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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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THE SUN SHINES
The sun shineson the pathsilent and still. Either sideshadowstwist and turncalling on the mindto lose itself in a dancewith its own reflections. .
Posted in Blondin
Tagged dance, mind, path, reflections, shadows, silent, still, sun
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SHELL
The great doors swingon noiseless hingesoiled by the tearsof a thousand years,keeping the outside out. The doors are the doorsof the heart’s desires,trying to possess the eternal fires,trying to keep the sun in. .
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Blondin, doors, eternal fires, heart's desires, outside, possess, Shell, sun, tears, years
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GNOMON
The shadow of the gnomonslides at a steady rate.Even if the dial is ancient,the time itself is up to date.Though the train sleeps in the station,the sun just will not wait. And the ever moving sunand the clocks that tick … Continue reading
FREEDOM
Freedom from the Pastis the Present.Freedom from the Futureis the Present. The Presentis a crack that runsthrough the universe.Into it everything disappearslike snowflakesinto a bonfire. For Māra’s people,the Presentis a mental spacefilled with memories,thoughts of the Future,sense impressionsand a random … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged blazing, crack, freedom, future, memories, past, present, sense impressions, snowflakes, sun, thoughts, universe
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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Super-talented childrenplay on the eternal beach,building castles and citiesand civilisations and worlds,anything, everything they want;and try to keep all and eachout of everyone else’s reach. Dancing around hand in hand,they themselves are powdered sand. The sun shines downburning them brown.The … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged beautiful people, building, castles, children, cities, civilisations, dancing, eternal beach, sand, sea, sun, super, talented
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CHINA BOUND GIRL
China-bound girl,not-yet-happiness-made-her-found girl.Airport-station-taxis girl,brand-new-outside-sensations girl.Three-plus champagnes-anything can-do girl,anywhere-go preferably-Katmandu girl.From-past-sadness-ever-fleeing girl,balanced-on-the-very-edge-of seeing girl.Wonderful-from-the-very-beginning girl,so-afraid-of–losing-she-must-be-always-winning girl.So-shy-her-confidence-is overwhelming girl,she-keeps-her-captains-firmly-at-their-helms-ing girl. China-bound girl,Love at her heels,how does she think what she knows she feels?Glides like an image one flower ahead of sorrow,floating through … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford Blues
Tagged China, customs, fun, happiness, heart, Katmandu girl, love, shadows, sorrow, sun
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PLUS ÇA CHANGE
The world still pilesstorm on storm,(though happiness remains the norm.) The spider mind spinsthought on thought (and in its own web still is caught.) The sun (still)shinesin a bucket of water(and doesn’tgetwet). .
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 before the beginning, born, builder, calculations, dead, dead trees, deeds, dragon sings, Empires, houses, nothing, silence, space, stars, sun, your life
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THE BEGINNING
Trace it all back as far as you canfrom where it ends up to where it began:From knife to the hand,from hand to the eye;from footprints on sandto the sun in the sky. Trace it back further to where it … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged beginning, footprints, gateways, mind, Mozart, on/off, sensations, shines, skin, sky, sun, trace it, windows, within
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LISTEN
What is that sound?Like the trailing of a fanthrough a silent anteroom? It is the murmur of airruffling leaves. It is the herald of the whirlwindwhich will strip those leaves from their treesand wrench the trees from the hillsideand blast … Continue reading
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