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It's elementary, my dear This bittersweet affection that I feel From one boy to the next I grew Ladder rungs of broken hearts First grade Blonde hair and disarming smile Recess games and hallway passes A note in a diary and minutes spent giggling Never talking, always watching Fourth grade Glasses frame of brown hair and thin shoulders Curious enigma to come and go A bit more literate diary entrees One year of crossed legs and shy smiles Fifth grade A growing tree of lean muscle and blue eyes Short brown hair and a charming grin Side by side on a rubber track Gray skies and sweet goodbyes A bright dance floor and a shattered heart Miserable nights and heartbreak songs Seventh grade Long dark hair and chocolate eyes This spring has brought a strange surprise Wiry muscle and soft cheeks Once admired, then adored An ongoing thrum of sweet affection Sidelong glances and gym class stares New discoveries and quiet realization Girl can love girl Tenth grade A firecracker packed with mysterious boys And an enigmatic girl A bomb in the summer sky Spelling new names, new faces, new hearts A whisper of 'I love you' at long last returned Names carved on my ribs and pulling my lips A tightened chest never felt so good
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 9:53 PM UTC
Crush
Look in the mirror Look at the clock Look at the time It never has stopped It only goes forward It's a one way walk See how you have been growing You ask yourself, "where have the days been going?" Time can only progress Yes, the river of life is always flowing We lived cabins And castles and caves We came from Adam and eve We evolved from apes From Socrates and Homer To Napoleon and Alexander the Great The minds that desired knowing And the enlightened ones glowing People can only advance Yes the river of life is always flowing Revolutions and rebellions Riots and revolts Great discoveries A key, a kite and a lightning bolt Great writings and inventions Innovations from inspiring jolts Improvement was showing To the future the world was going Humanity only began to develop Yes the river of life is always flowing Religions and sciences Economics and politics Television and radio Monarchies and dictatorships Tanks and machine guns Atomic bombs and battle ships We went from arrow shooting and spear throwing The muskets needed reloading To nuclear weapons Yes the river of life is always flowing Exploring new lands To find the world wasn't flat To find silver and gold And buried artifacts To establish new territories And expand the map The searching ship kept rowing As civilization went on growing Accomplishments of the past Yes the river of life is always flowing Boats and rail roads Fair trade and industry World wide markets Over land and sea To keep out nations going And stablize the economy But now every country has money that they're owing And the land that they're owning Is has evolved Yes the river of life is always flowing Social reforms Counter cultures fight They protest strongly For equal civil rights The world's in constant change Every day turns into night Every opening has its closing And then it comes back again As long as there's someone hoping Yes the river of life is always flowing We put people into space We have fought for equality Created a world from nothing And advanced technology We've struggle to go to where we are And continue to go strongly The opportunities fate has been bestowing We look forward to see what is ahead The memories and mysteries the hourglass is holding Yes the river of life is always flowing
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Apr 23, 2014
Apr 23, 2014 at 2:40 PM UTC
The River of Life is Always Flowing
Look in the mirror Look at the clock Look at the time It never has stopped It only goes forward It's a one way walk See how you have been growing You ask yourself, "where have the days been going?" Time can only progress Yes, the river of life is always flowing We lived cabins And castles and caves We came from Adam and eve We evolved from apes From Socrates and Homer To Napoleon and Alexander the Great The minds that desired knowing And the enlightened ones glowing People can only advance Yes the river of life is always flowing Revolutions and rebellions Riots and revolts Great discoveries A key, a kite and a lightning bolt Great writings and inventions Innovations from inspiring jolts Improvement was showing To the future the world was going Humanity only began to develop Yes the river of life is always flowing Religions and sciences Economics and politics Television and radio Monarchies and dictatorships Tanks and machine guns Atomic bombs and battle ships We went from arrow shooting and spear throwing The muskets needed reloading To nuclear weapons Yes the river of life is always flowing Exploring new lands To find the world wasn't flat To find silver and gold And buried artifacts To establish new territories And expand the map The searching ship kept rowing As civilization went on growing Accomplishments of the past Yes the river of life is always flowing Boats and rail roads Fair trade and industry World wide markets Over land and sea To keep out nations going And stablize the economy But now every country has money that they're owing And the land that they're owning Is has evolved Yes the river of life is always flowing Social reforms Counter cultures fight They protest strongly For equal civil rights The world's in constant change Every day turns into night Every opening has its closing And then it comes back again As long as there's someone hoping Yes the river of life is always flowing We put people into space We have fought for equality Created a world from nothing And advanced technology We've struggle to go to where we are And continue to go strongly The opportunities fate has been bestowing We look forward to see what is ahead The memories and mysteries the hourglass is holding Yes the river of life is always flowing
