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Storage for things I need but not right now. Can I put my love there? It's something I will not put away forever. I'm proud of the mistakes I've made and the glory of love I've lived and died with. But there's a time to carry my love with me--right next to me-- And a time to store it in the overhead cabin. I'm a function of 21st Century pragmatism: Where you don't have to put love away, you can travel with it. As your carry-on. And as I make this decision to stow my love away Three feet above my head I know one day someday My love will be sitting right next to me as we take to the skies.
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Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014 at 2:39 PM UTC
Overhead Cabin
Dear friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that one of my favourite Hollywood actor Richard Gere had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen, I composed in a simple format about the same. Hope you like it. Thanks, - Raj.                     ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practised in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an Elusive After-Life’! The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolising Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, when, or how? ', For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi.
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Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 11:17 AM UTC
ZEN PHILOSOPHY
Dear friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that one of my favourite Hollywood actor Richard Gere had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen, I composed in a simple format about the same. Hope you like it. Thanks, - Raj.                     ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practised in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an Elusive After-Life’! The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolising Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, when, or how? ', For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi.
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there are no treasures for the timid. nothing accomplished by trepidation. no such thing as logical caution either. pragmatism is a pompous ******* fear is always fear, subjectively irrational and subject to scrutiny. more often than not to fail holds more glory than to fear.
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Apr 12, 2010
Apr 12, 2010 at 5:30 AM UTC
Nike New
Today, somebody's words awoke the ashes of my long dead heart I know that was much more than mere fictional ink spilling out of a creative mind I forgot how that felt, years back, you know, emotions it reminded me of the excuses I gave to myself for running away from relationships for choosing to live alone for not meeting my friends often for not talking to my family for over a minute for deciding I am simply not meant for marriage and certainly not for ever having kids their hurt, hurt me and it felt like more than I could take so I chose unattachedness over fragility somehow, that strategy doesn't forge too well here I am too seized by words to even try to be nonchalant towards my current better half towards strangers over family the rust has been removed from over my bemired emotions pragmatism has been thrown to the dugout those words have left my haven purged and I am left befuddled, meditating over a paradox They aren’t my carks, yet, I can't stop feeling them.
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Aug 5, 2012
Aug 5, 2012 at 10:14 AM UTC
Turning human courtesy of HP
One of the most humorous conditions that a creature could burden itself with is a somnambulant desire to be to it’s own liking . Maxillary extrapolation although a positive political expectorant is likewise a practical partiality . I prefer to  be philanthropically phenological although rational impedance is my histophysiology .  My present participle is practical pragmatism and tertiary transcendentalism .  Xenoplasticly speaking I feel alone but plausibility is a probationer in reflective self awareness .  Atrociously impetuous I proceeded amidst heinously horrendous heckledom .  Adequate inflection is a relevant relative to retaliatory regression but I digress .  Paraphernalia is a practitioner to plausibility’s cause and should be assimilated through cognizance  not perfunctory preferentialism . Hegelian humanitarianism must supersede political subterfugalism or all may be lost in quagmire .
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Jul 24, 2014
Jul 24, 2014 at 3:48 AM UTC
Paraphernalia
Loss That's what they call it, Or mourning, But I've lost before and I've mourned Before Yet never ever Known pain like this Pragmatic, That's me to a tee, Yet pragmatism ain't cutting it This time Because I fear and I feel Your departing Before the decision Or announcement made And it hurts! Oh sweet Lord it hurts, In ways I cannot clamp down, Or externalise or Stop the feeling of, A crippling ******* Of sobbing deep inside Where none can see And you're reading our poems Which might be hope Or might be farewell I just don't know, And not knowing is bad enough At any time but this? This matters so much more, This is killing me Objectively I know we should part, Objectively I know you'll struggle Because you love and desire me On so many levels, And to not have me would **** Yet is it enough my sweet? Is it enough To save you n me? And if not? If not enough? If I lose you to another, If I never get to hold you, Make love with you Fill you with my love and All I am? How do I then live?
