Tag Archives: memories

NO EXIT

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Oh Lord, I have terrifiedmy soul at your graveyardswhere the spirits of your peoplethought to restfor an over-flowering morningto recall the world in,regale themselves with memories in,tremble in the glory of their soulsat what they please to call your throne.And … Continue reading →

Posted in Blondin | Tagged Blondin, contemplation, deaths, delight, deterrent, footprint, God, grace, graves, graveyards, infinite divinity, knot, Lord, memories, silence, souls, spirits | Leave a comment

TOI ET MOI

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Universal Octopus

is the eternal dancewhere those who lovefind one anotherand, taking their chance,reach up to highest Heaven aboveand down to deepest Hell. There is no higher happinessthan loving true and well. Toi et Moi sailtheir fragile boatwith single eyefrom birth to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gnomonic Verses | Tagged birth, bliss, death, eternal dance, Giraudoux's play, happiness, Heaven, joy, love, memories, mortal, Ondines, pain, single eye | Leave a comment

PEACE

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Freedom from the Pastis the Present.Freedom from the Futureis the Present. The Presentis a crack that runs through the universe.Into it everything disappearslike snowflakesin a raging furnace. For most peoplethe Presentis a mental spacefilled by memories of the Past,thoughts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Waves Talks & Poems | Tagged Brian Taylor, clear sky, crack, freedom, future, memories, mental space, past, peace, present, sun, thoughts, universe | Leave a comment

AND ASHES TO ASHES

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Universal Octopus

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. .

Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle | Tagged ashes, cracks, dust, empty spaces, hopes, memories, mind, privet, rose petals | Leave a comment

WHAT IS WHAT?

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Universal Octopus

A boatafloaton the streamof time. On either bankthe dream;a banquet for the senses.A blazeof colour and livingnessof music and messagesto tempt and amaze;enticements and instant memories;the enchanting voiceof the serpent. Afloaton the streamfrom nowhereto nothing. .

Posted in Gnomonic Verses | Tagged banquet, boat, colour, dream, enchanting voice, livingness, memories, nowhere to nothing, Senses, serpent, Time | Leave a comment

SEPARATISM

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Universal Octopus

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 →

Posted in Gnomonic Verses | Tagged Eden, egoic mind, future, Gnomonic Verses, Here and Now, Human Spirit, light, memories, past, peace, separatism, thought, un-separate?, wasteland | 1 Comment

FREEDOM

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Universal Octopus

Freedom from the Pastis the Present.Freedom from the Futureis the Present. The Presentis a crack that runsthrough the universe.Into it everything disappearslike snowflakesinto a bonfire. For Māra’s people,the Presentis a mental spacefilled with memories,thoughts of the Future,sense impressionsand a random … Continue reading →

Posted in Bamboo Leaves | Tagged Bamboo Leaves, blazing, crack, dusty cobwebs, freedom, future, Mara, memories, past, present, snowflakes, sun at noon, thought, universe | 1 Comment

LA BELLE DAME

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Universal Octopus

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 →