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Heat beats down upon the street Birds too hot to fly, Blistered sand you cannot stand Drenched with sweat am I. Cows collect in shadow deep Panting sheep hang head, Goshawk flies in cobalt skies Hills of grass stand dead. Whisp of smoke, a puff of breeze Sirens scream in air, Running men in squads of ten Emerge from everywhere. Now the rising wind takes charge Runs with leaping flame Into crown of eucalypts To rage across the plain. Too late the tenders hoses pour, Too late the fireman’s shout Inferno hot has run amok And all control a rout. Generating mighty winds The fire charges forth Spiralling in furnace air To incinerate for sport. Vanquished men exhausted stand Watch with useless eyes, As raging flames consume their truck, Inside a good mate dies. A live thing in the burnished night It writhes and spirals high Across the flaring treetops Hot, red smoke fills the sky. As sudden as it starts, it stops A wind change in the air. Ravaged forest stark and black Hot ashes everywhere. Hills of cinders smoking now Stock in death’s repair, Homesteads rendered charcoal like Farmers in despair. A silence in the ravaged hills Birdless in the sky, Bushfire horror, death and smoke Enough to make you cry. Marshalg In support of my Australian brethren and their torched nation. 30 January 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM UTC
Bushfire
The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's.
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To An Athlete Dying Young
Among the market greens, a bullet from the ocean depths, a swimming projectile, I saw you, dead. All around you were lettuces, sea foam of the earth, carrots, grapes, but of the ocean truth, of the unknown, of the unfathomable shadow, the depths of the sea, the abyss, only you had survived, a pitch-black, varnished witness to deepest night. Only you, well-aimed dark bullet from the abyss, mangled at one tip, but constantly reborn, at anchor in the current, winged fins windmilling in the swift flight of the marine shadow, a mourning arrow, dart of the sea, olive, oily fish. I saw you dead, a deceased king of my own ocean, green assault, silver submarine fir, seed of seaquakes, now only dead remains, yet in all the market yours was the only purposeful form amid the bewildering rout of nature; amid the fragile greens you were a solitary ship, armed among the vegetables, fin and prow black and oiled, as if you were still the vessel of the wind, the one and only pure ocean machine: unflawed, navigating the waters of death.
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Ode To a Large Tuna in the Market
At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An ****** vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the universal valley. The rosemary nods upon the grave; The lily lolls upon the wave; Wrapping the fog about its breast, The ruin moulders into rest; Looking like Lethe, see! the lake A conscious slumber seems to take, And would not, for the world, awake. All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies (Her casement open to the skies) Irene, with her Destinies! Oh, lady bright! can it be right— This window open to the night! The wanton airs, from the tree-top, Laughingly through the lattice-drop— The bodiless airs, a wizard rout, Flit through thy chamber in and out, And wave the curtain canopy So fitfully—so fearfully— Above the closed and fringed lid ’Neath which thy slumb’ring soul lies hid, That, o’er the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall! Oh, lady dear, hast thou no fear? Why and what art thou dreaming here? Sure thou art come o’er far-off seas, A wonder to these garden trees! Strange is thy pallor! strange thy dress! Strange, above all, thy length of tress, And this all-solemn silentness! The lady sleeps! Oh, may her sleep Which is enduring, so be deep! Heaven have her in its sacred keep! This chamber changed for one more holy, This bed for one more melancholy, I pray to God that she may lie For ever with unopened eye, While the dim sheeted ghosts go by! My love, she sleeps! Oh, may her sleep, As it is lasting, so be deep; Soft may the worms about her creep! Far in the forest, dim and old, For her may some tall vault unfold— Some vault that oft hath flung its black And winged panels fluttering back, Triumphant, o’er the crested palls, Of her grand family funerals— Some sepulchre, remote, alone, Against whose portal she hath thrown, In childhood many an idle stone— Some tomb from out whose sounding door She ne’er shall force an echo more, Thrilling to think, poor child of sin! It was the dead who groaned within.