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On days, when time is going too fast, I can't catch up, and there're things i can't get past, I'd pull a chair at the verandah....just sit there To witness, the gentler goings on in life... See, how...why  all plants face towards the sun, On a dimly lit corner, watch a spider patiently spin its web, Underneath the gravel and green grass, somehow, The earthworm, painstakingly, bravely emerges, Finds its way out of the soil...to remind us, "...soil is healthy....it's time to plant!" ::::: I feel, the beetle knows me, as it inches on, Carrying its own body, crawling down the pine tree, I won't ever grasp it, nor tie a string on its body To control its range of movement, As we do to tethered beasts of burden... ::::: While sitting there, i decide: by all means, Towards the flower *** i  lean Take time to smell a rose, feel its rough leaf Not just a quick touch and sniff But hold its thorny body, without daring to blink While deep within, i'd let its fragrance sink ::::: Some early evenings When the cicadas' music are echoing And the moths have started flying Circling round the light at the ceiling, I am warned...soon, it will be raining And.....when it starts to rain, i keep listening Til i'm soothed by the sound of rain...falling, From sky to treetops.....flowing...landing Next to the leaves......cascading down To the concrete ground Spreading quickly, far and deep...and as fate, As nature would have it....the soil, without fail, waits... ::::: Long time ago, we were small, Curious and brave, we tasted glory, and all, Armed with a child's innocence And an insatiable hunger for learning... Our eyes, our minds dilated, Our brains were like sponge... Like the soil.....we absorbed All, that we discovered... ::::: Sally Copyright December 1, 2016 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 at 3:28 PM UTC
DISCOVERIES
On days, when time is going too fast, I can't catch up, and there're things i can't get past, I'd pull a chair at the verandah....just sit there To witness, the gentler goings on in life... See, how...why  all plants face towards the sun, On a dimly lit corner, watch a spider patiently spin its web, Underneath the gravel and green grass, somehow, The earthworm, painstakingly, bravely emerges, Finds its way out of the soil...to remind us, "...soil is healthy....it's time to plant!" ::::: I feel, the beetle knows me, as it inches on, Carrying its own body, crawling down the pine tree, I won't ever grasp it, nor tie a string on its body To control its range of movement, As we do to tethered beasts of burden... ::::: While sitting there, i decide: by all means, Towards the flower *** i  lean Take time to smell a rose, feel its rough leaf Not just a quick touch and sniff But hold its thorny body, without daring to blink While deep within, i'd let its fragrance sink ::::: Some early evenings When the cicadas' music are echoing And the moths have started flying Circling round the light at the ceiling, I am warned...soon, it will be raining And.....when it starts to rain, i keep listening Til i'm soothed by the sound of rain...falling, From sky to treetops.....flowing...landing Next to the leaves......cascading down To the concrete ground Spreading quickly, far and deep...and as fate, As nature would have it....the soil, without fail, waits... ::::: Long time ago, we were small, Curious and brave, we tasted glory, and all, Armed with a child's innocence And an insatiable hunger for learning... Our eyes, our minds dilated, Our brains were like sponge... Like the soil.....we absorbed All, that we discovered... ::::: Sally Copyright December 1, 2016 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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and                                                                                                                           that backseat "love" lasted only as long as the night as the memories rush in that morning try as i might to keep you outta my mind, you're holed in there tight a battle between "love" and lust...(hint) love lost the fight. we                                                                                                                             caused kisses shared between those wet rival lips and bare skin touching, form a feeling at these hips down unbuttoned jeans that your small hand slips hear that sound, like tearing, as our "innocence" strips. *******                                                                                                                         formed foggy windows from our skin we shared and dissolved to nothing, ha, like we ever cared   discoveries made at night shed light on how we faired the sounds of "love" from my speaker actually blared (lust) .
