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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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REQUIEM: ARMISTICE DAY
This yearthe dead are blindand do not seem to hearour prayers.Nor do they seem to mindthat we now ownwhat they once thought was theirs. Herethey shed no tearat all the painthey left behind. Now,when they come again,they only findechoes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, dead, deserted buildings, empty, lonely, long-ago, pain, prayers, requiem, tears, unpeopled streets
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POSSESSION
There is the fire that consumesand the fire that illumines. There is Desireand there is Love. Those motivated by Desiresee things they wish to possess,things they do not wish to possess,and other things –of no interest whatsoever. Those motivated by … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged compassion, desire, Fellow Travellers, fire, friendly interest, Gnomonic Verses, love, moon, pain, possession, puppet, sandcastle, sympathetic joy
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UP TO DATE AND READY TO GO
It may not be the bearded manwho smiles at you and explodes.It may not be the errant tyrethat slides on the icy roads.It may not be the scaffolding plankthat bounces on your head.It may not be pneumoniathat smothers you in … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, blood, brain, breath, fever, pain, pneumonia, ready to go, up to date
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NORMAL
Pain is in proportion to livingness.The more alive you are,the more it hurtsto live.This is normal. The young hurt mostbut mend quickest.New flesh healswhere old flesh withers.Young mind feelspain piercing and deep;often so deep that of itself it heals;a child … Continue reading
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Tagged alive, all is for the Norm, Blondin, clinging, eternal singing, grasping, heals, heart, letting go, new flesh, Normal, normal world, normality, old flesh, pain, pain shines through, prophet, shadow
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EXCUSES
In the pursuit of pleasure(or the relief of pain),they abuse their leisureand then return to work again. In the pool when the water is cleara thousand activities appear;a network of looking, seeing, willing;of turning, diving, chasing, catching, killing. Nowhere is … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, bright and clear, excuses, Gnomonic Verses, hide, I, leisure, looking, My, network, Nowhere, pain, pleasure, seeeing, wind of words, work
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TOI ET MOI
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
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Tagged birth to death, bliss, deepest Hell, eternal dance, Fate, Gnomonic Verses, higher happiness, highest heaven, joy, love, mortal coil, pain, single eye, toi et moi, true
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DEEP DOWN TO DEATH
Deep down to deathwith every breathand not one morefor any faith. His skin has lost a glossy look.He only feels his single painand waits for nothingto come back again. .
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Tagged Blondin, breath, Brian Taylor, death, FAITH, nothing, pain, waits
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BLACK MAGIC…
…A flowering of the human spiritin which Evil torments and exploitsas much of Creation as it can reach. …A development of Freedom To,when the corner stone of Ethics is discarded, that proliferates and insinuatesto as near Absolute Power as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Power, Black Magic, creation, Ethics, evil, Freedom to, Living spirit, materialism, matter, pain, vivisection
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VIEWPOINTS
At Tha Thua they sweat,eat ice, jump in river.At Whitsands we’re wet,wear coats and just shiver. At noon, garlic toast is a must.Half-an-hour later it tastes just like dust. Our viewpoints change to meet new dataas smart clothes adjust to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, dog with mange, garlic toast, hot sun, pain, pleasure, survive, viewpoints
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