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The Sleeper
At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An ****** vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the universal valley. The rosemary nods upon the grave; The lily lolls upon the wave; Wrapping the fog about its breast, The ruin moulders into rest; Looking like Lethe, see! the lake A conscious slumber seems to take, And would not, for the world, awake. All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies (Her casement open to the skies) Irene, with her Destinies! Oh, lady bright! can it be right— This window open to the night! The wanton airs, from the tree-top, Laughingly through the lattice-drop— The bodiless airs, a wizard rout, Flit through thy chamber in and out, And wave the curtain canopy So fitfully—so fearfully— Above the closed and fringed lid ’Neath which thy slumb’ring soul lies hid, That, o’er the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall! Oh, lady dear, hast thou no fear? Why and what art thou dreaming here? Sure thou art come o’er far-off seas, A wonder to these garden trees! Strange is thy pallor! strange thy dress! Strange, above all, thy length of tress, And this all-solemn silentness! The lady sleeps! Oh, may her sleep Which is enduring, so be deep! Heaven have her in its sacred keep! This chamber changed for one more holy, This bed for one more melancholy, I pray to God that she may lie For ever with unopened eye, While the dim sheeted ghosts go by! My love, she sleeps! Oh, may her sleep, As it is lasting, so be deep; Soft may the worms about her creep! Far in the forest, dim and old, For her may some tall vault unfold— Some vault that oft hath flung its black And winged panels fluttering back, Triumphant, o’er the crested palls, Of her grand family funerals— Some sepulchre, remote, alone, Against whose portal she hath thrown, In childhood many an idle stone— Some tomb from out whose sounding door She ne’er shall force an echo more, Thrilling to think, poor child of sin! It was the dead who groaned within.
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Lo! ’tis a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears, While the orchestra breathes fitfully The music of the spheres. Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low, And hither and thither fly— Mere puppets they, who come and go At bidding of vast formless things That shift the scenery to and fro, Flapping from out their Condor wings Invisible Wo! That motley drama—oh, be sure It shall not be forgot! With its Phantom chased for evermore, By a crowd that seize it not, Through a circle that ever returneth in To the self-same spot, And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot. But see, amid the mimic rout A crawling shape intrude! A blood-red thing that writhes from out The scenic solitude! It writhes!—it writhes!—with mortal pangs The mimes become its food, And the angels sob at vermin fangs In human gore imbued. Out—out are the lights—out all! And, over each quivering form, The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, And the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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The Conqueror Worm
The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's.
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A Shropshire Lad XIX: The time you won your town the race
Away, ye muses, all away! Away with songs of finch and fay. Away the jaundiced sight That magnifies the firefly’s light To bonfire bright; That sets ablaze at once My musing’s dimly burning lamps; That ornaments with rhymes The penury-stricken looks betimes; That over-clothes the logic – lord With fancy –swollen words. Away, the partial love That ‘boldens Nature to sit above Her Maker! This day I fasten eyelid doors, With absence wax my ears, With languorous peace congeal My tongue, my touch, my tears * That I within may pore Upon the things behind, ahead, In the darkness round me spread. I lock Dame Nature out With all her fickle rout. Somewhere here, In the darkness drear, I myself with cheer My course will steer In the path E’er sought by all: Its magnet call I hear. Not hear, not here, Apollo would his burning chariot steer; Nor Diana dare to peep Into the sacred silence deep. Not here, not here, Not far or near Can mounts or rebel waves E’er make me full of fear; Nor evermore Their dreadful grandeur to adore. Not here, not here The soft capricious wiles of flowers; Nor swarming storm clouds’ sweeping terror, Dishevelling the trees And light-haired skies; Nor doomsday’s thunderous roar, Dismantling earth and stars- The cosmic beauties all to mar – Not Nature’s murderous mutiny, Nor man’s exploding destiny Can touch me here. Not here, not here: Through mind’s strong iron bars, Not gods or goblins, men or nature, Without my pass dare enter. I look behind, ahead – On naught but darkness tread. In wrath I strike, and set the dark ablaze With the immortal spark of thought, By friction-process brought Of concentration And distraction. The darkness burns With a million tongues; And now I spy All past, all distant things, as nigh. I smile serene As I expose to gaze. In wisdom’s brilliant blaze, All charms of the Hidden Home Unseen: The Home of Nature’s birth, The planets’ moulding hearth, The factory whence all forms or fairies start, The bards, colossal minds, and hearts, The gods and all, And all, and all! Away, away With all the lightsome lays! Oh, now will I portray In humble way, And try to lisp, if only in half truths, Of wordless charms of Thee Unseen, To whom Dame Nature owes her nature and her sheen.