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Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011 at 1:57 AM UTC
you can't spell "lust" without "us"
# *I hadn’t meant to spy just an evening’s walk along the beach knowing that things are sometimes strewn there after storms between a gust of wind—a break in clouds Coming upon moonlight gleaming on wet teenage backs Two— by a leaning erosion fence fondling the last discoveries of childhood fumbling with the barriers of her bikini behind the erosion fence out of sight and forbidding Breeding like sea grass by rhizomes prowling that neck, those ******* Gasping! Warring! for the land of white warmth below their tans His hands grip, lift, position, insist By such undertow mouths and hips pinioned in disbelief... where they cannot be seen two half-rounds in rhythm – struggle in the surge of being as the surf binds them in refrains about the ankles* #
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Mar 25, 2018
Mar 25, 2018 at 9:48 PM UTC
coming upon moonlight
The farthest man made object in space, Voyager 1, is over 20 billion km away from Earth. On board is a phonograph record, brilliant gold, containing sounds and images of what life is like on earth, A message to whoever is able to listen, a literal shot in the dark. On it is an inscription that is perhaps the most beautiful sentence I have ever read TO THE MAKERS OF MUSIC ALL TIMES ALL WORLDS a time capsule, a gift, from us To anywhere and everywhere A hundred years from now or a thousand Our belief that no matter what time Or world you belong to, melody and harmony and rhythm, can bring us together, can communicate. On the cover Are figures, explaining how to operate this record Hieroglyphics from what by then Would be ancient history Messages in binary, the 1s and 0s Our position in the universe marked by our distances from gigantic pulsars, the star map to our home, the creators of this message There's beauty in this marriage of math and art Code and music As a way to communicate with the universe. Some of the images on the record are the most beautifully simple ones, Of us, humans, drinking and eating, laughing, of animals, nature, food and architecture. Then there are images of our scientific observations, mathematical calculations, our discoveries, Like a child showing off Look, look what I can do! Black and white and in colour, Pictures, proof that we, indeed have lived and achieved. The music, classical, our very best from Bach and Mozart to Blind Willie Johnson's Dark was the Night. But all of this can only matter, can come to fruition if someone exists to receive it, and is evolved enough to comprehend what it means. But that's the thing, everybody knows, That's there's a slim chance of this record ever being heard, and it's much more possible that the Voyager will simply end up as floating debris in the cosmos, but it doesn't matter! We just want someone to know that there was a species of bipedal, intelligent animals on this blue planet, no different than finding graffiti in alleys that read I WAS HERE. WE WERE HERE, WE EXISTED. And it's all about that hope, the hope that someone will see us, our pictures, listen to our languages, our greetings, our music, and remember us, even after we're long gone. Or perhaps we will one day be interstellar space faring people as well, following the path of the Voyager, doing what we do best, Explore.
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Jan 2, 2016
Jan 2, 2016 at 9:32 AM UTC
Space graffiti
The farthest man made object in space, Voyager 1, is over 20 billion km away from Earth. On board is a phonograph record, brilliant gold, containing sounds and images of what life is like on earth, A message to whoever is able to listen, a literal shot in the dark. On it is an inscription that is perhaps the most beautiful sentence I have ever read TO THE MAKERS OF MUSIC ALL TIMES ALL WORLDS a time capsule, a gift, from us To anywhere and everywhere A hundred years from now or a thousand Our belief that no matter what time Or world you belong to, melody and harmony and rhythm, can bring us together, can communicate. On the cover Are figures, explaining how to operate this record Hieroglyphics from what by then Would be ancient history Messages in binary, the 1s and 0s Our position in the universe marked by our distances from gigantic pulsars, the star map to our home, the creators of this message There's beauty in this marriage of math and art Code and music As a way to communicate with the universe. Some of the images on the record are the most beautifully simple ones, Of us, humans, drinking and eating, laughing, of animals, nature, food and architecture. Then there are images of our scientific observations, mathematical calculations, our discoveries, Like a child showing off Look, look what I can do! Black and white and in colour, Pictures, proof that we, indeed have lived and achieved. The music, classical, our very best from Bach and Mozart to Blind Willie Johnson's Dark was the Night. But all of this can only matter, can come to fruition if someone exists to receive it, and is evolved enough to comprehend what it means. But that's the thing, everybody knows, That's there's a slim chance of this record ever being heard, and it's much more possible that the Voyager will simply end up as floating debris in the cosmos, but it doesn't matter! We just want someone to know that there was a species of bipedal, intelligent animals on this blue planet, no different than finding graffiti in alleys that read I WAS HERE. WE WERE HERE, WE EXISTED. And it's all about that hope, the hope that someone will see us, our pictures, listen to our languages, our greetings, our music, and remember us, even after we're long gone. Or perhaps we will one day be interstellar space faring people as well, following the path of the Voyager, doing what we do best, Explore.
