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Counting the Stars

10 Sunday Feb 2013

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Stars over Sea

 

 

 

 

Bury my heart upon the hill,

So I can count the stars,

deafened by my silent rage,

the world’s a critic and life’s a stage,

you sent me to an early grave,

to dance with my daemons,

in a barbed wedding gown,

you broke my crown,

and lowered me down,

so I can haunt the stars.

How dare you call my name,

when you are broken too,

more damaged and fragile than I,

I hope I made you cry,

in that balmy summertime,

occupy my body and mind,

I’ll bury my heart on the hill,

so I can dream of the stars.

 

Dedicated to my dear cousin Alan – may you rest in peace – you will be missed, I hope you can dance with the stars.

© Counting the Stars  10.02.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Stars over Sea (Photo credit: overgraeme)

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I Believe

19 Saturday Jan 2013

Posted by in Buddhism, Daily life, Deep Stuff!, Poetry

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A tawny owl (Strix aluco). Français : Une chou...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shall I tell you what I believe?

It changes daily with the breeze.

 

Reflect and pause,

pause and think…

 

Believe nothing.

 

© I Believe 19.01.21013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

A tawny owl (Strix aluco). Français : Une chouette hulotte (Strix aluco). Русский: Серая или обыкновенная неясыть (Strix aluco). Türkçe: boyu 37-39 cm, kanat açıklığı 94-104 cm olan Alaca baykuş (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Ephemera

18 Friday Jan 2013

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IMG_7268b_triple_rainbow

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainbow flag transcendent,

commemorates the day,

sun emerges victor,

the rain is gone away.

 

© Ephemera 18.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

IMG_7268b_triple_rainbow (Photo credit: oaklandEarthGirl)

 

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Remember Remember

17 Thursday Jan 2013

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English: Kwan Yin - Chinese goddess of mercy &...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember not

to forget

to remember

close your eyes

breathe in

breathe out

close your eyes

the silence brings

remembrance

not to forget

to remember

 

 

© Remember Remember 17.01.2013

 

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: Kwan Yin – Chinese goddess of mercy & compassion Statue of Kwan Yin in the grounds of Greenway House (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Knitting Couplets

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Illustration from "Vivilore: The Pathway ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knitting with syllables

pen and purl

lexical needles

pattern unfurls

pencils slip stitches

pens purl clichés

scheming skeins

unpicking dreams

slip stitch sibilance

cast off vigilance

trying hard again

to crochet a cardigan

No – not me

I prefer

knitting poems.

 

© Knitting doublets 16.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Illustration from “Vivilore: The Pathway to Mental and Physical Perfection” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Striking the Blues

08 Tuesday Jan 2013

Posted by in Anger, Deep Stuff!, Loss, Poetry

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Pit head silhouette

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iconic charming history,

repeats the sad refrain,

as, once more, we get screwed over,

we sing along again;

the blues echo a doleful tune,

and strike the same discord,

man mines the depths of misery,

bank on, fools, gold reward!

We steel ourselves with loyalty,

patriotic to the ends,

whilst red skies scream solemnity,

we bend our plastic friends.

Ironic charnel history,

repeats the shame, refrain,

prepare to get screwed over,

as we sing along in vain.

 

© Striking the Blues 08.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Pit head silhouette (Photo credit: alastairb)

 

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Awakenings

05 Saturday Jan 2013

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Lotus Bloom

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh fragile temple

Oh temperate soul

Let me be silent

And master control

 

© Awakenings 05.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Lotus Bloom (Photo credit: Chris Hunkeler)

 

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Eternal Flame

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Passion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cremate me in your

fires of passion,

burn my soul

indelibly,

memories will

a story fashion,

of how we

loved,

and used

to be.

 

© Eternal Flame 02.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Passion (Photo credit: -RejiK)

 

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Love Stories

31 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Polski: Rycerze Okrągłego Stołu i święty Graal...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The greatest love story,

never told,

needn’t be,

the ones of old.

Living in lands,

cloaked with dreams,

where archetypes rule,

and tears become streams.

When day becomes night,

and Knights rule of old,

where the greatest love stories,

are never told.

 

Pick up a pen,

and brandish your sword,

battle your daemons,

and pen your words,

look to your heart,

for stories held close,

let the midnight ink glisten –

stars dancing with ghosts.

May rainbows arc brightly

and clouds cloak bad dreams,

shooting stars sparkle,

and waltz with moonbeams.

 

© Love Stories 31.12.2012

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Polski: Rycerze Okrągłego Stołu i święty Graal. Malunek z XV w. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Phobos and Deimos

12 Wednesday Dec 2012

Posted by in Deep Stuff!, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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!image0011Confetti stars,

and the moons of Mars,

glitter in the sky.

 

My lover’s tears,

weeps a million years,

silently each night.

 

To you I fly,

through rainbow skies,

riding clouds of unicorn white.

 

My broken heart,

as my love departs,

Helios has taken flight.

 

© Phobos and Deimos 12.12.2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

(photo credit – unknown – please contact me if you wish me to remove or add credit to this picture)

 

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