jam#2 atop a minaret shining
jam#2 atop a minaret shining
east of eden,
west of mecca
south of antarctica
north of santa claus.
[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
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- Dawn of Tomorrow
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sky pilot
how high can you fly
and never never never
touch the sky
neruda wrote a poem
how high can you fly
and never never never
touch the sky
neruda wrote a poem
Para subir al cielo se necesitan
dos alas, un violín
y cuantas cosas
sin numerar, sin que se hayan nombrado,
certificados de ojo largo y lento,
inscripcíon en las uñas del almendro, títulos de la hierba en la mañana.
To rise to the sky you need
two wings,
a violin,
and so many things, incalculable things, things without names,
a license for a large slow-moving eye,
the inscription on the nails of the almond tree,
the titles of the grass in the morning.
Extravagaria (U Texas Press, '94)
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- ren&stimpy
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- Joined: June 7th, 2005, 12:52 pm
this minaret is like covered with icing
or syrup, chocolate covered mosque,
cone, maybe almond sherbert
or a magic minaret that flies,
hitches a ride on a carpet
to Italy and becomes just a tower,
campanile, yet i digress:
the muezzin yowling 5 times
a day we don't hear here,
we don't see the fellahs
in their gowns (course wifeys
stay down in their elegant
tunics), the camels and Suqs and
water-pipes, samovars, and beggars wtih
one swollen elephant hand
and rheumy eye asking for
alms and ishallah, ishallah--
no, hippies don't know much about that.
or syrup, chocolate covered mosque,
cone, maybe almond sherbert
or a magic minaret that flies,
hitches a ride on a carpet
to Italy and becomes just a tower,
campanile, yet i digress:
the muezzin yowling 5 times
a day we don't hear here,
we don't see the fellahs
in their gowns (course wifeys
stay down in their elegant
tunics), the camels and Suqs and
water-pipes, samovars, and beggars wtih
one swollen elephant hand
and rheumy eye asking for
alms and ishallah, ishallah--
no, hippies don't know much about that.
- Doreen Peri
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have one for me LR!
yowsa! thanks dear zizter!
ren
again i gotta say
man there are times when i dig you
man
i am telling you,
playing some chordz man
i can read your poetic rantz
look up and follow trailz
what i'm saying
ya those minarets
symbols of control
more than enlightenment
and i would not fall down five times daily
prostrate like that
i can do 108 bows in my living room
a real workout!
of course i agree
the silk road not so silky
and we are disillusioned
yet we can remake it
redeem it
in communion.
ain't gonna stop now.
arabesque lines are cool.
you think i am sacharine sweet
not so
only compassion
and celebratory hope.
i draw you a camel stall
they hear the mullah's howl.
but a minaret shining
maybe in a make believe place
maybe after everybody gets stoned
we won't feel so all alone.
yowsa! thanks dear zizter!
ren
again i gotta say
man there are times when i dig you
man
i am telling you,
playing some chordz man
i can read your poetic rantz
look up and follow trailz
what i'm saying
ya those minarets
symbols of control
more than enlightenment
and i would not fall down five times daily
prostrate like that
i can do 108 bows in my living room
a real workout!
of course i agree
the silk road not so silky
and we are disillusioned
yet we can remake it
redeem it
in communion.
ain't gonna stop now.
arabesque lines are cool.
you think i am sacharine sweet
not so
only compassion
and celebratory hope.
i draw you a camel stall
they hear the mullah's howl.
but a minaret shining
maybe in a make believe place
maybe after everybody gets stoned
we won't feel so all alone.
[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
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