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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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THE FOUNTAIN
The fountainreaches upwards into spaceand, finding nothingto sustain it there,falls back into its proper place. And in this endlessrise and fall,we see the start and finishof us all. Time fliesthrough summer and through wintry skies;measures elephants and butterflies,marks where this … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, born, Brian Taylor, butterflies, dies, elephants, fountain, nothing, rise and fall, space, summer, Time, wintry skies, world
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SEPTEMBER SUN
Dry and ripening:sea flat and shininglike burning glass. Gulls floatinglike ducks on a giant’s pond. Small Coppers, Blues and Hairstreaksplayinglike blown leavesin parched grass. Victoria plums,blackberries. This is the turningof the yearwhen all that is thought of as ‘there’is found … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, Blondin, butterflies, cosmic seeds, ducks, dust, fear, gulls, harvests, sea, September, sun, traveller, Victoria plums
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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
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Tagged bramble, butterflies, content, honeysuckle, impermanence, millpond, revellers, sees, smiles, summer sun, surfer's paradise, visitors
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GETTING INTO HOT WATER
The forest is dense and undisturbed,the trees high and overshading,the birdsong harsh and shrill,the giant cicadas persistentlike throbbing brass. Paths have been clearedand wooden bridges laidover a latticework of hot yellow streams.These infiltrate the vegetationand send up clouds of steam. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, birdsong, butterflies, cicadas, forest, heat, jacuzzi, minerals, steam, trees, waterfalls, wooden bridges, yellow streams
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APRIL
April was hot and dry. The red earth respondedby blowing as dust in the wind.The green earth respondedby smothering itself with flowers of a thousand colours. The Water Board respondedby banning hosepipesand promising to charge morefor redistributing the rain(if it … Continue reading
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Tagged a thousand colours, April, Blondin, butterflies, comet, flowers, full moon, hot, shadows, shining screen, Truth
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