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<> The Instigation: Edmund  Black, commenting on “weary weighted,” I agree with Kim; This is poetry at its best :)“ <•> *both of you shush! there is no “better” in poetry mine yours theirs, alive or not, just gasps tears and blood whimsical smiles and isles cuts and burns of pained revelations, hidden in fog, that words try to delete away, through the shrouded mists of human tissues, unconstrained by the bounded shape of the human cell, our first, our own self-imposed jail tissue, too, baby soft, or, purple beating majestic bruised blotches by those weaklings whose kindness never fully developed;   or old man mine whose skin cells erodes, so poems and light weary weighted, lightly flake off for your “betterment” mostly tho for worse good humans all await, in patientce lightly hidden, residents of dark sunspots in the glaring existence exposer of the unlit lighthouse whose time will come they get it how we get there unimportant get there GET THERE get there that is the poetic mission critical no path best or style preferred- no compare just, but, any path that lifts and elevates, to the commonplace* the common place *where all costarred, universal, where common is the temple mount of highest praise, holy smoke rising, a place that that discloses and closes, is scribed/described honestly as a connective, which is the simplest successive call my poems, blessedly common! that an honorable, so gladly accepted and so much more meaning-full than merely best or better* for that, I’d gladly weep, for no praise ever been bettered 8/2/18 406pm on the jitney to my isle
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 4:15 PM UTC
the common place... (for Kim Johanna Baker & Edmund Black)
<> The Instigation: Edmund  Black, commenting on “weary weighted,” I agree with Kim; This is poetry at its best :)“ <•> *both of you shush! there is no “better” in poetry mine yours theirs, alive or not, just gasps tears and blood whimsical smiles and isles cuts and burns of pained revelations, hidden in fog, that words try to delete away, through the shrouded mists of human tissues, unconstrained by the bounded shape of the human cell, our first, our own self-imposed jail tissue, too, baby soft, or, purple beating majestic bruised blotches by those weaklings whose kindness never fully developed;   or old man mine whose skin cells erodes, so poems and light weary weighted, lightly flake off for your “betterment” mostly tho for worse good humans all await, in patientce lightly hidden, residents of dark sunspots in the glaring existence exposer of the unlit lighthouse whose time will come they get it how we get there unimportant get there GET THERE get there that is the poetic mission critical no path best or style preferred- no compare just, but, any path that lifts and elevates, to the commonplace* the common place *where all costarred, universal, where common is the temple mount of highest praise, holy smoke rising, a place that that discloses and closes, is scribed/described honestly as a connective, which is the simplest successive call my poems, blessedly common! that an honorable, so gladly accepted and so much more meaning-full than merely best or better* for that, I’d gladly weep, for no praise ever been bettered 8/2/18 406pm on the jitney to my isle
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My Court is a battle As a Queen, I will endure so my kingdom thrives Standing in gardens My treasure trove of colours that never fails me Flowers bow gently The winds make the tall trees sing Rivers flow calmly Scents drift in the light I hear its sweet melody As I stand with pride A Queen now enters The daughter of Spring and Deer The tender Queen Fawn Who smiles so sweetly Fragrant, soft-spoken and kind With deer by her side Another Queen comes The angel with a kind heat The gentle Queen Sue Who has healed her wounds, broken her chrysalis And spreads her warm light Another Queen comes Wise and soon to be married Joyful Queen Donna Who goes with the flow A talented haikuist with a flower crown Another Queen comes She who is always giving The giving Queen Kim Whose crown's a halo And her words, so spiritual fragrant and calming Another Queen comes Who has birds singing so sweet The sweet Queen Robin Who is a true joy Whose words are just like music A kindred spirit And now a King comes Who is very much like me The great King Omni Who is an artist Who is both seen and unseen Very much like me Another King comes Ever so mischieveous The playful King Paul Such a playful tease He who makes me smile and laugh And looks out for me Another King comes His heart is strong and tender The wise King Edmund Who writes for himself Speaks so well of others and how vital love is To these Kings and Queens Thank you for your melodies You are golden souls For now I do see The true power of my quill My ink is gold too I write out my life My pain, my fears and my loves And my achievements I must stay above I will walk with my head up and ignore the bad People will hate me But I will thicken my skin to be a true queen I will empower And give you all your respects and never denounce I am a true Queen With a Court that is growing steadily but strong The reign of Queen Lyn Who is sensitive and shy It has just begun
