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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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FULL MOON DAY THIRD LUNAR MONTH
One candle is a light unto itself.One hundred candlesilluminate a room.In a room,one candle isa light unto itself. Uposatha day at Wat Katum,seven old ladies and one old mantaking eight preceptsfor a dayto keep the Niraya fires at bay.“I undertaketo … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Ayudhaya, Blondin, Buddha, chicken farm, death, eight precepts, flu, Heart Chakra, Magha Puja, mangoes, mass grave, monk, monsoon, one hundred candles, sabbe sankhara dukkha, sala hall, sermon, third lunar month, Uposatha day, virtual reality
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IN A FLAT
In a flatyou thinkyou could scream yourself to deathand not be heard.Pressing your cheekagainst the cool of the sink.One breathupon another breath.No wordfor that. In a room,you sufferinside door,walls, ceiling, floor.You could shout,you could walk out,it’s not a tomb. In … Continue reading
YOGA
Mind moveswith the breathwhich fuels this articulated dollfrom birth to death. What starts out as routine maintenancefor a puppet with entangled stringsdevelops to a share in the danceof the dragon that eternally sings. But, first, the intention,clear and well definedfor … Continue reading
DEEP DOWN TO DEATH
Deep down to deathwith every breathand not one morefor any faith. His skin has lost a glossy look.He only feels his single painand waits for nothingto come back again. .
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Blondin, breath, Brian Taylor, death, FAITH, nothing, pain, waits
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PATIENCE
The patience of the old woman:raveling and unraveling somebody’s memorieslike skeins of wool,to darn the tattered coveringof an ever-fading lifein which,according to somebody’s memories,she was once a womanand a wife. The patience of the sick:waiting for the stab of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Brian Taylor, dawn, day nurse, death, Gnomonic Verses, Life, memory, oblivion, old woman, patience, patient
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FUNERAL
We crawl our way from earthto starnor calculate from birth how farour tiny feetwill take usbefore the karma that we meetwill break us;and cast us adrift on an outgoing tide. While those onshore mutter simply,“He died!” Ding-dongFay’s goneLife longDeath waits … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Brian Taylor, death, ding-dong, earth to star, funeral, karma, outgoing tide, tiny feet
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SINGLE-MINDED SALLY
Single-minded Sally woke up just before she diedand, looking round the Faces,saw there was no place to hide. Single-minded Sally knew she’d left it far too lateand she could not think of any way to make the Faces wait.And the … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, death, died, faces, fearful din, humour, light, Sally, surprise, unblinking eyes, yellow, yellow teeth
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