Tag: Art
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Flunking Tests or Directional Insights
Flunking Tests or Directional Insights I know this is not politically correct, especially to parents of children in school and/or most of their teachers… but… Flunking a test should always be an occasion for a good laugh. I always laughed at myself, then started fresh, or realized that I didn’t care enough to do whatever…
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The New York Commune or Purple Haze (2 of 2)
The New York Commune or Purple Haze (2 of 2) There were, including my traveling companion and myself, five men and a varying number of women. I use the term women loosely, as most were obviously runaways between the ages of thirteen and sixteen. Though when asked, they vehemently claimed to be eighteen. There were…
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The New York Commune or Purple Haze
The New York Commune or Purple Haze (part 1 of 2) During the mid-to-late ’60s, I read a string of Hermann Hesse novels. There was Journey to the East, Siddhartha, Damien, The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, and my personal favorite, Narcissus and Goldman. They struck sympathetic notes in me and affirmed my desire for a…
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From Past Darknesses
I’ve noticed some darker pieces here. So I went back into my past darkness and brought out an old one. I’ve come a very long way since this one… Morning Darkness fadingthe lyingangry voicesviolentlycrying alone againtryingsighingdying searing pain againmakes mortality plainconstant wishing forhealing rain but that’s OKwe’re all to blameonly a gameour claim to famepretty…
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Wolf by First Aid Kit
Wolf by First Aid Kit Wolf-mother, where you been?You look so worn, so thinYou’re a taker, devils-makerLet me hear you sing, hey-ya hey-ya Wolf-father, at the doorYou don’t smile anymoreYou’re a drifter, shape-shifterLet me see you run, hey-ya hey-ya Holy light over the nightOh, keep the spirit strongWatch it grow, child of warOh, keep holdin’…
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Wisdom Of The Ancients
Wisdom Of The Ancients some say, Jesussome say, Lau Tsuthere’s MuhammadPlato, Gurgiff, Buddha,and Confucious tooonly to name a few– and that’s a mouthful – they say it’s tooambiguouswisdom is disguisedwhere’s theambiguity inliving simple lives it’s an ancient linelife allows no crimebut wisdom in disguiseshould make us realize that what goes upmust come backdown andmany things…
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A Season In Hell – Rimbaud and the Cruisers
My memory of Rimbaud was roused by a poem I read by one of the poets I’m following here in this forum recently (last couple of days). The poet refers to him in a line or two; and sorry, but I don’t remember which poem or poet… I do remember liking the poem. And when…
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Dark Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels
Dark Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels rich and chewytough enough to breakan old man’s brittle teethbut he don’t caredark chocolate andsalted caramel meltshis mouth in ecstasyso there as he spitsout a brokentooth or two or threea few more gaps inhis smilehe sees he’ll wait awhile self-indulgently daintily-now nibbling sliding impatient tongue over and around hisdark chocolate…
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Angel Food vs Devil’s Food
Angel food vs Devils food White vs ChocolateBland vs ExtraordinaryWhite vs brown ORHow about marbledMore like reality Why is whiteassociated withangles where didthat come fromWhy brown(chocolate)with devilsProbably theChristian cultof Judaism Alas God inA burning bushwas surely not whitebut some colorassociated withburning shrubberyperhaps yellowred or blue if hotenough Those religiousprogenitors weresurely not whitebut brown oroliveonly in…
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Bobble-head Pigeon
Bobble-head Pigeon Struts on byAlong pavementShoulderScrub by the washScoping out insectsAnd seeds notDeigning to fly Missing the large-Winged silhouetteHigh in the skyShadow gliding byPath and ScrubRapidly increasingSize with thePredator’s plunge Bobble-head pigeonGone –LE