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Nature’s Nature
Away, ye muses, all away! Away with songs of finch and fay. Away the jaundiced sight That magnifies the firefly’s light To bonfire bright; That sets ablaze at once My musing’s dimly burning lamps; That ornaments with rhymes The penury-stricken looks betimes; That over-clothes the logic – lord With fancy –swollen words. Away, the partial love That ‘boldens Nature to sit above Her Maker! This day I fasten eyelid doors, With absence wax my ears, With languorous peace congeal My tongue, my touch, my tears * That I within may pore Upon the things behind, ahead, In the darkness round me spread. I lock Dame Nature out With all her fickle rout. Somewhere here, In the darkness drear, I myself with cheer My course will steer In the path E’er sought by all: Its magnet call I hear. Not hear, not here, Apollo would his burning chariot steer; Nor Diana dare to peep Into the sacred silence deep. Not here, not here, Not far or near Can mounts or rebel waves E’er make me full of fear; Nor evermore Their dreadful grandeur to adore. Not here, not here The soft capricious wiles of flowers; Nor swarming storm clouds’ sweeping terror, Dishevelling the trees And light-haired skies; Nor doomsday’s thunderous roar, Dismantling earth and stars- The cosmic beauties all to mar – Not Nature’s murderous mutiny, Nor man’s exploding destiny Can touch me here. Not here, not here: Through mind’s strong iron bars, Not gods or goblins, men or nature, Without my pass dare enter. I look behind, ahead – On naught but darkness tread. In wrath I strike, and set the dark ablaze With the immortal spark of thought, By friction-process brought Of concentration And distraction. The darkness burns With a million tongues; And now I spy All past, all distant things, as nigh. I smile serene As I expose to gaze. In wisdom’s brilliant blaze, All charms of the Hidden Home Unseen: The Home of Nature’s birth, The planets’ moulding hearth, The factory whence all forms or fairies start, The bards, colossal minds, and hearts, The gods and all, And all, and all! Away, away With all the lightsome lays! Oh, now will I portray In humble way, And try to lisp, if only in half truths, Of wordless charms of Thee Unseen, To whom Dame Nature owes her nature and her sheen.
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I rose at night and visited The Cave of the Unborn, And crowding shapes surrounded me For tidings of the life to be, Who long had prayed the silent Head To speed their advent morn. Their eyes were lit with artless trust; Hope thrilled their every tone: “A place the loveliest, is it not? A pure delight, a beauty-spot Where all is gentle, pure and just And violence is unknown?” My heart was anguished for their sake; I could not frame a word; But they descried my sunken face And seemed to read therein, and trace The news which Pity would not break Nor Truth leave unaverred. And as I silently retired I turned and watched them still: And they came helter-skelter out, Driven forward like a rabble rout Into the world they had so desired, By the all-immanent Will.
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The Cave Of The Unborn
Planned a long road trip In the name of friendship Seven hundred miles that day Home and bed five miles away Midnight sky with fireworks high Red “H” on engine gauge much closer by The sight was quite a fright No longer feeling such delight Pulling to the side My time to bide Until a tow appears To relieve my fears Mosquitos delight They win the fight On the interstate highway Above their lakeside byway Vibrations move the car While passing trucks go far E.T.A. at 1 am Police set flares at 2 am 2:20 rolled around At last the car was found Speedy hookup Not another hiccup Left car at garage Free ride home removed my rage Doubled the driver’s tip Reduced the bother to a blip 3am can go to bed Yet so wired in my head It takes an hour to mellow out In four more, the sun from bed will rout Was it worth it in the end? Any day, I’d do it for my friend.
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Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 at 7:05 AM UTC
July 4th road trip
There were not many at that lonely place, Where two scourged hills met in a little plain. The wind cried loud in gusts, then low again. Three pines strained darkly, runners in a race Unseen by any. Toward the further woods A dim harsh noise of voices rose and ceased. --We were most silent in those solitudes-- Then, sudden as a flame, the black-robed priest, The clotted earth piled roughly up about The hacked red oblong of the new-made thing, Short words in swordlike Latin--and a rout Of dreams most impotent, unwearying. Then, like a blind door shut on a carouse, The terrible bareness of the soul's last house.
