"The smell of ink is intoxicating to me - others may have wine, but I have poetry." ~ Terri Guillemets
28 July 2010
Faces of Beauty
Posted by
Antony Kamau
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the cruelty of beauty
its appeal to greed
lust its deity
and obsession its breed
the wit of beauty
its bait unseen
wile its ingenuity
and skulduggery in between
the poison of beauty
its toxic grandeur
hypnotic its vanity
and overwhelming its splendor
the frailty of beauty
its withering tendency
rotting in its hollow entity
and demise its destiny
Image: Carlos Schwabe, Fleurs-du-mal horloge, 1900
09 July 2010
This year's birthday!
Posted by
The Merovingian
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I am one day older ..maybe wiser, maybe not
the days are a bit colder ...
time has put me on the spot
right there at the crossing
some say its just a day
like any other, who cares
for me though, as it may
its not the same, i dare
say boldly; at this crossing
so much time has gone,
what have I done with it?
no idea, as I stand alone,
in this blistering heat,
at the center of this crossing
I don't see much to live for,
I take life day by bloody day!
Work and then work some more,
For tomorrow, I really can't say.
Why am I at this crossing?
Here at this four point divide,
all my life's actions culminate here,
Its time again for me to decide,
where next my life to steer,
A choice to be made; at this crossing!
so these are my options,
left, right, back, forth,
I contemplate my actions,
and whether they're worth,
to choose from this crossing
strangely I am inclined to the left
I feel I am on the wrong parallel
maybe my true straight lies farther on
this pull, this will, well it wins
and I choose left, to find my fated right.
Image: Petr Kratochvil, Happy Birthday In Sand
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