This easiness
I am in that place
Where distractions
Haven’t yet engaged me
But I can hear birds
Both chirping and squawking
Some in bushes, some in flight
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Saturday, 16 May 2020
Studious Daydream
I have this openness
This easiness
I am in that place
Where distractions
Haven’t yet engaged me
But I can hear birds
Both chirping and squawking
Some in bushes, some in flight
This easiness
I am in that place
Where distractions
Haven’t yet engaged me
But I can hear birds
Both chirping and squawking
Some in bushes, some in flight
Friday, 15 May 2020
In This Time
There is a calm, a peace, a quiet
Which silences the longing
And prevents the breakthrough
Of the darker thoughts
It is however hemmed in
By the walls, the doors, the windows
Which provide a formidable barrier
To prevent its escape
The sunlight, even if not appreciated
Gives a warmth to further engage
The body, and perhaps the mind
In this somewhat settled state
Of course this is the exact
Atmosphere that the thinking
Seeks out; for what better place
To hold court, to sway
I do offer some resistance
Don’t go there I say to myself
Yet just as quickly strikes the ego:
Go there, go there you must
The shadows, the pictures, the memories
Once the floodgates open
The floodgates are opened
And all we can then do is to submerge
Which silences the longing
And prevents the breakthrough
Of the darker thoughts
It is however hemmed in
By the walls, the doors, the windows
Which provide a formidable barrier
To prevent its escape
The sunlight, even if not appreciated
Gives a warmth to further engage
The body, and perhaps the mind
In this somewhat settled state
Of course this is the exact
Atmosphere that the thinking
Seeks out; for what better place
To hold court, to sway
I do offer some resistance
Don’t go there I say to myself
Yet just as quickly strikes the ego:
Go there, go there you must
The shadows, the pictures, the memories
Once the floodgates open
The floodgates are opened
And all we can then do is to submerge
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Thursday, 14 May 2020
Non-Verbal Communication
We approach each other
In our automobiles
On the narrow country lane
I pull into the side to let you pass
You do the same
Then flash your headlights
As if to say, please carry on
I drive forward
As I pass you I wave
You do the same, then move off
We haven’t met before
We might never meet again
After this short, but pleasant interlude
I return to listen to Pink Floyd’s
Obscured by Clouds
They sing that there will be war
They sing that there will be peace
I say to myself: such is life, c’est la vie
In our automobiles
On the narrow country lane
I pull into the side to let you pass
You do the same
Then flash your headlights
As if to say, please carry on
I drive forward
As I pass you I wave
You do the same, then move off
We haven’t met before
We might never meet again
After this short, but pleasant interlude
I return to listen to Pink Floyd’s
Obscured by Clouds
They sing that there will be war
They sing that there will be peace
I say to myself: such is life, c’est la vie
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Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Best Wishes
Dr Joe said he could change me
So I bought his morning and evening guided meditations
His idea is to train and build our mind to think of the future
Rather than dwelling on the past
Then a strange coincidence
A messenger message
From someone I have never met
But a writer, who had a poem
In the Gregory Anthology 1985-86
Which I took to psychology summer school
A big part of my past
Which I may now wish to drop altogether
From my projected future
Began at that summer school
Is this simply a coincidence
Or a happenstance warning, in disguise
So I bought his morning and evening guided meditations
His idea is to train and build our mind to think of the future
Rather than dwelling on the past
Then a strange coincidence
A messenger message
From someone I have never met
But a writer, who had a poem
In the Gregory Anthology 1985-86
Which I took to psychology summer school
A big part of my past
Which I may now wish to drop altogether
From my projected future
Began at that summer school
Is this simply a coincidence
Or a happenstance warning, in disguise
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Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Process
Sometimes just a few words
Sometimes a complete sentence
Always words eventually for the page
Always seeking change or rearrangement
For several nights
Or rather several mornings
On the cusp of waking
On the escape from later dreams
I cannot recollect the words
I cannot remember the meaning
Except in a way I saw it as a question
Except in a sense I felt a rebuttal
Sometimes a complete sentence
Always words eventually for the page
Always seeking change or rearrangement
For several nights
Or rather several mornings
On the cusp of waking
On the escape from later dreams
I cannot recollect the words
I cannot remember the meaning
Except in a way I saw it as a question
Except in a sense I felt a rebuttal
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