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Lonely Burial
laughing backward the inward shout taken it back and I regret I let it out maybe not a problem but I'm runnin for the south and sneakin out the back door wish I had another rout I see the clouds go invert and my mind is out of doubt because I just cant doge the blow up when I cheat and you find out
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Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM UTC
Fornicator
My wife is a most knowing woman, She always is finding me out, She never will hear explanations But instantly puts me to rout, There's no use to try and deceive her, If out with my friends night or day, In a most inconceivable manner, She tells where I've been right away, She says that I'm 'mean' and 'inhuman.' Oh! My wife is a most knowing woman. She would've been hung up for witchcraft If she had lived sooner, I know, There's no hiding anything from her, She knows what I do -- where I go; And if I come in after midnight And say 'I have been to the lodge,' Oh, she says while she flies in a fury, 'Now don't think to play such a dodge! It's all very fine, but won't do, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman. Not often I go out to dinner And come home a little 'so so,' I try to creep up through the hall-way, As still as a mouse, on tip-toe, She's sure to be waiting up for me And then comes a nice little scene, 'What, you tell me you're sober, you wretch you, Now don't think that I am so green! My life is quite worn out with you, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman! She knows me much better than I do, Her eyes are like those of a lynx, Though how she discovers my secrets Is a riddle would puzzle a sphynx, On fair days, when we go out walking, If ladies look at me askance, In the most harmless way, I assure you, My wife gives me, oh! such a glance, And says 'all these insults you'll rue, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman. Yes, I must give all of my friends up If I would live happy and quiet; One might as well be 'neath a tombstone As live in confusion and riot. This life we all know is a short one, While some tongues are long, heaven knows, And a miserable life is a husband's Who numbers his wife with his foes; I'll stay at home now like a true man, Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman.
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My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman
My wife is a most knowing woman, She always is finding me out, She never will hear explanations But instantly puts me to rout, There's no use to try and deceive her, If out with my friends night or day, In a most inconceivable manner, She tells where I've been right away, She says that I'm 'mean' and 'inhuman.' Oh! My wife is a most knowing woman. She would've been hung up for witchcraft If she had lived sooner, I know, There's no hiding anything from her, She knows what I do -- where I go; And if I come in after midnight And say 'I have been to the lodge,' Oh, she says while she flies in a fury, 'Now don't think to play such a dodge! It's all very fine, but won't do, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman. Not often I go out to dinner And come home a little 'so so,' I try to creep up through the hall-way, As still as a mouse, on tip-toe, She's sure to be waiting up for me And then comes a nice little scene, 'What, you tell me you're sober, you wretch you, Now don't think that I am so green! My life is quite worn out with you, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman! She knows me much better than I do, Her eyes are like those of a lynx, Though how she discovers my secrets Is a riddle would puzzle a sphynx, On fair days, when we go out walking, If ladies look at me askance, In the most harmless way, I assure you, My wife gives me, oh! such a glance, And says 'all these insults you'll rue, man,' Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman. Yes, I must give all of my friends up If I would live happy and quiet; One might as well be 'neath a tombstone As live in confusion and riot. This life we all know is a short one, While some tongues are long, heaven knows, And a miserable life is a husband's Who numbers his wife with his foes; I'll stay at home now like a true man, Oh, my wife is a most knowing woman.
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allow me to celebrate the ant summer miscre-ant in my kitchen picking up pieces of pieces "to go": a crumb of Meow Mix, a crushed Cheerio; applied the usual eco-safe spray detecting this way too feint for they amassed to quest their innate objective exploring and toting the prime directive; hymenoptera tents with doors four on the floor: cafes of poison for caulking the cracks in the walls hadn't solved the stay-past-your-welcome guests involved; soon numbers diminished but still a few creeping through unrepent-ant I swept thrice per day to starve them out yet brooms are too thick all crannies to rout; surrendered and wondered, perhaps they are teachers attempting to bypass my brainy block too thick to buzz with what the ants know? I squat as a toddler to take-in their show; for hours observing them (off and on) until an implosion of comm-ants sense challenged my globalized conception exposing my mind to ant redemption; the ant is now my writing totem trouble though they'll be next June within this mantra is what they knew: one moment one crumb to carry and chew; insight's relative I realize ants have their own frustrations with size but ponder the ant when writing time's little: at peace with a piece of ant-agonist vittle.
