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Name:
john
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Age:
49
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May 29, 2009
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About Me:
One of my poems:
Sunset
I sit in silence this evening
Pondering how past events have lead up to this day
How each feather of wisdom
Drifts silently in the medium of memory;
The known becomes the unknown
Thoughts linger for a brief moment
Evoking overwhelming fear;
The sound of hunting dogs
Merges with listless regrets
That never find resolution
But drift in and out of memory
Questioning endings and beginnings
Forming the garment of the self:
This woolly coat is pulled tight
Against a chilly world
This mirrored reflection stings the heart
Uncertainty is the price we pay
For the gift of life;
Each fully experienced moment
Lights the darkness
Leaving us no time
To question what might have been
Only what has been;
Comfort is found only in hindsight.
My poised heart cries out
Hoping to touch vague longings;
Seeking intangible resolutions
That move through this experience of succession
I search for another pattern
To hold reason and passion in tension
I am lost in the marsh of memory
Where phantoms lead me into speculation;
Searching for the might have been
I tread over long dead leaves
Seeking lost hopes and present fears;
Struggling with these unresolved contradictions
I move towards a dark future
Where shadows juxtapose dissimilar images
Erasing the known;
These images intertwine into frightening shapes
Forming reflections
That are not one but many;
Tearing myself from myself
I know this pale future
Laughs at my futile attempts
To avoid knowledge to painful to face
Still something remembers.
Memory is present to a self,
Something is explored;
Someone does this exploring;
Or is this feeling
A card-house
Built by the imagination
To protect us
Against a cruel night
To severe to meet
With an unprotected gaze
Hometown:
Sydney, here there and else where
Country:
Turkmenistan
Occupation:
Teaching
Schools:
University of NSW, BA(hons) Phd
Interests:
Computing, writing, Western philosophy and publishing poetry, the New Physics and beauty in all its forms.
Movies:
To many to list
Music:
Motel 168, Two Spot Gobi, Enigma, Jean Michael Jarre, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Anjani, the Rolling stones, Traffic, Janis Joplin, Sade, Nora Jones, Sting, Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, D.I.G, Simon and Art Garfunkel, Jeffro Tull and many others.
Books:
Anything by Synge, James Joyce, Wallace Stevens, Josef Conrad, Ursula Le Guin, the Beat poets, L. Durrell, Cixous, D. Thomas, Jean Genet, Camus, V. Wolfe, Patrick White, Carl Jung,Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Christopher Marlowe, Sartre, Kabbalah, Wittgenstein, anything on the New Physics and many other writers.
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Channel Comments
- Kahlil Gibran -
A big hug from me, dear John
~~~ CHUCK
:-)
Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Your friend,
John
I appreciate your comment on my video. I have not put up many videos in recent times so I thought I would throw together a simple one of one of my favorite songs. I hope you are continuing with your lovely writings !
~~~ Chuck
Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round. ~Jessica Archmint
I wish u all a magical & Merry Xmas! Hugs, Love & Light Shanti