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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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THE ONE AND THE MANY
If there is only One,nothing can be special.If there is Nothing,what then? .
TREMATON CASTLE
The great Bailey wallkeeps the outside out. Inside, the silence settleslike sediment in a pool. But there are soundsthat do not disturb the dustand imagesthat bend no light waves. A timeless, parallel worldlittered with the jetsam of Time. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Black Prince, Blondin, buzzards, dogs, mind, nothing, Time, Trematon Castle, white doves, witness
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APRIL
April was hot and dry.The red earth respondedby blowing as dust in the wind.The green earth respondedby smothering itself with flowers of a thousand colours. The Water Board respondedby banning hosepipesand promising to charge morefor redistributing the rain(if it comes). … Continue reading
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Tagged April, butterflies, comet, flowers of a thousand colours, full moon, hot, nothing, rain, shining screen, Truth
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SUNSET
Over and over, you and Isift the contents of our mindand try to findthe people we think we might have been. Try as we will, behindthe painted curtain,one thing is certain;Nothing is ever seen. .
THE SUDDENLY SEPARATE SPIDER SENTRY
STILLNESS isthe space between movementsthe crack in the universethe gloved handwith the artto pull aparttwo thin life stitchesand let a stab of nothing in. An eyewith sky behindfor mind,a face blind,a sunflower petal fallingstamen to earth;or bird-song-bird callingeither side of … 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
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Tagged Blondin, breath, death, funeral pyre, mind, nothing, pyramids, sarcophagi, tomb, wise
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CALCULATIONS
Space you measure in feet and inchesand shoes by where your big toe pinches;seasons by cherry, rose and snow,when may comes and swallows go:empires by rise and fall of kings;weather by rain and drought and flood; dead trees by whether … Continue reading
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Tagged builder, calculations, dragon sings, empires rise, houses, nothing, silence, space, stars, sun
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