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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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JUGGLING
First the left hand, then the right;in each, a ball, in each held tight When a third comes into view,what exactly will you do? Let it roll past on its way,down the hall and out the door? Or grab it … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged world, peace, stop, juggling, game, empty stage, season, cosmic motion, exhaustion, kinectic cage, performing
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LIGHTING CANDLES
“If I make merit by doing goodand share it with others,how much will I be left with?” “All of it.” “How can that be?If I have a hundred bahtand share it with you,how much will I have?” “Fifty.” “How so?” … Continue reading
HICKORY DICKORY DOCK
A girl pedals.A boy with the dream of her shirt in his eyerides the metal carrier behind,pressing her feet down with his. An individualist stays within call. My shoe cushions a small Chinese foreheadpressing down her eyesfor money.Another kneels her … Continue reading
DREAM THEATRE
This world is a theatreof broken dreams.Everything ISbut is notwhat it seems. .
GENGHIS KHAN
Often the excessivelymeek and mildare those who tried aggressivelyto conquer the known worldand failed. They are now preparingfor the replayby posing as underdogs. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged conquer, Ghengis Khan, meek, replay, underdogs, world
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THE PAINTED VEIL
Millions of bubbles; bubbles, bubbles. Bubbles.Who could have thoughtso smallwould be curse of all,and source of allour troubles? Microscopic seedsencasing nuclei of fire. Each germinates and breedssubtle filaments of desire. Desire slides in and overpowers,making our best intentions fail.It weaves … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Taylor, Bubbles, desire, empty machine, eyes, fire, Painted Veil, see it, shroud, silent, source, thought, unseen, world
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PERFECT ACTION
When the fires are raging, don’t add fuel and the two worlds (the inner and the outer) subside into their natural state. When the dogs of dissension and desire are sleeping, don’t wake them and the world is already cool … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged cool, desire, dogs, fuel, natural, Perfect action, quiet, world
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ATLAS
It is not Atlas who carries on his shoulders the world with all its teeming life forms, its cities and citizens its poets and fools. It is the breath of life which fans the vital heat each time it cools. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas, breath, cities, citizens, death, empty, fools, Gnomonic, Life, poets, vital heat, world
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