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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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JUNE
A dry Juneand roses and honeysuckletumble in riotous flowerdown the path, below the gate,in anticipation of drought. The rush slowly(keeping vegetable time)towards the battlefieldof fern and bramblewhich flows inconclusively,to the cliff edge.Beyond, the sea. The mind takes on the colourof … Continue reading
LISTEN
What is that sound?Like the trailing of a fanthrough a silent anteroom? It is the murmur of airruffling leaves. It is the herald of the whirlwindwhich will strip those leaves from their treesand wrench the trees from the hillsideand blast … Continue reading
PYRAMIDS AND SARCOPHAGI
Why did they spend so much time therein the anteroom of death?What could they prepare?Paper possessions as light as breathwere too heavy for their dead to bearaway from the fire.Why did they keep their eyeson pyramid, tomb and funeral pyre?Even … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged breath, Brian Taylor, dead, death, dreams, eternity, funeral pyre, identity, light, mind, pyramids, sarcophagi, tomb
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DIAMOND MOUNTAIN
Wind blows.Rattles an invocationtwo thousand years oldfrom bronze temple bells. Brushes a susurrusfrom ten thousand oak leaves. Draws from their branchesthe moaningof two hundred year old wood,the dry soundof a long-forgotten oboe. Causes a seventy year old manon a slatted … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, diamond, eternal silence, eternity, invocation, oak, silence, temple bells
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IN THE DEAD TREE THE DRAGON SINGS
Which tree?Which dragon? A coffin is a dismembered, sawn up tree,undoubtedly dead.The dragon inside could be you or mea winding sheet from heel to head.Buried alive, unable to get out,I can’t think we’d have much to sing about. Merlin was … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged cave, coffin, Dragon, druidic oak, elements, Eternal SEE, eternity, five hindrances, gnostic visionaries, I am, India, Kundalini, Merlin, third eye
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EVERYDAY LIFE (DYING NORMALLY)
Going out there is no othercoming back there is no trace.As Eternity comes nearer-clearer,the brackets themselves have a smaller place. Meeting in a far-off futureyou will not recognise my facebut will turn away to your then-close familyin your then-dear corner … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged acorn, April, Blondin, bluebell, eternity, gorse, infinite space, no other, oak, primrose, robin, wild garlic
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THE BALANCE
“Oh Life! Thou Nothing’s younger Brother!So like, one might mistake Thee for the other!” (Oh Death! Thou Sleep’s forgotten Mother!So gentle, one might mistake Thee for the other!) “Eternity is in love with the products of Time.” (The Sun shinesin … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged all's well, balance, death, eternity, Life, love, nothing, sleep, sun shines, Time
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IMAGES OF ETERNITY
(Dust for the Human DustBeen) The photographer has discoveredhowto change the Present into the Pastjust as fastas he can. So that his facsimiles can replacethe Present of the next man’s Now. Both the photographer and the next manwaste the treasureof … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged eternity, future, Gnomonic Verses, past, photographer, present, thought-created, Time
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ETERNITY
There is no time in Paradise! Do not worry. Do not hurry. If the kettle is too small it will not spoil it to fill it twice and boil it. There is no time in Paradise. Until they count the … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged eternity, footprints, mine, Now, paradise, sun, Time
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HERAKLEITOS I
Entendu! Understood! One cannot step into the same river twice. Fresh waters are eternally rushing in. Who passed this way? And when? Wait! Pond river ocean all are filled with eternal waters. In tasting these, is Liberation not found? And … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin, Centre
Tagged Blondin, Brian Taylor, Dragon, eternity, Gods, Herakleitos, kalpa, Liberation
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