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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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GAY RIGHTS FOR RABBITS
Nature, being homogenous,balances and rectifies unbalance. For years we have been plagued with rabbitswho come to eat our vegetablesand even the flowers in the pots on the bricks. This year, without warning, they are gone. No sign of myxomatosis,man’s attempt … Continue reading
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Tagged birth rate, breeding, epidemics, famines, Gay Rights, humour, Nature, population, rabbits, wars
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JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED
Long Wig up on his High Chairstares at Long Hair standing therebelow him in the dock.‘I cannot deviate from the Law,’he says, glancing at the clock.‘This is my decision.Six months without remission.Oh, and yes, with hard labour.’ ‘Decision’ ‘Remission’ ‘Hard … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged all-seeing eye, Blondin, Daily Telegraph, Hard labour, humour, Judge not, Knighthood, law, neighbour, obituary, retired, Yama
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IN PRAISE OF WORDSWORTH’S DAFFODILS
I wandered lonely with the crowdto dine by moonlight where the mermaid goeswhen, looking up, I saw a cloudof jostling dancing mosquitoes:above my head, above my seatspinning down hungrily for something to eat. Continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle … Continue reading
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Tagged daffodils, dance, dancing mosquitoes, Gnomonic Verses, humour, lonely as a cloud, mermaid, moonlight, praise, solitude, sparkling waves
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IN WHICH THE POET LAMENTS THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES OF A MISSPENT YOUTH
When I was a young manI couldn’t help noticingthat when young dogswanted to matethey spent little if anytime on small talkand conserved their energyby getting down to businessas directlyand economically as possible. My contemporarieson the other hand approached those activities … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Brian Taylor, dance halls, girls, Gnomonic Verses, humour, missed opportunities, misspent youth, Poet, young dogs
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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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LOVE THOU THE ROSE BUT LEAVE IT ON ITS STEM
How odd that humans choose to hide their sexwith clothes they have derived from plantsand so disguise them. And yet they cut from plants their sex(which they call flowers)and stick them in rose bowls and vases,put them on showand highly prize them! … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, Gnomonic Verses, humour, love, plants, rose, satire, sex
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BLONDIN
“Blondin” is a like a large box of tasty organic delicacies, which you dip in and out of at your leisure – not something to be attempted at one sitting. The poems deal with many facets of life, from glimpses of the cosmic, to the scent of the breeze on a local Cornish lane. Whatever your taste- whether it be wit, insight, or the Tao, you’ll find something to engage you. Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, Blondin, Book Reviews, Buddhist, deathless, eternal springs, good and evil, good friend, humour, insight, Now, organic, Oxford, poetry, Tao, Truth, verse, wit
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CINDERELLA
The ugly sister, Alice,glared at the mirror with reflected malice;gave a grinand blew a bubble;stroked the stubble on her chinand simpered, in unbridled bliss,“What a charmer I iss!”adding, with a grimace,“Who’s the prettier, glass face?” “Cinderella!Cinderella. Cinderella. Cinderella.Cinderella. Cinderella.”The mirror … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinderalla, goodness, humour, mirrors, royal marriage
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