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Aug 15, 2010
Aug 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM UTC
Ant Totem
Mirror mirror, on the wall Who’s the most rebellious of them all? Leader-types? Jocks? Cheerleaders? Oh my… Or is it the band nerds? Or the kids in the corner getting high? Nowadays it’s cooler to take the non-conformist rout But then that becomes conformity, Not rebelling to any degree If we are all going against the grain, What is a non-conformist? A drinker? A smoker? An artist? A musician? Somebody trying to be different? But then people think Drinker becomes a bad influence. Smoker is automatically a grimy kid. Artists are too dramatic. Musicians symbolize arrogance. Different becomes attention seeking. There really are no true rebels until you look at those quiet observers The kids who refuse to drink, Smoke, Act out, Draw attention to themselves They become rebellious But only by not rebelling So do these things make me a rebel? Or do they make me Me? Now do we see the flaws In our society?
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May 25, 2013
May 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM UTC
Mirror, Mirror
No, do  dread my glance ,im Helen. im the purest creature of rage **** a lapse glance alas , a doom . a dream of Luth's sealed gloom. sinister glare of Gomorrah bright. soured sight of sere flower blight. im venomous kiss of sweetest lips. deadliest breath of daughter of Rappicini. come fair son of light and beauty. date me with naive lurking desire. receive my poisonous breath satire . i will sail thee near a pestilent fountain. im the sinister Titania and Bottom and more i contain. behold you not with my innocent beauty . perverse is my nature intend but my name holy. dost cross the path to purity on mount Sinai. cause i shall rule and Helen the offspring of my **** is lure untamed fiend,feed her she behold with leech. no, one of my breath is a blast to thy life to leash. my glare is illuminated like azure Vegas. my nectar Pompeii larva of past . my beauty is heaven flame it charms . come; rich, beauty ,savant and fame. for thou dost not behold with immortal Ichor. sip deep my breath. and meddle you with my luring glare. im Titania i hang over my head a dagger. upon which thy blood stream to the Bottom. thou thinkest to entwine me ? no,lo King Cophetua and the beggar maid. and my judgement hell fire . Thebes is in rout but Capaneus bid dust. what dost thou want ,thou Sophist ? no the sojourn of thee is Zeus Kirma. beset for worst as the writ Apocrypha. come thee savant ,come thee poet. bekneel before the sacred attire . heaven bow before the holy Dionysus. for we beset you with  frenzy ,ecstasy, and drama. all behold the same destiny. but elixir yonder in Kimmerian trinity. try not you for eternal bloom . cause error at Achille right heel. but Maqueros, Lazarus , and Leviticus. all will queenly glance at our Caduceus. behold you not my beauty. but behold you with our Pow wow. behold you ! say Amen RA.
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Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM UTC
TITANIA AND BOTTOM.
No, do  dread my glance ,im Helen. im the purest creature of rage **** a lapse glance alas , a doom . a dream of Luth's sealed gloom. sinister glare of Gomorrah bright. soured sight of sere flower blight. im venomous kiss of sweetest lips. deadliest breath of daughter of Rappicini. come fair son of light and beauty. date me with naive lurking desire. receive my poisonous breath satire . i will sail thee near a pestilent fountain. im the sinister Titania and Bottom and more i contain. behold you not with my innocent beauty . perverse is my nature intend but my name holy. dost cross the path to purity on mount Sinai. cause i shall rule and Helen the offspring of my **** is lure untamed fiend,feed her she behold with leech. no, one of my breath is a blast to thy life to leash. my glare is illuminated like azure Vegas. my nectar Pompeii larva of past . my beauty is heaven flame it charms . come; rich, beauty ,savant and fame. for thou dost not behold with immortal Ichor. sip deep my breath. and meddle you with my luring glare. im Titania i hang over my head a dagger. upon which thy blood stream to the Bottom. thou thinkest to entwine me ? no,lo King Cophetua and the beggar maid. and my judgement hell fire . Thebes is in rout but Capaneus bid dust. what dost thou want ,thou Sophist ? no the sojourn of thee is Zeus Kirma. beset for worst as the writ Apocrypha. come thee savant ,come thee poet. bekneel before the sacred attire . heaven bow before the holy Dionysus. for we beset you with  frenzy ,ecstasy, and drama. all behold the same destiny. but elixir yonder in Kimmerian trinity. try not you for eternal bloom . cause error at Achille right heel. but Maqueros, Lazarus , and Leviticus. all will queenly glance at our Caduceus. behold you not my beauty. but behold you with our Pow wow. behold you ! say Amen RA.