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May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 at 5:31 PM UTC
Loss
mvp arena s pearl st albany, ny 8/30/22 *(to summarize how we got to this point i was in the darkest year of my life and in my pragmatism self-inconsideration i gave myself an out the only way i could survive was to tell myself it was going to be over soon)* i’m screaming the words into currents of noise i should be happy still hearing the ringing in my ears and seeing flashing lights in my eyes *(9/25/16 was the day it was going to end for me concurrently i discovered a genre designed for kids like me spent hours in full blown panic not at the disco but twitching on the floor trying to drown it out with fall out boy nights that didn’t end until dawn picking apart twenty one pilots theories in razor free showers and then my chemical romance was back from the dead 10th anniversary album with new tracks coming 9/23/16)* things have changed i’ve changed and yet still traumatically dramatically the same ”what’s the worst that i could say? things are better if i stay? so long and good night so long and good night” *(and i realized there was something out there to look forward to maybe just maybe i make it through just for now)* ”we’ll carry on we’ll carry on” i did and i made it all the way to here found a way to scrape myself through every lonely night but in that moment the crushing weight of my own insignificance caught up to me i should have been happy to have made it to here but the only thought in my mind was that if i hadn't made it to here this moment in this sea of misfits and margins in this sweaty stadium four hours from home **if i hadn't carried on nobody would have noticed my absence** i'm reduced to a face in the crowd twenty dollar bills in a merch line a scream in a stranger's snapchat story **and the world doesn't need me one more person to add to the chaos** i should have cried happy tears but instead i began to regret what makes me strong what got me to this point would it be better if i had ended it? would it be easier? does it even matter either way? because i'm beginning to think it really doesn't and i know i made it this far i have his hand around my back and don't cry alone at night anymore but in the cosmic scheme of significance (which i want there to be and i want to be in) i just don't think i don't know if it matters enough what's the worst that i could say? are things better if i stay? "so shut your eyes kiss me goodbye and sleep just sleep the hardest part is letting go of your dreams"
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Sep 5, 2022
Sep 5, 2022 at 11:34 PM UTC
albany ny 8/30/22
mvp arena s pearl st albany, ny 8/30/22 *(to summarize how we got to this point i was in the darkest year of my life and in my pragmatism self-inconsideration i gave myself an out the only way i could survive was to tell myself it was going to be over soon)* i’m screaming the words into currents of noise i should be happy still hearing the ringing in my ears and seeing flashing lights in my eyes *(9/25/16 was the day it was going to end for me concurrently i discovered a genre designed for kids like me spent hours in full blown panic not at the disco but twitching on the floor trying to drown it out with fall out boy nights that didn’t end until dawn picking apart twenty one pilots theories in razor free showers and then my chemical romance was back from the dead 10th anniversary album with new tracks coming 9/23/16)* things have changed i’ve changed and yet still traumatically dramatically the same ”what’s the worst that i could say? things are better if i stay? so long and good night so long and good night” *(and i realized there was something out there to look forward to maybe just maybe i make it through just for now)* ”we’ll carry on we’ll carry on” i did and i made it all the way to here found a way to scrape myself through every lonely night but in that moment the crushing weight of my own insignificance caught up to me i should have been happy to have made it to here but the only thought in my mind was that if i hadn't made it to here this moment in this sea of misfits and margins in this sweaty stadium four hours from home **if i hadn't carried on nobody would have noticed my absence** i'm reduced to a face in the crowd twenty dollar bills in a merch line a scream in a stranger's snapchat story **and the world doesn't need me one more person to add to the chaos** i should have cried happy tears but instead i began to regret what makes me strong what got me to this point would it be better if i had ended it? would it be easier? does it even matter either way? because i'm beginning to think it really doesn't and i know i made it this far i have his hand around my back and don't cry alone at night anymore but in the cosmic scheme of significance (which i want there to be and i want to be in) i just don't think i don't know if it matters enough what's the worst that i could say? are things better if i stay? "so shut your eyes kiss me goodbye and sleep just sleep the hardest part is letting go of your dreams"
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* *PART I Let the world be - against our LOVE Let the society also be so - against our LOVE Let the laws, rules, regulations be - against our LOVE Let the religions, scriptures, gurus be - against our LOVE Let our friends, colleagues and Family, relatives be - against our LOVE Let even YOU and me be - against our LOVE Let them be, Let us be.. Let everyone be - against our LOVE Yet it is NOT going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART II Every "against" is just a gray smoke Trying to pretend to be a blue sky "They"- the one who are against LOVE If they are eager to crucify Jesus If they are eager to lynch Mansoor If they are eager to poison Meera If they are eager to throw LOVERz In the pyre of FIRE Remember this... The air around us is "LOVE" The whole world shall burn In the grief of two LOVERz flames So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART III We all know, we all know That the