Brian Taylor Poems

When the rich give alms they give of their richesse.
The poor give of their insufficiency.

The rich donate the merit to their egoic mind.
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Papa Francis says He and
each of his cohorts of priests
can forgive abortion.
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There can be no more stirring sight
than a Pride of Gays
prowling the main streets of our great cities!
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Delivered from the Cross
with all the authority
of the Saviour of the World
at the precise moment
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There’s a lot to be said for a balanced world,
stable and well-fenced-in,
that plays early that prays late
and industriously fills the within.
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The road humped over the hill and dipped
and out of politeness we dipped too
and didn’t go as the butterfly did
straight across and into the view.
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“Oh Lord, I have terrified
my soul at your graveyards
where the spirits of your people
thought to rest
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One man’s yesterday

is another man’s magic theatre.
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November Rose.
Pink and white and mauve.
Solitary, still,
among the rosemary and late autumnal gorse.
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Journeying from the beginning
(of which there is no beginning) ,
travelling for millions of years
(which cannot be measured in millions or years) ,
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