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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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CATCHING UP
The more they takeand do not makean adequate contribution,the more what they owe shadows them as they goto inevitable retribution. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Brian Taylor, catching up, contribution, Gnomonic Verses, owe, retribution, shadows, take
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FOR MOTHER AND CHILD
Why wake him?You woke to nothing,do you think he won’t?Your hand will guide him firmly and away,your lips will teach the nonsense he will say,your sins on himevery day. At best,he’ll pass the testyou failed,but where you wonwill be undone. … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged blessed darkness, blindness-kindness, Blondin, child, flower-carriers, Gods, Life, mother, shadows, test, tomb, vision, womb
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SHADOWS
We peer into the shadowswhere yesterday’s sunlight glows,trying to capture and holdyesterday’s sunlit gold. We peer into tomorrowto predict and plotwhere that sun will likely go(but where, perhaps, it will not). Today’s sunshine still blazesits disc ever overhead.Past and future … Continue reading
UNFINISHED
A face half in shadowin the gallery;sudden silenceamong the guests,candlelit at the long table below. Girlsserving sherbetin the caravanserai.Before the whirlwindin the sandstorm’s eyetears up the desert. A severed headand the black mask of the executioneron Tower Hill. Broken masts … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, consciousness, dream, executioner, girls, imprints, pendulum, sailors, shadows, silence, Tower Hil, unfinished, whirlwind
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ONE ARROW, TWO ARROWS
Why should the hand complainfor the glove abandoned in the rain? Why should the foot retainthe ragged shoe and call it pain? Why should the coloured window paneinflict on the white wall a lasting stain? Why should the nerve-ends’ loss … Continue reading
SAMSARA
Wandering on. Through a waste of perils we have already faced, blown by the hot winds of desire, pursued by our own shadows, touched by the invisible fire, surrounded by supravisible foes. From waste to waste. From oasis to oasis; … Continue reading
WALK ON
Walk On Walking On is not just a matter of feet measuring out the streets of this world; or the clatter of railway tracks dwindling to a point in the far-off, backward-looking, which has now become the past. Nor is … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, footprints, heart, light, mind, New Year, nothing, past, shadows, spirit, void
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