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...WASTELAND

possessed
by words
            yet
             discourse-less
                implicit
                 intuition
meandering
in a
web of language
            a whirling
      ...

The Number 27

...In the pages of history
there's a baffling mystery
about the passing of the crew 
since eighteen ninety two.

Bright stars turned to dim 
whether fat or slim, 
no one's young, no one's old,
t...

Amalgam of Reality

...AMALGAMS of reality

dreams diversified
          nostalgia 
for the country
      of his soul


colour
    clarified
echos of nature
    with
      the universal
flying
floating
image...

Aah How Great the Taste of Water

...Aah... how great the taste of water...

After lounging in bed until
late morning/early afternoon
we (the missus and I) felt restless
as garden variety buffoon
or think chrysalis itching

to e...

Songs Pt2 Pound Tribute

...hidden intentions
forseen      from afar
set in the dark
tracks in the stone
to posterity through cloisters
with empty streams
a desert
     of aged rivers
folds of nothingness
now run cold
...

Wasteland a Personal View

...possessed
by words
            yet
             discourse-less
                implicit
                 intuition
meandering
in a
web of language
            a whirling
            vortex ...

Again

...If my tongue I could just tame
Your dear heart I would not maim
Every time we play this game
Seems the outcome is the same
First my quick words cause a strain
Then my impulse is to blame
So aga...

Unashamed Christian

...unashamed christian

I am not into labels, and I don't believe in fables
And I know that God is real
He's more than invisible, more than tangible
He's more than a feel
And I not denominations b...

Love of Wisdom: Philosophy

...Why isn't philosophy written most wisely
in poetic verses,
redundantly both-and 
analogical ecology?

Declassifying classic philosophic historians
continuing relentless great debate
about whic...

Canto Xxvi Hell Translation Part1

...Enjoy, Florence, because you so great are
That on seas and ground your wings you flutter,
And down in hell your name around spreads far!

I found five, among the stealers’ clutter,
Your citizens...

Train My Love

...Train my love oh train my love. 
My train doesn’t flame.
It burns deeply inside. 
In my heart I am happy. 

Train my love oh train my love. 
Your coach swings. 
Swing by concussion.

Train my love oh...

The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Twenty-One

...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-One

Meantime the Faithful gathered for prayer sans delusions
His Holiness excused himself for the usual ablutions --
The Commandant backtracked to an ...

Born To Die At Stromboli

...« Think, the world remembers only the poets. The name of a country depends on how its poets behave. »
                     Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the Philosopher-President of India*

Whoever dies ...

The Point Is This

...Until a point is posited,
Its position is unclear;
Whether on a pencil
Or belief embraced so dear.

Until a point is set upon
A concrete place of view,
Its meaning is unknown,
Its validity no...

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