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Depression sneaks into my sight You can Unsneak it with a fight Let out this negative entity With your will-might Don't permit its suppression Tis an oppression you must kick out Let it flow only out And never to flow in To give it a rout I stand with you For the collection of its recollection Put your mind under Lock and key Only positivity can open ©LovelynEyo2019
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Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 2019 at 2:21 PM UTC
Depression-
Stuck inside my head This is where I fled I can't find my way out The bars are much to stout I scream and shout I fling about Searching throughout There just is no rout I'm stuck inside my head So much is left unsaid I've lost so many friends In here there is no wins Going round the bend No one comprehends Thoughts just condemn Slowly sink and descend I'm stuck inside my head This is from where I bled The bars were just to stout I couldn't find my way out ©Pauline Morris
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Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 at 9:29 PM UTC
Stuck Inside My Head
"But, sir," I said, "they tell me the man is like to die!" The Canon shook his head indulgently. "Young blood, Cousin," he boomed. "Young blood! Youth will be served!" -- D'Hermonville's Fabliaux. He woke up with a sick taste in his mouth And lay there heavily, while dancing motes Whirled through his brain in endless, rippling streams, And a grey mist weighed down upon his eyes So that they could not open fully. Yet After some time his blurred mind stumbled back To its last ragged memory -- a room; Air foul with wine; a shouting, reeling crowd Of friends who dragged him, dazed and blind with drink Out to the street; a crazy rout of cabs; The steady mutter of his neighbor's voice, Mumbling out dull obscenity by rote; And then . . . well, they had brought him home it seemed, Since he awoke in bed -- oh, **** the business! He had not wanted it -- the silly jokes, "One last, great night of freedom ere you're married!" "You'll get no fun then!" "H-ssh, don't tell that story! He'll have a wife soon!" -- God! the sitting down To drink till you were sodden! . . . Like great light She came into his thoughts. That was the worst. To wallow in the mud like this because His friends were fools. . . . He was not fit to touch, To see, oh far, far off, that silver place Where God stood manifest to man in her. . . . Fouling himself. . . . One thing he brought to her, At least. He had been clean; had taken it A kind of point of honor from the first . . . Others might do it . . . but he didn't care For those things. . . . Suddenly his vision cleared. And something seemed to grow within his mind. . . . Something was wrong -- the color of the wall -- The queer shape of the bedposts -- everything Was changed, somehow . . . his room. Was this his room? . . . He turned his head -- and saw beside him there The sagging body's slope, the paint-smeared face, And the loose, open mouth, lax and awry, The ******* the bleached and brittle hair . . . these things. . . . As if all Hell were crushed to one bright line Of lightning for a moment. Then he sank, Prone beneath an intolerable weight. And bitter loathing crept up all his limbs.
