

just is. What is

in it for me?

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Now this

just is. What is

in it for me

is a choice.

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Now this

just is. What is

in it for me

is a choice

of how to be in it.

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From Now Is Where God Lives

copyright 2018 by Kevin Anderson

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Here are two excerpts from Divinity in Disguise:

 

 

 

My life is a gestation.

 

My life is a gestation,

this world is but a womb.

 

My life is a gestation,

this world is but a womb,

death's another birth.

 

My life is a gestation,

this world is but a womb,

death's another birth

canal, and dying is just hard labor.

 

​copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson

 

 

 

Joy is succulent, wild!

 

Joy is succulent, wild

black raspberries.

 

Joy is succulent, wild

black raspberries

overhanging every path.

 

Joy is succulent, wild

black raspberries

overhanging every path,

scratching for your attention right and left.

 

Joy is succulent, wild

black raspberries

overhanging every path,

scratchingn for your attention, right? And left

mostly unpicked?

 

​copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson