Category Archives: Life

The Gordian Knot

Posted on September 30, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

This Gordian Knot inside of me; binding me so I am never free. Amazing how my mind can tie knots so tight, I don’t even try to reach the freedom always near; bound to life by my own deep fear.

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Rite of passage

Posted on September 28, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

When they learn to explore their mind it’s wonderful just what they find. The exploration that is youth can lead to the most wondrous truth. But if it’s left without a guide it may find things it can’t abide. The … Continue reading →

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The Gentleman’s Art

Posted on September 26, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

Buildin’ fences, chain by chain, with nothin’ but shovel and bar; the fanciest piece of equipment, a little red Hillman car. A car that could go most anywhere; more than one thought four by four; it could drag a trailer … Continue reading →

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Real Child

Posted on September 15, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

I remember the joy of running through trees; the fun that we found in picking up bees. Then sometimes a tree just got in the way or the bee would manage to sting anyway. But the cast on your arm … Continue reading →

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Meditations on sinking

Posted on September 11, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

Sometimes life feels it’s torn asunder at other times it’s just gone under. But under what? I then will think, for I must float if I’m to sink. But then I realise down below there is a soft and gentle … Continue reading →

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My Thanks

Posted on September 9, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

To that man I bow my head; through all the words that I have read ‘tis Leunig who has shone a light on all things that I know are right. ‘Tis Leunig who with every Ode leads me down one … Continue reading →

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Evolution/Revolution

Posted on August 26, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

Evolution Revolution Circles unbroken Words unspoken The journey of being The beauty of seeing Standing here and now Upon my ships prow Where will it go I never can know I can’t see ahead Futures can’t be fled From pasts … Continue reading →

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Flaccidity Ditty

Posted on August 26, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

I really hate the flatlands, when I’m looking for some fun. I’m looking for a river that has some rapids I can run. I just got myself a new toy and I want to try it out, But flaccid little … Continue reading →

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I love to feel the needles

Posted on August 25, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

I love to feel the needles of the sweet embrace of cold As the creeping chill goes deeper, gently taking hold. The cold of morn reminds me each and every day Of Gaia’s sweet impermanence as the sun burns it … Continue reading →

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The River

Posted on August 25, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

A river flows around me, I don’t know where it goes I only feel the sweet caress as it gently flows. It starts somewhere beyond me; a tiny spring appears, then it joins with others as it meanders through the … Continue reading →

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Judgements

Posted on August 25, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

“I know him, I can label him, I know right now what’s wrong.” The words that I hear everyday; a common healthcare song. But labels, I find are for jars of nuts out in the shed; the reality of being … Continue reading →

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Impermanence 2

Posted on August 25, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

change is life’s answer to the confusion we choose life’s answer to all

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Impermanence 1

Posted on August 25, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

The change is constant Moving through birth, growth and death Our Iife’s ebb and flow

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Musings on life

Posted on August 15, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

I walk a path that differs from the trail where your feet fall; I like to walk away sometimes, where the wild Dingoes still call. Some place that’s far up in the bush where the eucalypts grow tall and there … Continue reading →

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Good Morning World.

Posted on August 3, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

I love to wake in the early morn; that gentle time twixt night and dawn. The time the Dawn Chorus begins to cleanse the new day of all sins. And through the day, whatever’s done you know in beauty it’s … Continue reading →

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