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Young Blood
"But, sir," I said, "they tell me the man is like to die!" The Canon shook his head indulgently. "Young blood, Cousin," he boomed. "Young blood! Youth will be served!" -- D'Hermonville's Fabliaux. He woke up with a sick taste in his mouth And lay there heavily, while dancing motes Whirled through his brain in endless, rippling streams, And a grey mist weighed down upon his eyes So that they could not open fully. Yet After some time his blurred mind stumbled back To its last ragged memory -- a room; Air foul with wine; a shouting, reeling crowd Of friends who dragged him, dazed and blind with drink Out to the street; a crazy rout of cabs; The steady mutter of his neighbor's voice, Mumbling out dull obscenity by rote; And then . . . well, they had brought him home it seemed, Since he awoke in bed -- oh, **** the business! He had not wanted it -- the silly jokes, "One last, great night of freedom ere you're married!" "You'll get no fun then!" "H-ssh, don't tell that story! He'll have a wife soon!" -- God! the sitting down To drink till you were sodden! . . . Like great light She came into his thoughts. That was the worst. To wallow in the mud like this because His friends were fools. . . . He was not fit to touch, To see, oh far, far off, that silver place Where God stood manifest to man in her. . . . Fouling himself. . . . One thing he brought to her, At least. He had been clean; had taken it A kind of point of honor from the first . . . Others might do it . . . but he didn't care For those things. . . . Suddenly his vision cleared. And something seemed to grow within his mind. . . . Something was wrong -- the color of the wall -- The queer shape of the bedposts -- everything Was changed, somehow . . . his room. Was this his room? . . . He turned his head -- and saw beside him there The sagging body's slope, the paint-smeared face, And the loose, open mouth, lax and awry, The ******* the bleached and brittle hair . . . these things. . . . As if all Hell were crushed to one bright line Of lightning for a moment. Then he sank, Prone beneath an intolerable weight. And bitter loathing crept up all his limbs.
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TIME drops in decay, Like a candle burnt out, And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; What one in the rout Of the fire-born moods Has fallen away?
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The Moods
Redolent May sings, lays of perplexing antique, wooden rose flounders. ... Fungi is in rout, war of mushrooms is halted, desolate treescape. ... This is not a game, the colours rest in spindles, the flag is in truce. ... Paragon of ice, tractive glacier, no friction, chronotropic death. ... Scourged almighty sea, symphonic ocean blasted, tranced undertaking. ... Mort, syphoned blood grass, waving like entrails, flooded, blood spins, grave now swims. ... Gritty stagnant bole, refurbished hybernation, the scent come to play. ... Reminiscent moon, gather ye, encompassed light, that we may know life
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Dec 1, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 at 2:56 AM UTC
17 syllable form. Some haiku. Some not
The crest of solemn ocean wave So early breaks on windy beach Where fairest Phoebus struggles sadly 'gainst Triumphing clouds. His horns, his blares to no avail: Fall deaf on Egypt's Temple crushed to sand To make this morning beach where sail The looming gulls. They hunger as they soar, their lonely cries Are swept away by dawn's uncaring breeze. That shore I wandered all alone, Apart from you in restless dreams, Disturbing sand-crab holes with stepping shoes Sought lenses lost. Possess'd of power to see without Refinings of their frame, my need mere want, I walked, a pool, and filled with doubt That proud waves tossed. Would sharpening vision truly help me find That which I knew was only in my mind? When then in heaven's light aloft I spied a weightless patterned kite: I called not to my glasses, but to Thoth To aid my sight. The soaring toy like silent hawk Without the weight of sadness flew so light Beneath the clouds now heard to talk Instead of fight. It seemed to catch a fleeting floating bliss As pillars of the firmament it kissed. The time was chill, the morning swift, Where icy waves brow-beat the shore, Impassioned blew the wind and kite did lift, Yet hues endured. What children tugged upon its string Wishing to live capricious life, to soar, Bemoaning birth neglecting wing And all allure? Yet came a haunting cry, in winds was clad, Reminding me that still the seagull's sad. I reach the crest of rocky fold Beholding barnacles held fast, Sea grasses over corals bare and cold, And broken glass. Sight has no sway of nature's spell: I ponder Neptune's endless shoals And whether glimpse of youths should tell Me of their souls. Can ever we catch sight of inner form Reliant on the jelly of our eyes? I turn to face my sandy steps, Triumphant Phoebus clouds did rout, I feel there's folly in my aided sight So leave without.