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Jul 21, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 at 3:21 PM UTC
The Queen's Court
My Court is a battle As a Queen, I will endure so my kingdom thrives Standing in gardens My treasure trove of colours that never fails me Flowers bow gently The winds make the tall trees sing Rivers flow calmly Scents drift in the light I hear its sweet melody As I stand with pride A Queen now enters The daughter of Spring and Deer The tender Queen Fawn Who smiles so sweetly Fragrant, soft-spoken and kind With deer by her side Another Queen comes The angel with a kind heat The gentle Queen Sue Who has healed her wounds, broken her chrysalis And spreads her warm light Another Queen comes Wise and soon to be married Joyful Queen Donna Who goes with the flow A talented haikuist with a flower crown Another Queen comes She who is always giving The giving Queen Kim Whose crown's a halo And her words, so spiritual fragrant and calming Another Queen comes Who has birds singing so sweet The sweet Queen Robin Who is a true joy Whose words are just like music A kindred spirit And now a King comes Who is very much like me The great King Omni Who is an artist Who is both seen and unseen Very much like me Another King comes Ever so mischieveous The playful King Paul Such a playful tease He who makes me smile and laugh And looks out for me Another King comes His heart is strong and tender The wise King Edmund Who writes for himself Speaks so well of others and how vital love is To these Kings and Queens Thank you for your melodies You are golden souls For now I do see The true power of my quill My ink is gold too I write out my life My pain, my fears and my loves And my achievements I must stay above I will walk with my head up and ignore the bad People will hate me But I will thicken my skin to be a true queen I will empower And give you all your respects and never denounce I am a true Queen With a Court that is growing steadily but strong The reign of Queen Lyn Who is sensitive and shy It has just begun
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Today the Irish people witnessed an eclipse in their senses. The morning came over all queer.  Nobody noticed, except the king of bookworms in the book of Kells, and the mice in the Campanile.   I witnessed the eclipse from a windowless room on the 4th floor of the Arts block.  Edmund Spenser's poem, The Faerie Queene,  shall henceforth be named, *Long **** by jury of 5 English Lit. Students and a Lecturer.  Also, Sinn Fein plans to build Jerusalem in Ireland's green and pleasant land.   Lines written last night over a cup of sugary tea in a public house in North Dublin.
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 2:05 PM UTC
The 1999 Eclipse Turned me Queer, I swear it.
K-popper Psy Buzzing like a pesky fly To out do his "Gangnam Style" hit But you can't polish cat **** *Clerihew A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme. In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.*
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Apr 21, 2013
Apr 21, 2013 at 9:51 PM UTC
a Clerihew
Ongoing failures of the Church to act, will guarantee the sure success of evil; for faith without works is… still dead and visible today is spiritual upheaval. The internal chasm between the members of both sides -the presbytery and laity- must be bridged with faithful cooperation, girded with policies that last permanently. Even today, God is quietly waiting on the Body, while the unsaved are queued up for Hell. Individual Faith is a person’s responsibility, but the Great Commission impels us to tell… others about God, His Love and Christ’s Salvation. After 2000+ years, The World has not misunderstood. A final solution is required and not yet in place- each of us must desire to… overcome Evil with good! . . . Author Notes: Loosely based on: James 2:14-26; Obad 1:11-15; Gal 6:7-9; Matt 5:45, 28:16-20 All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men continue to do nothing -Edmund Burke Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://amzn.to/1ffo9YZ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2014, All rights reserved.