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I pride, In many things. Little and big. Existing and imaginary. Useful and unnecessary. Almost ubiquitously. I take pride in my mind, most of all. In the many wonders it brings me. It lets me wave at the voyagers that zip by as I swim, weightless and cold in the eternal stardust of would bes. It lets me simmer in the memory of a younger day. Of all the loves loved and the ones lost I pride the ones that never gave way. Like old paintings stowed away deeply fragments, moving, ageing effortlessly. I take pride in the fact that I have one true friend and not many. I don't know why I take pride in it though I would understand culling a herd, if I had any. I take pride in a soul that has learnt to love so deeply. Deeper than the rivers of the world and tumultuous as the sea I take pride in my dog, sitting when I command it. I take pride in the fact that, At least he understands it. I take pride in the words that I think and regret the ones I don't. I take pride in understanding the existence of truth and its relentless need to run and hide away. I take pride in my people and in their endless rebellion against sanity. I take pride in their manic displays of affection despite their distaste for the same affectations. I take pride in their synchronized entropy, beautiful, much like the death of a galaxy.   I take pride in the songs I hear, the sonnets of love and despair. of first discoveries, and fevered dreams. Of Kings and conquerors and knights against the regime. Of their legends that soar and rise and go beyond where the grave lies. I take pride in the mirror. Though broken and shattered beyond repair it bestows me with honesty about the one that I care. I take pride in all these aberrations, in these tiny little manipulations. These effervescent little marionettes forever dancing within constellations.
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 at 11:30 PM UTC
Pride
I pride, In many things. Little and big. Existing and imaginary. Useful and unnecessary. Almost ubiquitously. I take pride in my mind, most of all. In the many wonders it brings me. It lets me wave at the voyagers that zip by as I swim, weightless and cold in the eternal stardust of would bes. It lets me simmer in the memory of a younger day. Of all the loves loved and the ones lost I pride the ones that never gave way. Like old paintings stowed away deeply fragments, moving, ageing effortlessly. I take pride in the fact that I have one true friend and not many. I don't know why I take pride in it though I would understand culling a herd, if I had any. I take pride in a soul that has learnt to love so deeply. Deeper than the rivers of the world and tumultuous as the sea I take pride in my dog, sitting when I command it. I take pride in the fact that, At least he understands it. I take pride in the words that I think and regret the ones I don't. I take pride in understanding the existence of truth and its relentless need to run and hide away. I take pride in my people and in their endless rebellion against sanity. I take pride in their manic displays of affection despite their distaste for the same affectations. I take pride in their synchronized entropy, beautiful, much like the death of a galaxy.   I take pride in the songs I hear, the sonnets of love and despair. of first discoveries, and fevered dreams. Of Kings and conquerors and knights against the regime. Of their legends that soar and rise and go beyond where the grave lies. I take pride in the mirror. Though broken and shattered beyond repair it bestows me with honesty about the one that I care. I take pride in all these aberrations, in these tiny little manipulations. These effervescent little marionettes forever dancing within constellations.
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it was the Cubist who created the space and color that everywhere today assails our eyes in    uniform architecture and monotonous design; the various branches of modern art through tedious & exhaustive experiment      & research creating a massive cultural sinkhole whose banal discoveries unveil for all the sameness of form, line and color; Quote from Gorky's 'Camouflage', 1942: I like the heat; the tenderness; the edible; the lusciousness; the song of a single person in a bathtub full of water.                            I like Ucello, Grunewald, Ingres, the drawings and sketches for paintings    of Seurat and that man Pablo Picasso;                I measure all things by weight.                In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series,                26 June 1942 I love Mougouch, Gorky's wife.                What about papa Cézanne; I like the wheat fields, the plow, the apricots, those flirts of the sun.    And bread above all. My lever is the purple; About 194 feet away from our house in Armenia on the road to the spring my father had a little garden with a few apple trees which had retired                              from giving fruit; this garden was identified as the _'Garden of Wish Fulfillment'_ often I had seen my mother and the other village women exposing their naked bosoms, taking the soft, dependable ******* in their hands & rubbing them on the rocks; above all this standing an enormous tree all bleached under the sun, rain & cold,  deprived of leaves. This was the Holy Tree [quoted in 1942] In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series, 26 June 1942 I don't like that word 'finished'.     When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness; I never finish a painting –   I just stop working on it for a while. I like painting because it's something I can never come to the end of; sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.    Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time; I do that       b/c I want to – b/c I change my    mind so often; The thing to do is      always to keep starting to paint;      never finishing the painting [quoted in 1948]
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Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 at 4:39 PM UTC
Արշիլ Գորկին, տանիքի այծերը