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Nov 10, 2011
Nov 10, 2011 at 2:37 PM UTC
Once Lost My Glasses on the Beach
The crest of solemn ocean wave So early breaks on windy beach Where fairest Phoebus struggles sadly 'gainst Triumphing clouds. His horns, his blares to no avail: Fall deaf on Egypt's Temple crushed to sand To make this morning beach where sail The looming gulls. They hunger as they soar, their lonely cries Are swept away by dawn's uncaring breeze. That shore I wandered all alone, Apart from you in restless dreams, Disturbing sand-crab holes with stepping shoes Sought lenses lost. Possess'd of power to see without Refinings of their frame, my need mere want, I walked, a pool, and filled with doubt That proud waves tossed. Would sharpening vision truly help me find That which I knew was only in my mind? When then in heaven's light aloft I spied a weightless patterned kite: I called not to my glasses, but to Thoth To aid my sight. The soaring toy like silent hawk Without the weight of sadness flew so light Beneath the clouds now heard to talk Instead of fight. It seemed to catch a fleeting floating bliss As pillars of the firmament it kissed. The time was chill, the morning swift, Where icy waves brow-beat the shore, Impassioned blew the wind and kite did lift, Yet hues endured. What children tugged upon its string Wishing to live capricious life, to soar, Bemoaning birth neglecting wing And all allure? Yet came a haunting cry, in winds was clad, Reminding me that still the seagull's sad. I reach the crest of rocky fold Beholding barnacles held fast, Sea grasses over corals bare and cold, And broken glass. Sight has no sway of nature's spell: I ponder Neptune's endless shoals And whether glimpse of youths should tell Me of their souls. Can ever we catch sight of inner form Reliant on the jelly of our eyes? I turn to face my sandy steps, Triumphant Phoebus clouds did rout, I feel there's folly in my aided sight So leave without.
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A Roman, noble and Patrician, moved his Legions into position. The morning Sun was in their eyes as they advanced upon Cannae. The Day was hot, they lacked hydration as they fought this battle of annihilation. The hot winds swept dust in their eyes as they advanced upon Cannae. Hannibal troops seemed to retreat, The Legions were in hot pursuit. The Carthaginians moved to surround the Romans on the killing ground. Eighty thousand Roman dead, Mars’ thirst quenched by the blood they shed Their arms and armor cast aside upon the fields around Cannae. Fortuna always smiled on Rome before this battle at Cannae Rome’s Senators refused to yield though their Sons lay dead upon the field. In the Pantheon of gods echo prayers from the devout to a new god born of that rout. Some say it is the god of doubt.
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Sep 1, 2013
Sep 1, 2013 at 12:24 PM UTC
The god of Doubt
Aug. 9. When He Fled From Absalom. Lord how many are my foes How many those That in arms against me rise Many are they That of my life distrustfully thus say, No help for him in God there lies. But thou Lord art my shield my glory, Thee through my story Th’ exalter of my head I count Aloud I cry’d Unto Jehovah, he full soon reply’d And heard me from his holy mount. I lay and slept, I wak’d again, For my sustain Was the Lord. Of many millions The populous rout I fear not though incamping round about They pitch against me their Pavillions. Rise Lord, save me my God for thou Hast smote ere now On the cheek-bone all my foes, Of men abhor’d Hast broke the teeth. This help was from the Lord; Thy blessing on thy people flows.
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Psalm 03
It's the tactical brilliance of the Boss that makes the opposition bite the dust.... Not 'money', not 'Fame'; for him Club's loyalty comes first! Such is his greatness; for all ''Arsenal'' fans one chant is a must, Always +forever ''IN ARSENE WE TRUST'' Great to watch Van Persie follow the footsteps of a legend and a true champ..... Definitely having a Dutch connection; he is Arsenal's future ''Bergkamp'' Defenders you never let him go; never set him free Making you pay big time; a legend & king of ''Highbury'' The former Jersey no.14 & the name is ''Thierry Henry''!! Replacing the impeccable ''Vieira'', the Club has a new hero Clever & ''Fab'' captain; the king of ''San Siro'' We may be half the age; we may be half the size, With tremendous hard work above all we rise, Behind our great success a huge secret lies... It's the hard work of the support staff & ''Arsenal legend'' Pat Rice! Passing, passing & passing until the opposition dies... Our strikers on a rout; opposition defender cries, Then into the empty net the 27 inch ball flies!!! With such ''Classy'' talent we can fly high in the sky....... Each & every member will give it a very best try We pray to the Lord that the ''BOSS'' will never say bye As for ''ME'', I will be a ******** ''GUNNER'' till I die! By A huge supporter Jigar Mehta
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May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013 at 10:06 AM UTC
A tribute to the club