enemies of LOVE are many They are educated, smart, intelligent Powerful, leaders and identity groups etc. Those who can reason, argue & debate, Rationalize with practicality & pragmatism But they do not even have a heart To feel the trueness & purity of our LOVE So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART IV What comes out of our LOVE Is the most Powerful & Almighty NATURE LOVE in my heart - is not ruled by anyone LOVE in YOUR heart - is not ruled by anyone LOVE in our heart - is "OUR" LOVE It is not even ruled by us So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART V Today those who pretend to be masters Today those who pretend to be leaders Today those who pretend to be gurus Those who pretend to "I know it ALL" They won't be here tomorrow to live They are only passengers of life Traveling illegally without tickets Because they are living without LOVE So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VI Do not forget, Do not forget LOVE has taken centuries It has taken ages From the garden of Eden Where Adam - Eve ate the apple Since Romeo-Zuliet died When Layla-Majnun wailed in longing LOVERz have poured their breathe Into every living thing on earth So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VII The breath you take is of LOVE The breath I take is of LOVE The breath the whole world takes is of LOVE Who are we to say "YES" and "NO" to LOVE? LOVE does not even take our permissions So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VIII LOVE is not even this moment "NOW" LOVE is not a slave of any constitution LOVE can't be imprisoned in any identities: Religious, regions, gender, caste, Class, society, color, race, age etc. LOVE is not owned by anyone LOVE is not even owned by LOVERz So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE"* *
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Jun 28, 2019
Jun 28, 2019 at 11:35 PM UTC
So Don't Worry..
* *PART I Let the world be - against our LOVE Let the society also be so - against our LOVE Let the laws, rules, regulations be - against our LOVE Let the religions, scriptures, gurus be - against our LOVE Let our friends, colleagues and Family, relatives be - against our LOVE Let even YOU and me be - against our LOVE Let them be, Let us be.. Let everyone be - against our LOVE Yet it is NOT going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART II Every "against" is just a gray smoke Trying to pretend to be a blue sky "They"- the one who are against LOVE If they are eager to crucify Jesus If they are eager to lynch Mansoor If they are eager to poison Meera If they are eager to throw LOVERz In the pyre of FIRE Remember this... The air around us is "LOVE" The whole world shall burn In the grief of two LOVERz flames So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART III We all know, we all know That the enemies of LOVE are many They are educated, smart, intelligent Powerful, leaders and identity groups etc. Those who can reason, argue & debate, Rationalize with practicality & pragmatism But they do not even have a heart To feel the trueness & purity of our LOVE So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART IV What comes out of our LOVE Is the most Powerful & Almighty NATURE LOVE in my heart - is not ruled by anyone LOVE in YOUR heart - is not ruled by anyone LOVE in our heart - is "OUR" LOVE It is not even ruled by us So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART V Today those who pretend to be masters Today those who pretend to be leaders Today those who pretend to be gurus Those who pretend to "I know it ALL" They won't be here tomorrow to live They are only passengers of life Traveling illegally without tickets Because they are living without LOVE So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VI Do not forget, Do not forget LOVE has taken centuries It has taken ages From the garden of Eden Where Adam - Eve ate the apple Since Romeo-Zuliet died When Layla-Majnun wailed in longing LOVERz have poured their breathe Into every living thing on earth So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VII The breath you take is of LOVE The breath I take is of LOVE The breath the whole world takes is of LOVE Who are we to say "YES" and "NO" to LOVE? LOVE does not even take our permissions So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE" PART VIII LOVE is not even this moment "NOW" LOVE is not a slave of any constitution LOVE can't be imprisoned in any identities: Religious, regions, gender, caste, Class, society, color, race, age etc. LOVE is not owned by anyone LOVE is not even owned by LOVERz So don't worry, it is not going to be "The end of our LOVE"* *
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"Fitter Happier" "more productive comfortable not drinking too much regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week) getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries at ease eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats) a patient better driver a safer car (baby smiling in back seat) sleeping well (no bad dreams) no paranoia careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole) keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then) will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall) favours for favours fond but not in love charity standing orders on sundays ring road supermarket (no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants) car wash (also on sundays) no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate nothing so childish at a better pace slower and more calculated no chance of escape now self-employed concerned (but powerless) an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism) will not cry in public less chance of illness tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat) a good memory still cries at a good film still kisses with saliva no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick that's driven into frozen winter **** (the ability to laugh at weakness) calm fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics" - A song by Radiohead. I did not write this.
