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About a foolhardy florilegium

Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

Surrender is victory


“Surrender is victory” I heard a voice say; “There can be no winner at the end of day”. I’d battled so long, I’d fought all the way, how could I resist the pull of the fray? I stood on the … Continue reading

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Specks of gold


So much was found but never learnt; delusions that I now know weren’t the reasons I saw vistas new where sights unseen so often grew. The wisdom passed by on my way; I wandered, blind throughout the day. Today, with … Continue reading

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Walking Wild


Walking wild beneath The Green so many worlds I now have seen. I’ve flown with Dragon run with trees; I’ve seen their peril, felt their ease. Within those worlds where I have walked and in the talking I have talked … Continue reading

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Time for a walk


There are Gurus I have left unknown and battlefields I’ve long outgrown. There’s seeds that I regret I’ve sown; so many truths I’ve left unknown. So many tales I’ve left unread, so many words weren’t left unsaid, so much I’ve … Continue reading

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Gaia’s Gown


When motivation falls so low you’ve lost the rhythm of life’s flow. Nothing in life seems quite worthwhile when every look’s one more fake smile, your brain’s inspired but not your heart, there is no beauty in life’s art, you … Continue reading

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Give Gaia a Rest


When I look all around not much good’s to be found so perhaps it is best to give Gaia a rest. We’ll die from our own greed grabbing more than we need. A catastrophe will soon come and burst our … Continue reading

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Our shit!


At times I simply wonder why all the gods don’t weep and cry as this earth mankind has messed till to the core poor Gaia’s stressed. Yet still we live like pigs in shit and we don’t seem to mind … Continue reading

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The Spirit within us


The Spirit within us still flows strong today The Spirit within us will teach us Gaia’s way The Spirit within us connects us to the Earth The Spirit within us connects us with our birth The Spirit within us tells … Continue reading

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The first day of Spring


The first day of Spring so now it’s time to fling Winter’s dark and woe back where it does go and throw off the cold to walk proud and bold into another year with no doubt or fear but a … Continue reading

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the truth must grow


Spring has sprung it’s song is sung Each bird and bee is now set free to spread their truth; returning youth The lands regrowth; needs our true oath that we will stand beside this land ‘gainst any foe the truth … Continue reading

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Corporate Care


“For The Love of Money” their motto read and they don’t care if the planet’s dead. There’s corporate to think of – corporate need; it’s not like it’s about profit or greed. We have shareholders who need their gain; we’re … Continue reading

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Time to wander


Today I’ll go to another place; a place I want to be. I’ll walk in that new place simply to see what I can see. Perhaps there are new things to see or maybe even learn; I always find what … Continue reading

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On Clowns


When I look into the Sacred Clown I never see a mournful frown but see a wisdom deep and wild; so deep they’ve found their inner child. The dancing eyes, the singing heart, the wisdom of that childish art of … Continue reading

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Dancing In Another Place


When the vibration that is music moves your very soul you know way down deep inside you’ve reached a sacred goal. It’s when you feel the movement of body and of mind that music’s reached the very place it is … Continue reading

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The Future Path


The future path that’s long since cast; set deep in stone; writ by our past. A world defiled must be regrown; resist the seeds that we have sown. A world left fallow to return from our urge to simply burn; … Continue reading

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