Friday, May 20, 2005 A FEAST of DIAMONDS & DUST -- An anthology of quotes, segments, musings and innuendo from a wide variety of sources. -- THE DEBTS WE CANNOT PAY THIS EVENING VENUS SINGS ALONE ALL IN THE WILDERNESS ARE FREE OF HARM FATAL CONVERSATIONS BEFORE MIRRORS DERELICTS DO NOT DREAM OF BEING SHIPS AN IDEAL LIFE CONTAINS A TAVERN THE NOISES OF NIGHT ARE CRIES FOR HELP SCULPT A WORD OF PRIVATE NEED COLLARS OF WASTE UPON OUR SHORE STERILE TEENS AND MARVELOUS CATHEDRALS COLOURED BY CULTURE AND BY GAS THE EATINGS OF SLIGHT LOVE VOWS THAT I COULD NEVER SWEAR SPIRITS GROW AS WE GO SIDE BY SIDE THE HILLS OF HOME! MY HEART REMEMBERS NOW! WHEN ALL THINGS MEET TO MARRY! ONLY SLEEP ETERNAL! SPEED, THERE AS HERE! FADED, THE BRIGHT MIND-FLOWER! HOME TO SILENT GROTS AND CAVES! WORRYSOME CONDITION OF HUMANITY! MUSIC! CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND? WE WILL NOT THINK OF THEMES LIKE THESE! MUSIC, BOLD BACCHANAL! SONG WALK IN BEAUTY! A PAUSING GENIUS STIRRED AWAKE! WHAT WEARS OUT THE LIFE OF MORTAL MEN? THE PLAYTHINGS OF OUR LIVES- WOMEN, WIVES IF NOT SOFT- THAN BE KIND, IF DUMB- BOOST A HUNGRY MIND HOW CAN WE KNOW THE DANCER FROM THE DANCE? MOVE MOST GENTLY IF MOVE YOU MUST LAUGHTER- LEARNT OF FRIENDS THESE CLUMSY FEET GO CRUSHING BLOSSOMS WITH NO END HEARD MELODIES ARE SWEET- BUT THOSE UNHEARD ARE SWEETER THE TREBLE OF HEAVEN’S HARMONY IS HEARD HERE- REJOICE! THE EVENING –STILL UNCARVED- LIES BEFORE US COLORS BEFORE US FLY- BLUE AND CRIMSON, WHITE IT SHINES! MUSIC HAS POWER TO QUIET THE RESTLESS PULSE OF CARE THE MENACE OF MY PEERS- FINDS AND SHALL FIND ME- UNAFRAID PLANT! LIFE DOES THE REST! A RESOLUTE HEART AND CHEERFUL? WHY- A CRITIC WILL CALL IT GOOD! HELP US TO WRITE- SHOW US THE GATES THE MIND’S PETALS- WINDS MORPHING- STRINGS SCRAPING LOVE- AN UNFAMILAIR NAME -- posted by Walter at 5/20/2005 Tuesday, May 17, 2005 COOL FIRE ‘At ninety I shall penetrate the mystery of things’ -Hokusai- -- Cool fire: Emits consistent theme sparks- Friendships endure on Pamphlets and promises- We fight our foes for every inch Tomorrow’s Yeah Yeahs- shamble The world’s biggest economy- Predators on either side Share a mutual lack of depth Mix- Kerouac’s highway Canetti’s hot type Capote’s cold blood- Feverish intimations Drive the hospices of fame I'm marred by deception: After weeks of infatuation- Months of peace- Seasons of assembling- Years of short circuitry ensued Biased, intentional- Full aperture focused southwards: Pawns and Poker players Question simple sentiments- Credo: Intrigued Soaked shapes Punched out in the dark- Adding to a travelogue filled With pointless descriptions- Apologies, and appeals Blue for business Red for the twisted sense Purple for melody- Black- for the stoic searching For an irrational aesthetic This This This This & That I'm observing unique distractions- A fractured timepiece, Mended by calculation- Fortunes & empires falling By sleight of hand History rebounds- Resurgent and prosperous, Heading towards a palpable future: A prospective union of Prophets- Architects- Generals- Sign painters- Doctrines- and Caffeine -- © Walt 2005 -- posted by Walter at 5/17/2005