Tag: Poetry
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Wild Thing
Wild Thing Reached No. 1 on Billboard for several weeks in 1966 for The Troggs [Chorus]Wild thingYou make my heart singYou make everything groovyWild thing [Verse 1]Wild thing, I think I love youBut I wanna know for sureCome on, hold me tight!I love you[Instrumental Break] [Chorus]Wild thingYou make my heart singYou make everything groovyWild thing…
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Where Are We – Am I?
Where Are We – Am I? a matter of perception, as are all thingshere, there, everywhere, nowhere, all the samein perspective, finding relativities and domains imbeded in streams and eddies of space/timemeditating … at one, or fighting, kicking, screamingregardless, ends as do all things … entropic disolution yes, some flash-out, burn-out, peter-out, wink-outfilter-out, turn-out, poop-out,…
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Art and War Drive Tech
Art and War Drive Technology Art and war notthe Art of Warby Sun Tzunecessarilybut maybeare the driversof technology inevery age war in its searchfor efficient and devastating killing and subjugatingtech against any who oppose the ‘righteous’ established ‘natural’ contrived order art seeking efficient techcopy and synthesizenaturecreate artificescivilization culture‘humanities’ art old Leonardopersonified itart and warthey called…
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From This Valley
From This Valley by The Civil Wars Oh the desert dreams of a riverThat will run down to the seaLike my heart longs for an oceanTo wash down over me Oh won’t you take me from this valleyTo that mountain high aboveOh I will pray, pray, pray till I see your smiling faceI will pray,…
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Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere
Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere Early morning 85-degree ride along the Tucson Loop, with the sun sittingjust 15 degrees off the eastern horizon,108 predicted for the daytime high6 mile/hr tailwind helps drive usnorth toward El Camino Del Cerro ‘the Road to nowhere’ and beyondto Sunset Road, connecting two north-south arteries, either side of the dry riverbed, the…
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The Sultans of Swing
The Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Verse 1]You get a shiver in the darkIt’s raining in the park, but meantimeSouth of the river, you stop, and you hold everythingA band is blowing Dixie, double-four timeYou feel alright when you hear the music ring [Verse 2]Well, now you step insideBut you don’t…
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Out on the Wire
Out on the Wire by the Sweeplings My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd I can’t turn back nowCause if I stay I’ll die here Is anybody listeningAnybody anybody wishing we could walk awayIs anybody laughingAnybody will anybody fight for thisWe should walk away My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd…
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The New York Commune – Memoir Continued
I’ve posted most of this adventure previously, but this is where it belongs in the narrative. The New York Commune 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 Narcissus and Goldman. They struck sympathetic notes in me…
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Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath
This is the result of my 6 AM ride last Friday morning. The high for the last 10 days or so has been consistently around 110F and 82 for a low at night. Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath cicadas singing their hearts outdeep in the foliage of eucalyptusmesquite and palo verde withambient backup of…
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Sommerset by Leo
Leo was an Indie Rock Band from the early 2000s. My oldest son, Ian, was their front man, lyricist, and lead guitarist. This selection is from their album, Nightmares. Sommerset by LeoLyrics by Ian Eddy Staring down the roadI wonder where it’s gonna end this timeAnother episodeIt’s just a sequel to the one I left…
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