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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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ASHES TO ASHES
Mingled dust of privet and rose petalsswept by the windgathered into cracks and empty spacesalong the bottom of the wall. Mingled dust of hopes and memoriesswept by the mindgathered into cracks and empty spacesalong the bottom of us all. .
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Tagged ashes to ashes, empty spaces, Gnomonic Verses, hopes, memories, mind, privet, rose
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LA BELLE DAME
She filled herself up with roses on which she could dependand invited her boyfriends in;then opened the door at the other end and dropped them into the bin. She shut herself up with her memories,neatly on a shelf,or scattered about … Continue reading
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Tagged boyfriends, could-have-beens, Gnomonic Verses, haunt, keys, la Belle Dame, memories, might-have-beens, roses, sad
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SEPARATISM
This flowering of the Human Spiritis a reaching outinto the empty wastelandof the egoic mindin search ofthe lost gardens of Eden. This fruitless endeavourto fill its wastelandwith memoriesof its past (My was)and thoughtsof its future (My will be) is stitched … Continue reading
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Tagged future, Garden of Eden, gentle light, Here and Now, Human Sprit, me, memories, past, peace, separatism, thought, wasteland
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11th HOUR, 11th DAY, 11th MONTH
November Rose. Pink and white and mauve. Solitary, still, among the rosemary and late autumnal gorse. Sea winds have blown. The first frosts have frozen the short grass. Spring and summer are memories, midwinter an echo in reverse. November Rose … Continue reading
FREEDOM
Freedom from the Past is the Present. Freedom from the Future is the Present. The Present is a crack that runs through the universe. Into it everything disappears like snowflakes into a bonfire. For Māra’s people, the Present is a … Continue reading
