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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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TREASURES ON EARTH, TREASURES IN HEAVEN
The scent of the rosefades in the dry airand the roses themselvesshrivel and fall. The Rose Garden toosuccumbs to the developerand his high-rise flatswhich brush against the sky. Red bricks give wayto changing architectural fashionor a motorwayor a bomb. And … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged architectural fashion, becoming, crustaceans, dust, fire, giant, God, Heaven, intercosmic, poler ice, rose, Rose Garden, treasures
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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
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Tagged air, baby, cascade of pearls, dark gods, empty, eternity, fire, ruffling leaves, silent, sound, space, sun, waterfall
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POSSESSION
There is the fire that consumes and the fire that illumines. There is Desire and there is Love. Those motivated by Desire see things they wish to possess, things they do not wish to possess, and other things – of … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged compassion, desire, Fellow Travellers, fire, fool, love, moon, pain, possession, puppet, sympathetic joy, transmutation
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POSSESSION
There is the fire that consumes and the fire that illumines. There is Desire and there is Love. Those motivated by Desire see things they wish to possess, things they do not wish to possess, and other things – of … Continue reading
SAMSARA
Wandering on. Through a waste of perils we have already faced, blown by the hot winds of desire, pursued by our own shadows, touched by the invisible fire, surrounded by supravisible foes. From waste to waste. From oasis to oasis; … Continue reading
I, ME, MINE
I, Me, Mine In the Beginning (or perhaps a little later) there was I. And then, because I was lonely, there was me. And we got on like a house on fire! And, so that we could have something in … Continue reading
GUIDE BOOK
Guide Book “In Chiangmai there are many shapeful chedis in which nowhere can be seen.” Is stillness something or is it merely what’s left over when things disappear? How can things which are ever-moving, ever-changing, not be? Stillness is complete … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Taylor, butterfly, Centre, Chiangmai, fire, mirror, sea, stillness
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