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wranx
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0 posted 2005-07-21 02:07 AM





It’s called “White Martyrdom”
When a monk secludes himself,
Often on an island, dead to all, save God

And immerses himself in hardship
Devotion and thought

It was all the rage with 7th century clerics

Thoreau too, had his martyrdom
In a self-built cabin

For two years and two months
He led a pertinent life beside his beloved pond
Before sojourning once more with the civilized

But, I am ignoble and impertinent

My own martyrdom
Perched in a hutch on this strip of red river
Is more gray than it is white

I’m no longer seeking answers or insight
I’m contented now, just to sit

And measure the passage of time
By noting the depth of dead things and dust
Collecting on the windowsills

Satisfied, to pour over the poetry of spiders
Written in their complex calligraphy of silk

Every verse, each word, shining and mutable
Subject to change in the dimming of day

While around me, the books of men wait
in their rust



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serenity blaze
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1 posted 2005-07-21 03:01 AM


rust...on others it's patina, on me? It's an accusation. Go figger.  

I understand m'yeti, the inclination...but I am happy to find your huge footprint here this morning:

"By noting the depth of dead things and dust
Collecting on the windowsills"


I framed a dead lizard once.  




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2 posted 2005-07-21 07:14 AM


Your martyrdom produces things like this....

Therefore it's gold, not gray. You're spinning gold out of that spider's web and the flecks of straw that followed you in, there by the door.



Mine would be green I think....waiting on my internal desert island for space aliens to haul me outta here......

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº>   ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº>  ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº>    ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
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3 posted 2005-07-21 07:36 AM


wranx
Each man spins his web and also has his ebb.

Sunshine
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4 posted 2005-07-21 08:38 AM



And yet?

You share well your thoughts,
most unlike some hermits
who would find seclusion
necessary
for survival.

Me? I like your spider's calligraphy.


Dark Stranger
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5 posted 2005-07-21 08:57 AM


and I in the dessert of of metroplis
in standing room only contimplation

exjoyed you wranxster

MARK V SHELDON
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6 posted 2005-07-21 09:29 AM


Hey Ed:  I really liked this stanza:

Satisfied, to pour over the poetry of spiders
Written in their complex calligraphy of silk

True to your unique and admirable style of fresh imagery and metaphor.  Very nice.

-MVS

You CAN make a difference, but first you should learn how: http://educate-yourself.org/intro.shtml

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7 posted 2005-07-21 12:40 PM


for your thoughts, for the simple truths
that are held securely within the web of complexity

Martie
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8 posted 2005-07-21 01:05 PM


Ed...You are a rich man!!  
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9 posted 2005-07-21 01:22 PM


I ditto Martie's comment!

You are a master peace...

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10 posted 2005-07-21 02:52 PM



I’m no longer seeking answers or insight
I’m contented now, just to sit


I think you finally got life right myself!  Nice reading you again.

Midnitesun
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11 posted 2005-07-21 06:06 PM


Karen frames a lizard?
LOL. Me?
I'm thinking of framing this!
(or you)


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12 posted 2005-07-22 09:56 PM


occassionally a little wisp of draft comes and disturbs those lovely little piles of dust....everything is renewed every now and again...

nice to see you

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13 posted 2005-07-23 03:46 PM


Don't you see that inside of you everything breathes . . .

You give life Eddie and THAT is something beyond this plane.

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14 posted 2005-11-23 10:51 AM


'..Every verse, each word, shining and mutable
Subject to change in the dimming of day'

as are we all, unless we tie ourselves to rusted books,ideas and most importantly, days better forgotten

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15 posted 2005-12-01 02:38 AM


Wipe away the old dust
and note the depth of the new things to come
because the spider is weaving a golden silk, exciting web.  

iliana
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16 posted 2005-12-01 03:23 AM


See my jaw dropping?!!!  I adore your writing, Wranx!  I am printing this one out; it fits where I am at right now.   ....jo
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17 posted 2005-12-06 05:15 PM


wranx, I don't agree with Ratleader.  I prefer your martyrdom to be wrapped in the mists of gray.  It is a deeper, more serene colour than gold, and it is the colour of wisdom.  Your poem is more than beautiful.  I will be reading it many times.  Thank you for enriching my life.

- Owl

littlewing
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18 posted 2005-12-06 06:54 PM


and you just sent me on a most lovely mad search in the British Isles then onto a cabin in the woods . . .
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19 posted 2005-12-07 02:49 AM



I missed this the first time around...
but glad I stumbled across it tonight...

Love this, Ed...

"When the power of love overcomes the love
of power the world will know peace."
--Jimi Hendrix

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20 posted 2005-12-08 12:44 PM


perfectly written, wranx.

in some ways I envy you --throwing off the material needs and the traffic and the clatter of electronic noise and of people-chatter; it grows louder by the day.


Corinne

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21 posted 2005-12-10 03:47 AM


usually i have some idea, but this time none.

there is no solitude on the internet.

i have done a retreat. 7 days without anyone to talk to except a tree is too much for me.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

ice
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22 posted 2005-12-10 05:19 AM


You have found a place to live deliberately,
Just like H.D.T.
I envy that choice and ability to do so...

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." .....Henry D. Thoreau

enjoyed the poem

____________ice
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23 posted 2005-12-11 11:14 PM


good words, glad i stopped by, thanks for sharing

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

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