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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives 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. Here they shed no tearat all the painthey left behind. Now, when they come again,they … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, Blondin, Brian Taylor, dead, echoes of long ago, image, lonely corridors, pain, prayers, requiem
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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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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 Brian Taylor, excuses, Gnomonic Verses, I, leisure, looking, My, pain, pleasure, seeing, wind of words, work
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SEEING THE OBVIOUS
The fisherman sees the fishbut not its painuntil as fishhe swims this way again. The rich see not the poorthey have inventedand, not contented,strive ceaselessly for more. Abraham’s descendants fight for their promised land,and while they swarm and fight like … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, blindness, blood, breath, deathless, desert sand, fish, fisherman, Messiah's Law, my family, nature red in tooth and claw, pain, promised land, Seeing the obvious, vegan
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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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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
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Tagged compassion, desire, Fellow Travellers, Gnomonic Verses, joy, love, moon reflected in a pool, pain, possession, puppet
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