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Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013 at 11:31 PM UTC
Radiohead
Dear Friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that Richard Gere, one of my favourite Hollywood actors had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen I composed this simple verse. Hope you like it. If you like it kindly re-post this poem. Thanks, - Raj.                       ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'Zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practiced in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an ‘elusive After-Life’. The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolizing Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, When, or How? ' , For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. Mahayana in Sanskrit means 'Great Vehicle', and is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today. The other branch is called Hinayana, meaning the ‘Lesser Vehicle’.
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Nov 12, 2017
Nov 12, 2017 at 8:02 AM UTC
ZEN PHILOSOPHY IN VERSE!
Dear Friends , this is an old poem of mine which was composed after I learnt that Richard Gere, one of my favourite Hollywood actors had become a Buddhist and believed in Zen Philosophy. So having read about Zen I composed this simple verse. Hope you like it. If you like it kindly re-post this poem. Thanks, - Raj.                       ZEN PHILOSOPHY With roots buried deep in soils of Ancient India, And watered by the exotic blend of three different cultures; Reflecting the mysticism of India, the pragmatism of the Confucian mind, and the Taoist’s love of naturalness and spontaneity, Buddhism bloomed and blossomed into an exotic flower called 'Zen Philosophy'! In 475 AD a pupil of Buddha called Bodhidharma went to China. There the Mahayana School of Buddhism mingled with Chinese Taoism, which evolved into Chan Philosophy! 'Chan ' derived from the Sanskrit  word 'dhyana', which meant 'silent meditation',  - Through which the Buddha attained enlightenment and salvation! Later, in 1200 AD this Chan philosophy travelled to the shores of Japan, Where 'Chan' got translated to 'Zen' by its many followers and fans! ZEN is the art of meditation to achieve inner awakening, To gain intuitive knowledge, highlighting the inadequacy of logical reasoning! It therefore advocates the practice of 'Zazen' or 'sitting meditation', For acquiring inner awakening through silent contemplation! ZEN could be practiced in our daily life, Without entering a hermitage, leaving behind your family or wife! 'Gain the naturalness of your original true nature', -  preaches the Zen Teacher through meditation, 'Rather than through mere faith and devotion, which is contrary to Zen notion.' 'One must awaken to this present moment to feel this life, And not waste time in speculations of an ‘elusive After-Life’. The 'Enso' or the ‘circle’, is the Zen symbol which is often deployed, Symbolizing Enlightenment, Strength, the Universe, and the Void! With this 'expression of the moment ' the Zen Philosophy starts, And today the ‘Enso’ is also the symbol of Expressionist Art! Never ask the Zen Master 'What is Zen, When, or How? ' , For he will always tell you, - 'Zen Is The Instant Now'!                                                       - Raj Nandy, New Delhi. Mahayana in Sanskrit means 'Great Vehicle', and is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today. The other branch is called Hinayana, meaning the ‘Lesser Vehicle’.
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I often find that the people I know are polarized, they range from, positive to negative, you have your optimists, your idealists, your cynics, your nihilists, and oddly enough, everyone else. Optimists believe in Hamilton's Principle, but they tailor it to our own fabric, they believe that for some unknown reason, the current situation is the optimal one, everything will be alright, que sera sera, carpe diem. Idealists believe in truth, they understand what is ideal, and what is not, they attempt to apply such principles to the observed world, and more often than not, they fail, but that's alright, they tried their best. Cynics view the world as it is, they observe and make rational judgement, realism at its finest, a time tested trait, pragmatism has served them well. Nihilists believe that life is without intrinsic meaning, there is nothing that cannot be observed, a craft of existentialist theory, they assert that morality is a figment of mankind's imagination, and for all we know, they could be right. And finally we have the remainder, those of us we have no idea what we believe, no path traced in the sand, no trail blazed in the years prior, and sometimes I think that perhaps this group is right, there are limits to human understanding, and so I ask, how can we know, oh, how can we know?
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Jan 17, 2014
Jan 17, 2014 at 6:30 AM UTC
How Can We Know?
We have dignity, right? Since the 1600's we've thought with minds of reason Anselm of Canterbury created pragmatism Out of the most sacred and holy of things And since then our rationalism has worn suits. War is for the common, the petty. Let the east quarters bury themselves in poverty Leave them to their primitive ways I want my son's to return They'll be studying the Romantics in the Fall We have no need for war I want my daughters to come back to their homes Instead of manufacturing arms to fight These unreasonable beasts We have no need for war. Let the Calvary of America flex its powered machines We are civilized. Poster Childs for the post modern With the intention to overtake Our own philospohy, that indicates- (with the raise of a brow, a tip of the head) That - We have no need for war.