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Jul 4, 2014
Jul 4, 2014 at 4:07 AM UTC
Poem: Overcoming Evil with Good (Spiritual Secret)
Let me stop here. Let me, too, look at nature awhile. The brilliant blue of the morning sea, of the cloudless sky, the yellow shore; all lovely, all bathed in light. Let me stand here. And let me pretend I see all this (I really did see it for a minute when I first stopped) and not my usual day-dreams here too, my memories, those images of sensual pleasure. trans. by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
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Morning Sea
✿⊰✲⊱✿ At the sound of my name, I see the faces turn and smiles of many friends; Queen Sue of Ruikruya in her lilac silks, Queen Sarita of Khaikar in orange silks, Queen Deb of Daegeral in magenta, Queen Kim of Geniael in creams, Queen Robin of Naeneiana in periwinkles, Queen Fawn of Yuamor in red-violets, Queen Dawn of Khesian in dandelion-orange, Queen Jugnu of Enuryn in jade-greens, Queen Yidna of Puhan in indigos, Queen Cne of Phelyra in turquoise, Queen Xaela of Lonusea in peach, Queen Ayumi of Wadia in tan-gold, Queen Sheila of Naizzuzia in cornflower-blue, Queen Stars of Yurithireatha in green-yellow ✿⊰✲⊱✿ King Edmund and his wife in matching forest-greens attires, King Omni of Khaniel in silvers, King Emeka of Ghalali in white, King Devon of Monait in blue-violets, King Fugue of Thavia in blacks, King Yacov of Igrador in olive-green, King Joseph of Eaqellurene in bronze, King Fredrick of Emirinait in mauve, King Rob of Balan in sea-green, King John of Khesian in melon-red, King Aslam of Ikaesa in deep plum, King Brandon of Huarean in ocher, King Kikodinho of Izugalla in taupe, King Jobira of Zavalon in orange-red and many many more. ✿⊰✲⊱✿ And last but not least, King Paul of Luciuscemi himself in emerald-and-gold. He wears his favourite emerald green jacket with ruby buttons, bright gold embroidery of suns and lions; his sleeves stitched with pearls and rubies to match the red sash across his chest; his trousers black as are his boots, but even they have gold laces.
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Aug 26, 2018
Aug 26, 2018 at 6:17 AM UTC
❀❁ тнє gαlα VII (I of II) ❁❀
✿⊰✲⊱✿ At the sound of my name, I see the faces turn and smiles of many friends; Queen Sue of Ruikruya in her lilac silks, Queen Sarita of Khaikar in orange silks, Queen Deb of Daegeral in magenta, Queen Kim of Geniael in creams, Queen Robin of Naeneiana in periwinkles, Queen Fawn of Yuamor in red-violets, Queen Dawn of Khesian in dandelion-orange, Queen Jugnu of Enuryn in jade-greens, Queen Yidna of Puhan in indigos, Queen Cne of Phelyra in turquoise, Queen Xaela of Lonusea in peach, Queen Ayumi of Wadia in tan-gold, Queen Sheila of Naizzuzia in cornflower-blue, Queen Stars of Yurithireatha in green-yellow ✿⊰✲⊱✿ King Edmund and his wife in matching forest-greens attires, King Omni of Khaniel in silvers, King Emeka of Ghalali in white, King Devon of Monait in blue-violets, King Fugue of Thavia in blacks, King Yacov of Igrador in olive-green, King Joseph of Eaqellurene in bronze, King Fredrick of Emirinait in mauve, King Rob of Balan in sea-green, King John of Khesian in melon-red, King Aslam of Ikaesa in deep plum, King Brandon of Huarean in ocher, King Kikodinho of Izugalla in taupe, King Jobira of Zavalon in orange-red and many many more. ✿⊰✲⊱✿ And last but not least, King Paul of Luciuscemi himself in emerald-and-gold. He wears his favourite emerald green jacket with ruby buttons, bright gold embroidery of suns and lions; his sleeves stitched with pearls and rubies to match the red sash across his chest; his trousers black as are his boots, but even they have gold laces.
