July 2011
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Norway
A poisoned tree With rotten roots Points his branches Aims and shoots. Felling saplings Scattering seeds Where grief shall grow As peace bleeds.
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I Blew a Kiss
I don’t know why I think of thee When marble skies reflect the sea And setting suns recline in red You haunt the world inside my head. And yet my heart has no reply As birds that seem to float, not fly Upon the breeze I blew a kiss It’s warmth, not you, I really miss.
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Beauty Blossoms
A girl cycled by me today. She looked like you. My heart flapped wildly, like a trapped butterfly, then marched on as before. I don’t know why you still affect me so, but I like it. Beauty lies buried in our depths. You planted yours long ago, and it blossomed, without my knowing.
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The Library
She glances over the wooden divider Catching my eye “I came here to work” I say with a look. She smiles Turning her head from side to side Like a mounted camera Catching the children crying The gentle sighing And my eyes lying. “I came here to work” But she knows better For not a day goes astray That my eyes don’t say ‘I’m here to play’.
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Haiku 132 - Survival
It’s not about you.
If we lived for each other
The world might prosper.
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Fires and Lies
You sparked a fire inside my eyes And fed the flames with lofty lies Until it spread into my mind Consuming dreams your lies designed. Consuming dreams I danced inside To rhythms that my heart supplied. To rhythms that my mind denies Because of years of lofty lies. Because of years of lofty lies I can’t light fires inside my eyes.
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Attention Spans
Some scientists say That attention spans Are diminishing At great speed. This effect is supposedly Perpetuated by internet browsing And an insatiable desire For constant connection. I wish I had more time To muse on this condition But a bluebottle is flying nearby And I must direct it outside.
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“Perhaps it is selfish to devote oneself determinedly to the pursuit of one’s...”
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Haiku 131
Forget half-measures; Drown your fear with devotion; No more excuses!
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Haiku 130
Reasoning shall not
Destroy imagination
But realise it.
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Salthill Walkers
I wonder if their victims Feel a pinch on their backs As the walkers draw their blades And unleash a frenzy With oversized sunglasses Shielding tightened eyes and crow’s feet. Seagulls scream for attention But focus remains As the walkers trade stories With three-quarter length pants Made for serious striding And lady-like showing of skin. Motivated by weight loss They wear down their...
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Droplets
Droplets from a bleeding heart Fall into the sun-scarred soil Down the cracks that silence made. Droplets dress a waiting seed Full of plated promises Swelling in the summer shade. Droplets feed a newborn love Crying out for rich rewards Blinded by the piercing light. Droplets from a bleeding heart Fill the cracks that silence made Drowning reason in delight.
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Haiku 129
Each passing moment
Presents another chance to
Start your life anew.
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Haiku 128
Fair is the lady Who spends more time reflecting, Than in the mirror.
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Haiku 127
Writers risk drowning
In the hopes of finding pearls
To brighten the world.
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Haiku 126 - Certainty
Chasing certainty Is a pastime fit for fools; Learn to live with doubt.
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Haiku 125
Those reckless voices
Full of promise and reward,
Deceiving lovers.
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“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the...”
– Emily Dickinson
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Haiku 124
A gentle nature Is tread upon carelessly Like a beaten track.
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Political Correctness
Political correctness The scourge of honesty Destroys the truth with overuse Of sensitivity. Encouraging delusion With hollow flattery Eliminating humour and Exploiting empathy. We curb our criticism In case it might offend But letters hidden consciously The sub-conscious shall send. Political correctness Compassion’s evil twin You stifle progress slyly by Consuming from within.
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Haiku 123
Paranoid thinking
Stifles my breathing with the
Stench of suspicion.
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Haiku 122
The animal roars; I shut down my higher mind And please my body.
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Existence
Fear only exists
Because we permit it.
Love only exists
Because we believe it.
Life only exists
If we embrace it.
Death only exists
Until we face it.
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Thank you Elliott Smith
I have lost count how many times his music has saved me from myself.
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Arson
Incendiary statements
Recklessly sprayed on
Flammable emotions
Scorch all reasoning.
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The Express Train
Take the express train No looking back Bodies are broken Under the track. Shadows pursuing Echoes of screams Sleep is inviting Dangerous dreams. You are the master They are the slaves Silence their voices Spit on their graves. Take the express train No looking back Bodies are broken Under the track.
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Haiku 121 – The Subway
Packed in like sardines Overwhelmed by urgency Blinkered by our fears.
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Haiku 120
What do we toil for?
Comfort in our final years
When energy wanes?
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“Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.”
– Elliott Smith
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Haiku 119
How do my shoes look?
Can I see my reflection?
Weak and pandering.
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Sometimes
Sometimes I feel my legs will bend and break So heavy is my heart With you so near to me and far apart. Sometimes I feel my chest will swell and burst For every thought of you Cuts through the grey and dances in the blue. Sometimes I feel my mind will never rest With movies on repeat And every word so delicately sweet. Sometimes I feel our love will never grow So haunted we have been By...
Nick Drake - Way to Blue →
Nick Drake - ‘Way to Blue’
Silence your Discretion
Submit to slient yearnings
Arch your back
Wide mouthed declarations
Of unknown fruits.
Imbibe your sins
Why is it that every sip seems to negate another sin…
Why is it that every song sung is another rung
On the ladder of redemption.
How do we explain our sordid wandering deeds?
How do we retain some semblance of dignity
In the lost canvases of baited truth.
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‘Arise’ - the first song I ever...
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Haiku 117
Rented points of view, Changing with the company - Fragile and frivolous.
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Haiku 116
Incessant nagging
Loses more effectiveness
With each utterance.
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“Suffer change or seek it.”
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Embers
The fire is dying
But I scour the embers
For scraps of meaning
To dress my mind
For adventurous dreaming.
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Puppets and Seasons
How can we know the seasons? Winter steals the Spring Autumn starts in Summer What will the future bring? The hedgerows battle bravely To stall their frosty fate The cold claws of Winter Released their grip too late. The farmers curse the rainfall This year shall yield no hay Lonely bales of silage Lie in the fields today. But these are Nature’s wishes And we must learn to change ...
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10 Reasons To Hate Facebook
This is great.
I had to share: http://devour.com/video/10-reasons-to-hate-facebook/
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“Wisdom does not come with age; many spend their lives blinkered.”
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Haiku 114
Women at weddings
Fueled by fierce nostalgia or
Ravenous romance.
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Haiku 113
Stress-induced doldrums Thickened air and weighted skies Willing eyelids closed.
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Haiku 112 - Reckless Rumours
Reckless rumours fly
Like winged demons, tearing weak
Minds from boredom’s grip.
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“We slay our imagination, sweep it aside like an obstacle on the road to reason,...”
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.”
– Paulo Coelho (via zenofblogging)
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“I need to start believing in the impossible again, and re-ignite the sleeping...”
“We exist for each other.”
