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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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JUPITER SPINS
Jupiter spins, they say, three times as fastas earth and thus enjoys a shorter day.They say the sun will grow and then, at last,burn up the planets which lie in its way. They say, the universe is growingor perhaps has … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged black holes, Blondin, cosmic nothingness, Jupiter, one dies, planets, space, sun, telescopes, universe
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BUTTERFLY’S EGG
Nature’s miniatureopalescent crystal ball. Explore it from outside-inand your finest scientific eyesare lost in its unimaginable vastnesswhich opens onto the totality of the outer universe. Nothing can be seenby blinded scientific eyesof the everything there.For the would-be observer dissolves. Explore … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged air, butterfly, Centre, crystal ball, Gnomonic Verses, human eyes, Nature, scientific eyes, universal satnav, universe
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BAMBOO LEAVES
Their leaves of grass* emerge and fade;with windblown rustling tongues converse.The grove has grown throughout the universe,spreads everywhere its pleasant living shade;creating north south east and west (the fierce, unending struggle to be best);relentlessly growing.The variety is unimaginable,the sameness unknowingand … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged Bamboo Leaves, human face, human heart, infinite space, kalpa, regeneration, reincarnates, Thailand, universe
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THE SUDDENLY SEPARATE SPIDER SENTRY
STILLNESS isthe space between movementsthe crack in the universethe gloved handwith the artto pull aparttwo thin life stitchesand let a stab of nothing in. An eyewith sky behindfor mind,a face blind,a sunflower petal fallingstamen to earth;or bird-song-bird callingeither side of … Continue reading
STOP!
If stopping were easy, a thought beam properly directed would thread silently through atom after atom and bring the entire universe to a standstill. An empty mirror reflected in itself. Not easy. Not difficult. A judicious response to the Problem … Continue reading
STILLNESS
STILLNESS is the space between movements the crack in the universe the gloved hand with the art to pull apart two thin life stitches and let a stab of nothing in.
STOPPING THE MIND
If stopping were easy, a thought beam properly directed would thread silently through atom after atom and bring the entire universe to a standstill. An empty mirror reflected in itself. If stopping were difficult, the spider mind would jumble on, … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged empty, letting go, mind, mirror, pain, reflection, spider, thought, universe, web
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