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'O babbling brook,' says Edmund in his rhyme, 'Whence come you?' and the brook, why not? replies. I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. 'Poor lad, he died at Florence, quite worn out, Travelling to Naples. There is Darnley bridge, It has more ivy; there the river; and there Stands Philip's farm where brook and river meet. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. 'But Philip chatter'd more than brook or bird; Old Philip; all about the fields you caught His weary daylong chirping, like the dry High-elbow'd grigs that leap in summer grass. [grig = cricket - m.] I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a ***** trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
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The Brook (excerpt)
'O babbling brook,' says Edmund in his rhyme, 'Whence come you?' and the brook, why not? replies. I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. 'Poor lad, he died at Florence, quite worn out, Travelling to Naples. There is Darnley bridge, It has more ivy; there the river; and there Stands Philip's farm where brook and river meet. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. 'But Philip chatter'd more than brook or bird; Old Philip; all about the fields you caught His weary daylong chirping, like the dry High-elbow'd grigs that leap in summer grass. [grig = cricket - m.] I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a ***** trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
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I will keep pushing myself. Keep going. I will read Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare, Wilde, Shelley, Doyle, and CS Lewis By the end of the summer. You laugh. Two weeks, one book a day, it isn't hard. I only have four chapters of chemistry to finish, Two chapters of AP Physics, Four chapters of AP US history, My personal reading list, Four debate cases, And a little light reading (Judith Butler and Ayn Rand). I WILL finish everything I have to do. Refill the coffee *** I'll use more eyedrops. Two weeks. I will finish my summer homework.
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Aug 18, 2013
Aug 18, 2013 at 12:43 AM UTC
Procrastination
I was of the South Born in my ways I could not control My path of rocks and stickerbriars Led no where , I had no where to go "I'm going back to Selma !. . . Selma ! And I had no reason just before I'm going to Selma ! . . . Selma ! And I just don't know what for" Do I really have the courage ? Maybe love is a broken window With cold air blowing in Maybe salvation is just a desire And it will be there at the end Do I really know ? Losing love is just the other part And how do I depart In Selma what is there to find ? I'm sure it can't be kind Take U S 80 , between I -20 and I -65 If I leave now I can be sure To be there to see the sunrise From the Edmund Pettus Bridge ****** Sunday , March  7 , 1965 Beaten trying to cross the bridge God's rights marching upon trampled sights Home to take back from the giver Easy to forget Selma 1965 All to easy to forget the hate Leading to Memphis April  4 , 1968 And to more than a simple mistake Will the shooting ever end ? January 20 , 2013 Jackson , Mississippi Blackman shot , MLK celebration parade The blood flows from Birmingham , to Selma To Memphis and Mississippi's charade Still I'm going to Selma . "I'm going back to Selma ! . . . Selma ! But I have no reason why I'm going back to Selma ! . . . Selma ! I think it will be just to cry" written January 20 , 2013
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Feb 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 at 8:33 PM UTC
I'm going back to Selma
If I were a month, I’d be September. If I were a day of the week, I’d be Thursday. If I were a planet, I’d be Saturn. If I were a sea animal, I’d be coral. If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a bookshelf. If I were a gemstone, I’d be a sapphire. If I were a flower, I’d be bougainvillea. If I were a kind of weather, I’d be a crisp autumn wind. If I were a color, I’d be auburn. (much like my hair) If I were an emotion, I’d be wonderstruck. If I were a fruit, I’d be a pomegranate. If I were an element, I’d be air. If I were a place, I’d be a field of wildflowers in Scandinavia or a bookshop in Northern Italy. If I were a taste, I’d taste like sweet and bitter black tea. If I were a scent, I’d be the smell of freshly baked goods. If I were an object, I’d be a pencil sharpener. If I were a body part, I’d be freckles. If I were a song, I’d be Thoughts of Flight by Edmund. If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be bright purple converse.
