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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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GHOSTS
All that once was livingpasses through molecular gauzeto filter out the elementsthat conform to the Laws of Physics. And what remainswill float awayand compel another birthin Hell or Higher Heaven worldsor back here on Mother Earth. But what is left … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged birth, dreams, elements, existence, ghosts, Heaven, Hell, laws of physics, living, matter, Mother Earth
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FREEDOM
Freedom is peddledas though it were a path to Peace.It isn’t. Peace paddlesin Freedom. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Brian Taylor, freedom, Gnomonic Verses, path, peace
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BIOGRAPHY
I was bornjust like you. I came I knew notwhere fromjust like you. I had the good times(and the bad);was by turns,unhappy and glad(just like you). Till I determined:Be HAPPY ALL THE TIME ! So I withdrew fromI didn’t wantand … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged bad times, biography, Brian Taylor, forget, glad, good times, happy, Here and Now, let go, Now, unhappy, you
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PERFECT ACTION
When the fires are raging,don’t add fueland the two worlds(the inner and the outer)subside into their natural state. When the dogsof dissension and desireare sleeping,don’t wake themand the world is already cool and quiet. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged cool, desire, dissension, dogs, fires, natural state, Perfect action, quiet, two worlds
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LORD OF THE JUNGLE
In the Jungle of the Worldand the tangle of the Senseswe build us hutsof mud and heartacheand make (and mend) our fragile fences.“This is ME! This is MINE!”is the burden of our song. We cannot see, still less define,that pain … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies to stars, evil, good, heartache, Jungle, letting go, ME!, mind, MINE!, prison, sanity, virtue, world
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NOT TO BE BORN IS BEST
Looking with dispassion,with equanimity,with detachment,doesn’t it shine brighter than a thousand suns?And in every minute particular? The broken wingthe severed fingerthe uncompleted life‘the smyler with the knife’the loss of all things dearthe smell of fearspirochaetes, viruses and germsand the ever-chewing … Continue reading
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Tagged a thousand suns, born, breath, death, detachment, dispassion, equanimity, Eternal empty wind, Evermore, fear, Heaven, joys and pains, past, viruses and germs
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UP TO DATE AND READY TO GO
It may not be the bearded manwho smiles at you and explodes.It may not be the errant tyrethat slides on the icy roads.It may not be the scaffolding plankthat bounces on your head.It may not be pneumoniathat smothers you in … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged breath, expiring pain, fever, ready to go, Ready?, up to date
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VISITORS AND VISITATIONS
Up Hillcrest steps to wherethe crumbling, grey, defining wallbecomes a bareand narrow ledgeholding back the jungle of beyond.Honeysuckle, fern and brambleslowly ambleand quietly digestthe Hillcrestfence.(A peaceful study in impermanence.) On the boundary hedge,a green and flowering ivy has blossomed therein … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged bramble, butterflies, content, honeysuckle, impermanence, millpond, revellers, sees, smiles, summer sun, surfer's paradise, visitors
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GARDENER’S NEWS
Newspaper headline in a “Democracy”:PARLIAMENT VERSUS THE PEOPLE Have you noticed how world-wideA versus B situations are becomingmore and more confrontational? Stoking up the fires of hatred and dissatisfactionin more and more areas of human activity. Sport, politics, arms sales.National … Continue reading
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Tagged A versus B, arms sales, compost heap, dissatisfaction, fires of hatred, gardener, marriages, medication, Parliament, people, politics, racial, sexual identity, sleep, sport, wiser?
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