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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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He has dirty feet;“Washing is dangerouswash much, sicken and die.”He wears a short black jacketand floppy black trousers.A large silver lock hangs round his neck.She has a blue jacketand a tightly pleated kiltof hemp and cottonwith heavily embroideredand weighted black … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, bribes, British, Burma, cash crops, Chinese, cotton, hemp, hill tribes, Jungle, maize, missionaries, opium, poor, smiles, tax, Thai, tourists, trees
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DYING RACES OF MANKIND
When the rich see the very poorthey know it is timeto buy their valuables.Cheaply. This ancient peoplewere driven out of Tibetby the Tibetans,out of China by the Chineseand out of Burmaby the Burmese. Ah Kah people are very poorand cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged Ah Kah people, ancestors, animists, Bamboo Leaves, Burma, ceremonial swing, China, Church, jewellery, manipura, mankind, missionaries, poor, rich, shining souls, spirits, Tibet, tribal knowledge, western industrial society
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IMMIGRATION THAI STYLE
The Tree of Life is flowering;clusters of yellow showeringgolden petalsin seasonal abundanceon bare roads. One hundred and twenty-one Burmese,including fourteen children,travelled east looking for workin a locked air-tight container;twelve square metresof standing,enduringjolting pot-holed tracksand double- backs. When the ventilator failed,they started … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, Burma, Burmese, death count, faded petals, freedom, golden petals, immigration, locked in a container, prison, Ranong, Thailand, tree of Life
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