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Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013 at 2:47 AM UTC
((in case you ever wanted to learn a bit more about the poet))
He's an old man. Used up and bent, crippled by time and indulgence, he slowly walks along the narrow street. But when he goes inside his house to hide the shambles of his old age, his mind turns to the share in youth that still belongs to him. His verse is now recited by young men. His visions come before their lively eyes. Their healthy sensual minds, their shapely taut bodies stir to his perception of the beautiful. Trans. by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
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Very Seldom
Ah you hate to see another tired man / Lay down his hand / Like he was giving up the holy game of poker” Leonard Cohen <> “Will I remain within God's house at night as shadows drift through dimming my light?” written by Weeping Willow, gifted to me, by Edmund Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I, ***instant understanding, perhaps in my experiential possess, some answerings perhaps...product of late night, many, many theological arguments over poker games, with coarse men, tough women, and ethically-challenged Gods, all faithful regular attendees With a little bit o’ luck from an occasional guardian angel, even I possess an occasional winning hand. now we all commence with a passionate uttered blessing, for the good beer and salty pretzels, giving thanks for having reached this act-exact moment of being, here and now, in God’s house at night, plus a holy add-on variation, a swear-to-god (we all snicker) promise solemn, no cheating, no absolutely divine peeking/spying in soulful futures, no fun in that, sanctified & sealed with hearty amens and ****** noises offered for emphasis. hear you scratching you head, wondering what all this to do with a whispered prayer of soulful, on-shore drilling deep, product of a drill bit cutting the black quietude of interstellar voids internal, where there is no censorship, lying an impossibility, and the only questions are super hard, so some never return with an answer truthful so, I remain in God’s House, playing poker, with deities who jealous guard their moments as human facsimiles...cherishing humans who guard with care, an ability to see that they and gods differ little, when making honest truth a shared primacy in the intimacy of an overnight stay in God’s house at night, all our coming-led light dims, when my/their need is greatest***! (written sometime this year, Jan. 2021, Manhattan) ~~~~
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Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021 at 6:36 PM UTC
Playing poker with the Gods by the dimming light
Ah you hate to see another tired man / Lay down his hand / Like he was giving up the holy game of poker” Leonard Cohen <> “Will I remain within God's house at night as shadows drift through dimming my light?” written by Weeping Willow, gifted to me, by Edmund Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I, ***instant understanding, perhaps in my experiential possess, some answerings perhaps...product of late night, many, many theological arguments over poker games, with coarse men, tough women, and ethically-challenged Gods, all faithful regular attendees With a little bit o’ luck from an occasional guardian angel, even I possess an occasional winning hand. now we all commence with a passionate uttered blessing, for the good beer and salty pretzels, giving thanks for having reached this act-exact moment of being, here and now, in God’s house at night, plus a holy add-on variation, a swear-to-god (we all snicker) promise solemn, no cheating, no absolutely divine peeking/spying in soulful futures, no fun in that, sanctified & sealed with hearty amens and ****** noises offered for emphasis. hear you scratching you head, wondering what all this to do with a whispered prayer of soulful, on-shore drilling deep, product of a drill bit cutting the black quietude of interstellar voids internal, where there is no censorship, lying an impossibility, and the only questions are super hard, so some never return with an answer truthful so, I remain in God’s House, playing poker, with deities who jealous guard their moments as human facsimiles...cherishing humans who guard with care, an ability to see that they and gods differ little, when making honest truth a shared primacy in the intimacy of an overnight stay in God’s house at night, all our coming-led light dims, when my/their need is greatest***! (written sometime this year, Jan. 2021, Manhattan) ~~~~