it was the Cubist who created the space and color that everywhere today assails our eyes in    uniform architecture and monotonous design; the various branches of modern art through tedious & exhaustive experiment      & research creating a massive cultural sinkhole whose banal discoveries unveil for all the sameness of form, line and color; Quote from Gorky's 'Camouflage', 1942: I like the heat; the tenderness; the edible; the lusciousness; the song of a single person in a bathtub full of water.                            I like Ucello, Grunewald, Ingres, the drawings and sketches for paintings    of Seurat and that man Pablo Picasso;                I measure all things by weight.                In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series,                26 June 1942 I love Mougouch, Gorky's wife.                What about papa Cézanne; I like the wheat fields, the plow, the apricots, those flirts of the sun.    And bread above all. My lever is the purple; About 194 feet away from our house in Armenia on the road to the spring my father had a little garden with a few apple trees which had retired                              from giving fruit; this garden was identified as the _'Garden of Wish Fulfillment'_ often I had seen my mother and the other village women exposing their naked bosoms, taking the soft, dependable ******* in their hands & rubbing them on the rocks; above all this standing an enormous tree all bleached under the sun, rain & cold,  deprived of leaves. This was the Holy Tree [quoted in 1942] In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series, 26 June 1942 I don't like that word 'finished'.     When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness; I never finish a painting –   I just stop working on it for a while. I like painting because it's something I can never come to the end of; sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.    Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time; I do that       b/c I want to – b/c I change my    mind so often; The thing to do is      always to keep starting to paint;      never finishing the painting [quoted in 1948]
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Refreshment, in form king size bed Big fluffy pillows, sink disheveled head Silken other body touching beside Night's dreamless comfort, into it did glide How exist delusion, tranquil pie in sky Consulting limbs, spooning of thighs Imprecise discoveries, feeling more at ease Theories both wound in bed, confidently pleased
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Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 9:48 AM UTC
Thought Bed
may the way that gives way to this accord of may be in awe of truth and not the fruits of disarray I shall be meditating upon the roads travelled and many discoveries gather that I have unravelled I shall curl my high excitements and misguided ambitions to unfurl what the calls of the wise unfurl and admonish In the mist amidst the tricking twists of fits and false gists, may I hold up fists that will seize to desist and delete the disease of fallacy in curtailed wit In the shadows dark, some pale may I not fade into the tales of lies and manipulative games In the guise of dames so modern and fabulously inclined to fame, may I guage and carry my animosity into the mystery of my identity where only the genuine and real can relate In the encounters with material and all that deters from the mystic and ethereal, I hope to remember the real surreal to surmise the reels of fantasy thrills in graphic frills and euphonic trills However the gigantic systems of the world in money, greed, vanity or lust, may doctor sickness into the souls of the lost and weak: may my heart remain meek and my vision bright and led by the lens of the soul.... With or without I pray not as a religious pilgrim but a sage seeking neverending Light... ever the more grateful, harnessing the grapes of creation, worshiping a servant's code in humility. hustling about this rash hassle of life overshadowed by pyramids and castles remaining true to the cause even when temptation is endlessly bustling about remember remember the hustle when you were down and out without
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Jun 6, 2015
Jun 6, 2015 at 1:48 AM UTC
a hustler's prayer
may the way that gives way to this accord of may be in awe of truth and not the fruits of disarray I shall be meditating upon the roads travelled and many discoveries gather that I have unravelled I shall curl my high excitements and misguided ambitions to unfurl what the calls of the wise unfurl and admonish In the mist amidst the tricking twists of fits and false gists, may I hold up fists that will seize to desist and delete the disease of fallacy in curtailed wit In the shadows dark, some pale may I not fade into the tales of lies and manipulative games In the guise of dames so modern and fabulously inclined to fame, may I guage and carry my animosity into the mystery of my identity where only the genuine and real can relate In the encounters with material and all that deters from the mystic and ethereal, I hope to remember the real surreal to surmise the reels of fantasy thrills in graphic frills and euphonic trills However the gigantic systems of the world in money, greed, vanity or lust, may doctor sickness into the souls of the lost and weak: may my heart remain meek and my vision bright and led by the lens of the soul.... With or without I pray not as a religious pilgrim but a sage seeking neverending Light... ever the more grateful, harnessing the grapes of creation, worshiping a servant's code in humility. hustling about this rash hassle of life overshadowed by pyramids and castles remaining true to the cause even when temptation is endlessly bustling about remember remember the hustle when you were down and out without
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We embark on a new journey, Let our travels never end, Keep us heading in the same direction, Though the track may sometimes bend, Let happiness be our destination, Let our trademark be a smile, Let us enjoy every footstep, Not begrudge a single mile, Let us revel in new discoveries, Greet each fresh dawn with pleasure, Let us find our inner-wealth and know ... The true meaning of treasure.