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Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM UTC
There's Nothing Civil About A Spanish War
Should I believe in idealism Or pragmatism? Should I die fighting Or live compromising? Is it what I am willing to do Or how I'm judging you? Is it how I choose to live Or how I expect others to give?
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Jan 26, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 at 4:37 PM UTC
How Should I Believe?
pasty white ghosts haunt the corpse blue cornfields of Iowa whispering wisps of smoke shimmering shadows of the past setting the pace for the rat race that is the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election senators billionaires doctors frauds liars fools campaigning for selection in an archaic and outdated form of governance witness the spectacle the orgastic worship of solipsistic oligarchs bloated by their own sycophantic rhetoric it's just another form of all-American entertainment each orator's charismatic adage froths forth from a throat like a grave pragmatism throttles hope as we stoke the fires of self-indulgence and neglect the fact that we acquiesced as another deceiver stole votes we're choking on placebo pills every ballot cast is another act of apathy escapism pleading vainly for a savior to rescue our sick society but these hands didn't evolve so we could collect a representative to lead us blindly into one fiasco after another these fingers penned   humanity's symphonies and these calloused palms have toiled for years under an apathetic sun we learned to make love using our fingertips and with these fists we could chart a new path but only if we raise them in defiance our only chance is leaderless resistance
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Feb 1, 2016
Feb 1, 2016 at 12:05 AM UTC
caucus
Church Lady Dearest Says she’s grown old “Silver’s not so foxy” Says she is quite practical Serious with her moonlight moxy Now no use For Face-off make-up or Delusions of grand magic Says she Don’t worry—with age comes Pragmatism, Sister Agnus Wisdom Sure bound to Have fractures / cracks With such antique Foundation… Old lady Golden Goose Giant wisdom, beanstalk limbs Sullen dreary sunken Lost princess whims Thoughts like her hair frosted, Thinning… Says she has nothing to whisper, Sweetly cannot hide A great old oak’s age rings Inside There’s no use for abusive rouge Mirage of glossy lips kissy Thing in headlights Make up with oneself, forgive, and confide Besides because Your hands tell your aches & true age Church Lady just smiles…
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Oct 20, 2018
Oct 20, 2018 at 6:43 PM UTC
How Old By Your Hands.
Why don't I meet those students? I can be a teacher I am a teacher not teaching English in a community college or NYC for that matter yet a teacher and I have Freudian asymmetries I mean I am hung up on women on old world literature on promiscuity , racial mixing tense ****** moments. I am also quite frank to myself, to my sensibilities my self centered world. I do have students who seem to be interested in chitchats outside class those evening walks grabbing coffee somewhere learning a thing or two about life, men. I mean, their chief complain they have dated boys missing pseudo-intellectuals & everyday enactment of 'Oedipus Complex' in reverse. I see compelling eyes, provocative bodies, keen to learn, waste and start from scratch yet I don't meet those girls who would rip apart my three year old marriage keep me pseudo-happy for the time have *** in claustrophobic venues in unknown hours of the day make me quit jobs, sanity and pragmatism marginalize me to despair and defacement to inevitably break up with me so that I can write a book or two about it Random House may be interested and I would have to turn forty, without a single care in this whole, wide world
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Mar 25, 2012
Mar 25, 2012 at 6:05 PM UTC
Unnamed
Given a moonless sky there was once a time we could hold words in the mind far as the line of horizon. The problem with pragmatism (aside from self-loathing) is that no one sings of it. Of spring: it is not that the flowers crouch on with an aperture already dialled to metabolize a portion of the sun, and die,-- it is not that all of this unfolds as scripture. We live in a web of connections. For Hume, the sun might not rise. The flowers will come.