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People of peace walk gently People of strength never to be stilled Abundance awaits you with courage RW Dennen- Came the Black voting rights march into Selma, Sunday 1965... And being gathered in prayer before crossing, you soon felt smashing upon your body as blood seeped down your face on a Sunday and the initial retreat too too much to remember: About dogs and billy clubs; about fire hoses ready and that very bridge, later will carry hearts of conscience all in the great name of the American ballot box Today, I say hail for the slain and hurt of the historical past; I say hail to both black and white brothers and sisters once endowed with bravery embued with inalienable rights Hang strong my true people of the bridge Hang strong for that greater bridge that bridges into dignity of today Hang strong and hold dear to your hearts "The Sunday Selma legacy" and  "The spirit of the Edmund Pettus Bridge"
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Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:32 AM UTC
Spirit of the Edmund Pettus Bridge
I look at her and I close my eyes, And oh where my imagination, Send my eager mind, The wiles versus my wills, oh those hills they bind, Men like me, like demons versus the Lion, Exorcized, exorcized, Yeah, but I am Legion, if they beat me one time, Oh, next time, time, They'll be mine. And those mountains of lust, That once seemed unclaimable, Unclimbable like Everest before Edmund Hillary, like the Sistine Chapel, Before Michelangelo, oh I will persist, I will pursue, with the littlest smile, And the darkest hue, Where after many days fight, Suddenly. Then, in the night, when alas my victory is won! My prize I will take, And her pleasure I will reign.
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 2:18 PM UTC
Her Curves
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING trained us in workshops based on non- Violence to resist the water hoses soaking us and knocking us down On hate filled sidewalks or the sharp teeth police dogs set upon Men women children biting our private parts and making meals of flesh,the billy clubs sprayed tear gas on the EDMUND PETTUS Bridge, but somehow as I walked saying inside that time will tell about Me and I glimpsed ahead the resurrection of my soul and manhood Rising from the dust of shame. We all locked arms together with our Wounded bodies determined minds and hearts spirits soaring From DR KING's I HAVE A DREAM words and marching right On into history
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Jan 14, 2015
Jan 14, 2015 at 9:12 PM UTC
SELMA BY VICTOR TRIPP
~ *Time is a dark feeling —the spell of a vanishing loveliness; in the present mist the imperatives in the wind move less and less. Haul away the anchor, this is not a safe place. Between insufficient coasts —a land of look behind— science is dead, pessimism in the remaining oar, and flies in the eyes of the Queen. Their graves decorate the spine on the east bank they call Euthanasia, each crucifix made of plasticine. There's a discursive quality to the sea, I can see the pearl fishermen, the empty dancehall, victims of latitude and eclipse. I can see the tattered sleeves of Edmund Fitzgerald and the pockets of emptiness inside, hoping to quell the hunger of the cruelest month. I can see an underwater country, colonized by the unborn children of pregnant African women thrown off of slave ships during the Middle Passage. I can see myself sinking; farewell my sorrow, keeping precarious time against a backdrop of silence less and less; its final sound being that of seagulls flying away into the distance —a force of nature that’s both solemn and inspirational in equal parts.* ~
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Dec 31, 2023
Dec 31, 2023 at 8:06 AM UTC
The Boat Dreams From the Hill
Today Sunday Slows Today Apathy Grows. Today Indolent Desires Today Scarecrows Stand Today Talents Wane Today Numbness Reigns Today Sloth Drove Today Just Froze Today Good Failed Today Evil Grows All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014 at 10:15 AM UTC
Socordia(Sloth)
YOUR hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood, Even where horrible green parrots call and swing. My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud. I knew that horse-play, knew it for a murderous thing. What wholesome sun has ripened is wholesome food to eat, And that alone; yet I, being driven half insane Because of some green wing, gathered old mummy wheat In the mad abstract dark and ground it grain by grain And after baked it slowly in an oven; but now I bring full-flavoured wine out of a barrel found Where seven Ephesian topers slept and never knew When Alexander's empire passed, they slept so sound. Stretch out your limbs and sleep a long Saturnian sleep; I have loved you better than my soul for all my words, And there is none so fit to keep a watch and keep Unwearied eyes upon those horrible green birds.
