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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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11TH HOUR, 11TH DAY, 11TH MONTH
What They died forhas not survivedtheir sacrifice. The fabrics of communities that were theirsare pulled apart by rough fingersof their unappreciative heirs. Their homes are bulldozedto feed the appetites of developers. Their schools are surrenderedto the Apostles of Materialism:Educational Factory … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged 11.11.20, Amnesty Day 2020, apostles of Materialism, archbishop, back-door politicians, Beatitudes, Caesar, churchmen, educational factory farming, God, guardians of Morality, Hearts, heirs, honour and shame, Jesus, Nation, peace, poppies, sacrifice, schools, sexual perversion, silence, suffering and pride
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NEW RECRUITS REPORT TO THE GUARDROOM
On Tuesday after a silenceof three months,suddenly,where the junglethrows evening shadows over the bougainvilleas,all the cicadas shouted out at once;stretching and releasing their tymbalslike the shimmering and vibratingof a thousand silver cymbals. No notices were posted on the trees.No announcements … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged all together, Bamboo Leaves, cicadas, guardroom, Jungle, new recruits, nothing in their diaries, silence, silver cymbals, single silent drum, trees
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SILENCE
Opium heals,applying a chemical bellowsto the Vital Heat;a golden silence.At what cost!Matchstick limbs out of Auschwitz,fever-bright eyes.Such sweet poison! Music heals,early music;Greek Olympian music.Clusters of notes with open phrasingdancing on the surface of the Voidand tumbling endlessly in,leaving no trace. … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Blondin, cosmic dust, Greek Olymian music, music heals, opium heals, planet, raging furnace, silence, star, void
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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 the … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged balance, beginning, Blondin, builder, calculations, dead trees, dragon sings, dust, Empires, houses, nothing, rise and fall, rose, silence, space, stars now born, your deeds
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MASTER MAGICIAN
Certainly, the religions of the Worldall came into existenceto purify the world of egoyet have ended up as pyramidswith super-egos sitting on topusing the original teachingsto consolidate their precarious positionsand feed/gorge themselves and their allies. Maybe, in the end, to … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Ego, empty, Khaos, magician, purification, separateness, silence, The Abyss, the Tao, Voidness, whole, words
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FOUNDATION
The great Foundation on which all things restis soon lost sight of, soon forgot,fails to hold man’s interestas entanglements lead to great confusion(due to the power of the great Illusion);until he cannot see what is realand what is not. A … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Be, Brian Taylor, Foundation, Gnomonic Verses, grief and heartache, human brain, illusion, joy and pain, let go, myriad images, silence, void
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GREAT MEN
But really you see there weren’t any great at all.Those may not have stumbled,heads high, walked tall,filling the silence where others mumbled.But words failskulls fall. And before?Before, they could taste, smell,see, tell,bore.No different from you and me.This is the way … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged bad digestion, frantic, Great men, greatness, happiness, hearsay, lunacy, silence, skulls fall, ulcer, uncover, words fail
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SPRING
This spring-tide was not somethingto excite the sensesbut an overflowing of the heart.Pure joy.‘Love thou the rose but leave it on its stem.’ An overflowing of the heartwhich sees its images,reflected everywhere,existing nowherebut in itself. Always the sun shinesin Portsonachon,in … Continue reading
FREEDOM
The fretful Tiger in a rageprowls the confines of his cage.Do not feed him. Pass him by.And, of himself, he’ll surely die. The Gypsy, with her crystal ball,promises to tell you all.Do not cross her palm with gold.Leave your future … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged born, crystal ball, die, freedom, Gypsy, heart divine, silence, stillness, Tiger, wave
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ARMISTICE DAY 2014
What They died for has not survived their sacrifice. The fabrics of communities that were theirs are pulled apart by rough fingers of their unappreciative heirs. Their homes are bulldozed to feed the appetites of developers. Their schools are surrendered … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Armistice Day, ceramic poppies, communities, Education Factory Farming, God, Hearts, homes, Jesus, materialism, Morality, peace, schools, silence, suffering
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