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Aug 16, 2011
Aug 16, 2011 at 7:38 PM UTC
Dear Anne
Beginning to remember How it had just started Now it's gone I was gone for two weeks And the river is now frozen It was an inchoate group Laying the bricks One by one But they departed so soon Like the ignoramus men on the sidewalks Herding like sheep to make a living Like some old fat lady sitting by her children With a half filled cup of happiness Afraid of losing herself Like those water drops on cold winter mornings Forcing life to stay torpid Pragmatism collapsed into my veins and I heard the cat door slam and immediately looked at the clock It was dead
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Feb 16, 2014
Feb 16, 2014 at 4:01 AM UTC
Fade
Life Life is highly overrated World-peace is now oxymoronic Profanity is the new trend Cost of political ****** eh! Five hundred bucks for a peaceful end Hence, life is overrated Diplomacy and logic fiend the heart The illusion of pragmatism ***** up your right brain part Your love is a black hole Ends at its start You reach your destination Reckon it your win In the process Reality check! You Lost Everything Was it worth it You see, Life is overrated Death Death is trusted The surity is insane It is surreal Only one upshot to the game You look forward to it Ineffectual is disdain You may not be wholly pure In any case Heaven chooses post bane Choice Where’d you rather be Gander at easy escape Following are your choices What will you take One is out of question The other open to debate Either make this your heaven Or for heaven itself wait Stop the ****** clamant The choice is yours to make.
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Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012 at 3:48 AM UTC
Choice
I wanted to call you-- in the wee hour, when only the roach stirs, or the cat light-stepping across some unseen shadow-- my soft quick patter there was no choice, what's one rushed goodbye there would have been a fight let's be mature about this-- I want to say this pragmatism is humiliating it hurts the heart a little a man would hang on the last word from such lips-- but I didn't call, you might be sleeping it's hard for you to sleep on warm nights like this. Instead I sit alone quietly watching my own shadow indistinct, that dark second guess of me thoughts of care and cowardice-- a fine bright line of morning falls there on the floor, from which each moment clearer and more fierce the insects flee.
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Nov 11, 2011
Nov 11, 2011 at 8:37 PM UTC
Roach Hour
The blood seeps over my fingertips And I see my complexion from clear glass in front of me Beautiful still, but pallid and stunned as crimson drips to my elbows: Love, Love, verily, I’ve killed Love. "Not again!" a voice howls It sounds from outside but tingles my vocal chords And Reason and Logic and Pragmatism join hands and encircle me Each sporting brilliant new medals on their ******* "Begone!" I cry, and they coldly smirk and slowly fade away— God, what a God— why so wretched and cruel to give me this fate? But God hath given free will The true shame is I am the one who penned this destiny— And I see other hearts scatter the floor Still beating weakly —Pathetically— their veins drain from some vicious creature’s attack: Some evidently wicked hands hath ripped these hearts fresh from hopeful chests; I see the red dry under my nails. But, Ah! Love is miraculous! Is Love to come and work deep magic and revive these hearts? Are these hearts to be restored — nay — even one? …Or am I to sit alone, some proud and regal queen, Upon a rising mass of battlefield’s aftermath?
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Dec 20, 2013
Dec 20, 2013 at 9:57 AM UTC
December 20, 2013 - Lament of the Queen of Hearts
As I begin to write, Understand, My head has gone to the office. I arrange myself to review my dreams, Enter into this the golden nexus, Lay down my temptations to the laws I perceive. Receive this, A silent form of opulence, A suspended form of decadence, A river bathed in moonlight, And a snake protecting his own coffin. I can afford this to you, Wrapped in red, Hollowed, Dignified. The sands of these forces may conceal, Yet, They have never lied to me, These forces, That beauty graciously hides. Seven precious stones singing, Seven heavenly melodies breeding, Seven treasured colors, Stolen, From the rainbows of immortality. The butterfly truly does dance with the wind! Love, As the salamander conjures up her fire, Rests, Eternally, Peacefully, Coiled amongst her flames. Sensations of yesterday, I, Never obtained access to witness. The ghosts of ghosts impregnate themselves... With the mists of my mind. The perfection of the soul, The dissolution of my ego. An enigmatic pragmatism. Is it justified? White light travelling, Thoroughly through, The halls of disengaged magickal prisms. A Shepard and his lost dog. This field leads to the omen. I am transient and omnipotent, God manifest. I am both man and woman.
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Oct 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013 at 2:38 AM UTC
Dissolution
We all wait for that one moment to take the bait jump to a conclusion from this sweetness around and suddenly all seems to fall in place, among all this chaos from tangled knots of your shoe-lace to your mind and it's bias. You feel now you can think straight though not sure of the path ahead. All pragmatism goes down the drain and my dear, we fall in love again.
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Jul 6, 2015
Jul 6, 2015 at 1:23 AM UTC
Fortuitous first sight