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On A Picture Of A Black Centaur By Edmund Dulac
Tossing the pigskin Burrowing and displaying the Ostrich effect All applause for the chairman of the board of trustees And all the spiddle on his back up shirt Mortify them An incomplete pass Rally the troops For unfinished business Shift gears Reread the post script "P.S.  The unzipped flies of store owners trying to replicate the success of their fathers. Piddle about, play with implements of torture, instruments of destruction. Wander in the wilderness, grunt and sigh as your civilized brain rattles. Make way for Plan B, and fill out the forms in triplicate. Fumbling at the controls, emergency landing. The gear shift and crankshaft have given out. Listen to the titillating chatter of the disappointed passengers who all longed for the window seat. Always your's Edmund Balthazar " Take two I could slap you
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Jul 4, 2014
Jul 4, 2014 at 8:59 PM UTC
Thanks Mailman!
The First. My great-grandfather spoke to Edmund Burke In Grattan's house. The Second. My great-grandfather shared A pot-house bench with Oliver Goldsmith once. The Third. My great-grandfather's father talked of music, Drank tar-water with the Bishop of Cloyne. The Fourth. But mine saw Stella once. The Fifth. Whence came our thought? The Sixth. From four great minds that hated Whiggery. The Fifth. Burke was a Whig. The Sixth. Whether they knew or not, Goldsmith and Burke, Swift and the Bishop of Cloyne All hated Whiggery; but what is Whiggery? A levelling, rancorous, rational sort of mind That never looked out of the eye of a saint Or out of drunkard's eye. The Seventh. All's Whiggery now, But we old men are massed against the world. The First. American colonies, Ireland, France and India Harried, and Burke's great melody against it. The Second. Oliver Goldsmith sang what he had seen, Roads full of beggars, cattle in the fields, But never saw the trefoil stained with blood, The avenging leaf those fields raised up against it. The Fourth. The tomb of Swift wears it away. The Third. A voice Soft as the rustle of a reed from Cloyne That gathers volume; now a thunder-clap. The Sixtb. What schooling had these four? The Seventh. They walked the roads Mimicking what they heard, as children mimic; They understood that wisdom comes of beggary.
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The Seven Sages
When you’re hanging by the neck until your life is nearly done., It might almost seem a blessing when the hangman lets you down. They then spread you on a table Then the real torture began. They cut away the man parts from their sacrificial lamb. Then your core is cruelly opened and your ****** entrails rise in the hands of he, your butcher displayed before your dying eyes. Your brain supplies an image of back when you were a child and you greeted good Queen Mary in fine ornate Latin style. Mercifully shock set in as death transfixed your eyes. Sweet Jesus’ name was on his lips as the recusant dies.
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Dec 21, 2011
Dec 21, 2011 at 7:21 PM UTC
The Recusant, The brutal Execution of Edmund Campion
This Skeleton knived me a Painful Score Yet poked my Penances cry out deny Longing to tape those Cankered Wounds formore In Prayer breathe out another Saint's sigh My Founding Friends, heirs to my Salvation One whose Resources I facelessly extract The Other - blend Virtue - shook Obsession Wasted my Traits from Loyalty and Tact So then, wailing softly, my Bleeding Throat Ask your Lord's Mercy to concile me then As a Year and a Bone suffice your Gloat And demote me less than those Honoured Men. There is one Birth hence; And a Rebirth haste To Breathe once more; And leave my Shell to paste.
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Mar 21, 2013
Mar 21, 2013 at 4:00 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE PENANCE: CHRISTIAN ISIP AND EDMUND JOSEPH JURILLA