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Sep 11, 2017
Sep 11, 2017 at 2:25 PM UTC
Our Journey
enfolded in your abundant legs i find all the good things etched on the surface of your skin like an egyptian relief painting you are worth enough tears to flood the nile and re-write the way the marsh unfolds like the way i found you: verdant discoveries on sundays and new ways to say shadane pragmatic star girl i add your name to my mental thesarus like a new favorite word adoring and absorbing your lower-case expressions like second nature
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 9:50 PM UTC
taking enjoyment and seeking good things
Dear Poet Friends, I hope you like this slice of Early History presented below in simple verse. Please do read the short notes at the end, before giving your comments.  Thanks, - Raj ARCHIMEDES : THE PIONEERING        STREAKER OF HISTORY! There lived in the Third Century BC, in the Sicilian town of Syracuse, then a Greek colony, A Greek mathematician named Archimedes. He was tasked by King Hiero of his town, To find the purity of gold in his crown; Suspicious of the goldsmith having mixed some material of inferior kind, Which the King wanted Archimedes to find! So, Archimedes lost in thought one day, Entered the public bath on his way! And as his body began to get submerged, He happened to notice perchance, Water spilling over from the tub! The answer suddenly flashed across his mind, And he jumped up leaving everything behind, Wearing only his birthday suit, Running through the street of Syracuse, Exclaiming -  “Eureka! Eureka!” (I have found it! I have found it!) Perhaps to become the first known streaker   of History! While establishing the Principles of Buoyancy! @ (see notes) Archimedes, son of the astronomer Pheidias, studied at the great Alexandrian city, Remembered even to this day for his many pioneering works, - In Hydrostatics, Mechanics, and Geometry. With his ingenious mechanical discoveries, He held the great Roman galleys of Marcellus at bay, For more than three years, as Plutarch the Roman Historian says!    + (see notes) Later one day, while lost in deep thought, When some intricate problem of geometry he was trying to resolve, Refused to hear Marcellus' bidding, To be slain by the Roman soldiers who had come to fetch him! O those Romans, with lesser brains and more brawn! And some hundred and thirty years after his death in 75 BC, Cicero, then the Roman Governor of Sicily, Found the tomb of great Archimedes, near the Agrigentine Gate, over grown with bushes and thorns; Where he lay buried in the scented dust of History!                                                    - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. NOTES: @ Principle of Buoyancy = any floating object displaces its own weight of fluid. So weight displaced by a crown of pure gold and the one already made could be compared to find the truth! + Archimedes designed large stone throwers, & crossbows, and also grappling hooks using large cranes to grab Roman ships and capsize them!
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Jun 25, 2016
Jun 25, 2016 at 9:04 AM UTC
ARCHIMEDES : THE PIONEERING STREAKER OF HISTORY !
Dear Poet Friends, I hope you like this slice of Early History presented below in simple verse. Please do read the short notes at the end, before giving your comments.  Thanks, - Raj ARCHIMEDES : THE PIONEERING        STREAKER OF HISTORY! There lived in the Third Century BC, in the Sicilian town of Syracuse, then a Greek colony, A Greek mathematician named Archimedes. He was tasked by King Hiero of his town, To find the purity of gold in his crown; Suspicious of the goldsmith having mixed some material of inferior kind, Which the King wanted Archimedes to find! So, Archimedes lost in thought one day, Entered the public bath on his way! And as his body began to get submerged, He happened to notice perchance, Water spilling over from the tub! The answer suddenly flashed across his mind, And he jumped up leaving everything behind, Wearing only his birthday suit, Running through the street of Syracuse, Exclaiming -  “Eureka! Eureka!” (I have found it! I have found it!) Perhaps to become the first known streaker   of History! While establishing the Principles of Buoyancy! @ (see notes) Archimedes, son of the astronomer Pheidias, studied at the great Alexandrian city, Remembered even to this day for his many pioneering works, - In Hydrostatics, Mechanics, and Geometry. With his ingenious mechanical discoveries, He held the great Roman galleys of Marcellus at bay, For more than three years, as Plutarch the Roman Historian says!    + (see notes) Later one day, while lost in deep thought, When some intricate problem of geometry he was trying to resolve, Refused to hear Marcellus' bidding, To be slain by the Roman soldiers who had come to fetch him! O those Romans, with lesser brains and more brawn! And some hundred and thirty years after his death in 75 BC, Cicero, then the Roman Governor of Sicily, Found the tomb of great Archimedes, near the Agrigentine Gate, over grown with bushes and thorns; Where he lay buried in the scented dust of History!                                                    - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. NOTES: @ Principle of Buoyancy = any floating object displaces its own weight of fluid. So weight displaced by a crown of pure gold and the one already made could be compared to find the truth! + Archimedes designed large stone throwers, & crossbows, and also grappling hooks using large cranes to grab Roman ships and capsize them!
