I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love.
My country is Kiltartan's Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor.
No likely end could bring them loss,
or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight -
Nor public men, nor cheering crowd....
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Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love.
My country is Kiltartan's Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor.
No likely end could bring them loss,
or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight -
Nor public men, nor cheering crowd....
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sunfeather:
But 'bohemian shaggy' and pretty are not mutually exclusive. Shaggy, or shabby, are usually just part of the pose. It's the genuinely shabby that has disappeared from the public sphere.
trixel:
now that is a trip to look forward to. my sister and I have been talking about doing a roller coaster tour of north america, but I'm not sure we'll ever get our asses in gear and do it. I'm sure it would involve several months of cheap motels.
start wearing purple
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scott:
my mom's side of the family are all from cohoes, so i kind of picked up that strange tri-city accent. i also went to HVCC for two semesters.
sunfeather:
You remain the most inscrutable man on the site, ya bastard.
remuemenage:
portraits
furnace days darken yellow orange
tracing inscrutable Nature's algorithm map
across the sky. intricate fibre patterns
shift and dissolve swept up by tidal currents
turned monotonic winter
tracing inscrutable Nature's algorithm map
across the sky. intricate fibre patterns
shift and dissolve swept up by tidal currents
turned monotonic winter
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waldo_jeffers:
Happy New Year! 
trixel:
please don't let my lack of communication make you think I didn't enjoy all of your responses on my journal this year. Many of them came just when I needed them. So thank you very much.
happy new year, my friend.
happy new year, my friend.
remuemenage:
action photography
I found some old photographs of a rafting trip down the Colorado River (it occurs to me that I should get my photography equipment back in order ......
I was reminded of my miserable, charmed youth - I appear here at 23
this is a group photo - my brother is in the maroon shirt and floppy armyhat , my father recedes in the back...
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I was reminded of my miserable, charmed youth - I appear here at 23
this is a group photo - my brother is in the maroon shirt and floppy armyhat , my father recedes in the back...
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kay:
Hey there sweetie.
I'm just checking in. I was having some weird dreams today, and your name was in the mix. Is all well?
Take care.
~cheers
I'm just checking in. I was having some weird dreams today, and your name was in the mix. Is all well?
Take care.
~cheers
medeia:
Oh no! Thank YOU for looking my set and leaving me a lovely compliment 
question I'm pondering
bean & rice burritos - with salsa or without?
a.bathed in chipotle sauce
b.nothing spicier than sour cream, please
c. goatmeat is murder
d. candy is dandy, liquor is quicker - but gazpacho is the true language of love
bean & rice burritos - with salsa or without?
a.bathed in chipotle sauce
b.nothing spicier than sour cream, please
c. goatmeat is murder
d. candy is dandy, liquor is quicker - but gazpacho is the true language of love
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sunfeather:
You have all the best poetry, dude - that was great!
Reminds me a bit of the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy song 'I See a darkness'
My best unbeaten brother,
That is not all I see
Oh no, I see a darkness...
Reminds me a bit of the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy song 'I See a darkness'
My best unbeaten brother,
That is not all I see
Oh no, I see a darkness...
kay:
~cheers
~cheers
I wore my teeth in my hand so I could mess up the hair of the night
The Velvet Underground
selling my labor/energy too cheaply - but I'm beginning to see the light
The Velvet Underground
selling my labor/energy too cheaply - but I'm beginning to see the light
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lizfitts:
I love Dostoevsky - though I have never read that one. But I will!
Are you here now? What's up?
Are you here now? What's up?
lizfitts:
That's me! (self portraits, of course)
There is a good channel out of Fordham, but my antenna, uh, broke off. So, I don't get a good signal from there.
How's yr mood? I went up 50% on a stabilizer & now I'm as close to superwoman as I've been in 12 years!
There is a good channel out of Fordham, but my antenna, uh, broke off. So, I don't get a good signal from there.
How's yr mood? I went up 50% on a stabilizer & now I'm as close to superwoman as I've been in 12 years!
some words by Frank O'Hara that resonate, that I stumbled across this morning
entitled simply Poem
Instant coffee with slightly sour cream
in it, and a phone call to the beyond
which doesn't seem to be coming any nearer.
"Ah daddy, I wanna stay drunk many days"
on the poetry of a new friend
my life held precaiously in the seeing
hands of others, their...
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entitled simply Poem
Instant coffee with slightly sour cream
in it, and a phone call to the beyond
which doesn't seem to be coming any nearer.
"Ah daddy, I wanna stay drunk many days"
on the poetry of a new friend
my life held precaiously in the seeing
hands of others, their...
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abra:
i like people who quote poetry in their journals.
abra:
yes, here's to new friends. (i'm drinking bailey's and coffee. yum.)
the Blues jumped up a rabbit
rabbit run a quarter mile
that poor little furry bunny
scared just like a baby child
.........and if you ain't scared, man , you ain't right
Taj Mahal
trying to shake this earthbound muddy-minded
rabbit run a quarter mile
that poor little furry bunny
scared just like a baby child
.........and if you ain't scared, man , you ain't right
Taj Mahal
trying to shake this earthbound muddy-minded
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juniordeputy:
haha. that was the best comment ever!
marigold:
indeed.
a good jog around the Plaza - tends to make me word
every man lives a life of quiet desperation
-paraphrase from Thoreau-
so I'm not the only one who gets punched in the face every time I stand up and stretch out in glory.
maybe that's what makes me philosophical - failure
there seems to be no woman in the world my spiritual shape...
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every man lives a life of quiet desperation
-paraphrase from Thoreau-
so I'm not the only one who gets punched in the face every time I stand up and stretch out in glory.
maybe that's what makes me philosophical - failure
there seems to be no woman in the world my spiritual shape...
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india:
there will be more than one woman in the world 'your spirtual shape' you just havent met em yet
rainwolfkin:
i appreciate your reponse.
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you only get punched in the face for standing up in glory because others are trying to do the same. expansion. we just can't help it. like the question of satisfaction...we just keep searching. if we find something, we want something more. like little plants fighting each other for the best position in the sunlight...
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you only get punched in the face for standing up in glory because others are trying to do the same. expansion. we just can't help it. like the question of satisfaction...we just keep searching. if we find something, we want something more. like little plants fighting each other for the best position in the sunlight...