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peeress: a woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right. what tools fo you require? a microscope, binoculars, perhaps an observatory telescope... you ask to peer into my soul, the heart of the matter, and I object not, asking only for a workman's wages, of honest preparation, have you the tools to see me properly, and when you love what you see, will you have them by your side to see the future close by, and so far ahead? do you possess within thy secret places, an archeological brush to wipe  gently away my ancient earths, or a toy red shovel to remove fossilized 10,000 year old grains of old hearts, or fresh, damp from this morning, of words and sand from my inner beach, even then, the tonnage may require an industrial excavator to clear, hold and perhaps contain     all that poetry, all that love that it contains, so I ask, you, myself: *Do you have the proper tools, the necessaries and the necessities, to find    to store   to relish and    to delight in what you may find?* be an explorer, and write of all your discoveries, hurry, for the word time means in soul terms & the heart's specialized verbiage, never enough so girl scout/ mademoiselle peeress you s t i l l have much to assay/essay/uncover re the meanings of love... for there is as much to learn from the quietus of love, as there is, from the vibrant tumbling of climbing to new heights peer carefully... 5:44am Wed Sep 10 Twenty Twenty Five
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Sep 11, 2025
Sep 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM UTC
Peeress: What tools do you require?
superb partaking of private delicacies yet always keeping track of the skyline keeping senses alert, never fully falling I allow myself to get hurt each time that skyline changes not because I enjoy the pain but there's just something about you I'm not willing to lose, not that easily so, I swallow ******* and suppress the ego and take the whipping words readily whatever it takes there may come a relinquishing moment when I can just give and let it all flow free fall, like a kite almost but for now, when shadows may come and place arms round the heavens ****** sun rays from abode and kiss the air into a messy cloudburst and leave the sky taut with approaching footfalls of fiery thunder claps I take it all and want it no other way I accept the paradox fully the pattern has been set it is consistent this mega beautiful skyline over me hovers so discreet in plain sight yet blind to all I see the veins on the back of your hand, and blood veering sideways towards impossible thoughts yes a line upon the horizon tells me never fear a stringent fire walk simply tests the mettle coil discoveries in life confirm nobody is alone as deep and low as it gets sometimes the highs, oh! the highs outfly the roof take what you need from life now and from me yet take your sweet time until the day I see your eyes reflected in that skyline and your lamp beckoning on, into this frame your skyline tastes so good
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Dec 1, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 at 5:12 AM UTC
skyline
Mining we do for survival and art.. repeating processes both ancient and modern.. beginnings are quiet seeded by necessity.. badgers dig holes earthen tunnels and paths powerful digging discoveries sustaining of life.. coal miners diggings dark labor below planting cities above.. data mining a technology new in our time computer's patterns emerging never before seen.. startling creation of many new wholes...
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Dec 30, 2011
Dec 30, 2011 at 5:13 PM UTC
Mining
This is not Love, perhaps, Love that lays down its life, that many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown, But something written in lighter ink, said in a lower tone, something, perhaps, especially our own. A need, at times, to be together and talk, And then the finding we can walk More firmly through dark narrow places, And meet more easily nightmare faces; A need to reach out, sometimes, hand to hand, And then find Earth less like an alien land; A need for alliance to defeat The whisperers at the corner of the street. A need for inns on roads, islands in seas, Halts for discoveries to be shared, Maps checked, notes compared; A need, at times, of each for each, Direct as the need of throat and tongue for speech.
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Not Love Perhaps
An eternal hunting ground Of memories Fresh with the day's discoveries Thrown all around Buried in the depths Only when being orgnaized Are the puzzle pieces found. A fragment here A shard there Broken dreams hidden in the mysterious shroud of Splattered blue Only when the messy discard of thoughts is organized Can the door to the future Be formed From misellaneous thoughts Collectively pointing down the right path
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Nov 17, 2012
Nov 17, 2012 at 4:27 PM UTC
Pieces
It's in the morning, at the rise of the sun, when memories float back to you and the remnants of your smile from last night reappears in the soreness of your cheeks and the tightening of your jaw where beauty manifests itself throughout nature. From the distant tolling of church bells, tolling away in their perfect habitual melody, to the sounds of lovers silently waking one another and relishing at the sounds of their respected voices. Its in this moment that the dream and reality mesh with one another. Never truly revealing which is which leaving you in a blissful ignorance peppered with false hopes and beautiful truths. Its through the fog of your alcohol addled mind that a light appears and guides you to wonders untold, leading to a discovery of discoveries revealing a magic long lost to this universe. Down the neck of a dark blue bottle lined with platinum flows my intuition and aspiration. Its now that i drink and discover a new reality. Namaste.
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Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013 at 5:28 AM UTC
Namaste
The world we make Is a safe place to fall from Spiraling into one another Our souls orbit like Saturn's moons Drawn by an irresistible gravity The world we make Is a journey most never experience An adventure full of new discoveries And unexplained connections Guiding us toward one another The world we make Is familiar and foreign A home for healing hearts And building dreams From the fractured pieces Broken and beautiful Raw and rare Faith and fear Grace and gratitude Ours
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Jun 20, 2021
Jun 20, 2021 at 9:04 PM UTC
Ours
You began as a dream Dreamt by leaders with vision Evolving to surpass All of man's wildest ambition... With adventurous men Like Shepherd and Glenn You stubbornly strove To prove, once again Beyond any doubt That bounderies could be broken... Despite mishap and fire Alas, you did inspire A generation to dream... From Mercury to Apollo The world, it did follow Your steady pace To Tranquility Base... Via Viking and Voyager Your efforts did prove That exploration of the universe Was well on the move... To Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune... You tenaciously endeavored To, your accomplishments, festoon... Your progress was sure As you strove to endure The incessent chatter Of the grossly short-sighted Their nonsense did clatter Proving they were poorly enlightened... With untold discoveries Like non-stick surfaces and airtight seals Through your numerous breakthroughs You've shown us how it feels To live better... From Columbia to Hubbel You've saved us great trouble In our daily lives... With your Space Station mission You've shown the same vision And, continue to lead in gaining cognition Of our universe... Lead on, great adventurers Lead on.
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Nov 1, 2010
Nov 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM UTC
To The Adventurers
Eyes glancing over terms For which I care not Mind trying to memorize Definitions of things So small you cannot see With the human eye If I could do anything else I would But no choice has been given to me I must learn What I have been told And nothing else Why can't we learn Things no one ever thinks of Why can't we figure out Why spontaneous generation Doesn't exist For ourselves Or write Whatever we want And explore what works And what doesn't Instead what we discover Has been laid out for us A skeleton of information Today's form of education Why must we do things we hate And waste our precious time on things we don't care about When we could focus on Something we are passionate for And could become successful at No child who is passionate about swimming Is going to revolutionize the world of construction No one who loves cooking Is going to change the finical industry People will go above and beyond What is asked of them If they love What they do So why don't we let them? The world would have amazing increases and discoveries In every field So many people wouldn't hate their jobs Or their co-workers If they were all enthusiastic about their career If we allowed people to focus On their passions But We don't So My eyes glance over the terms For which I care not Mind trying to memorize Definitions of things So small you cannot see With the human eye If I could do anything else I would
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Oct 25, 2014
Oct 25, 2014 at 5:27 PM UTC
Passion
A-Artifacts of long ago they're ever searching out R-Relics in the Earth's soil layers interred deep C-Curios from cultures past they're excavating out H-History is alive in the things buried so deep A-Abroad and at home their trowels seeking out E-Enlightening the world with fragments of the deep O-Open our eyes to the objects they shovel out L-Lasting stories of past societies entombed down deep O-Ongoing discoveries made with what they dig out G-Great civilizations lie in quietness beneath the deep I-Interesting journals and facts these specialists put out S-Saving the ken of ancestries which are lodged deep T-Times way back in eons past to-day bought out S-Surfacing from the ground out of a sleep most deep
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Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 9:06 PM UTC
Archaeologists(Acrostic Poem)