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Tag Archives: William Blake
The Catacombs of Night
Lo! I have wrestled angels in the catacombs of night and risen, as if from the dead, bone-weary, at daylight, my sheets soaked through with fevered sweat and every muscle sore, and tufts of mutilated feathers scattered on the floor, … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, death, dilemmas, fear, night, paradox, sleep, transformation, William Blake
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While Reading of Ginsberg’s Life
To wake while reading William Blake to taste of life in dreamlike doses flexing the sinews of the mind in the fight against some status quo that lumbers, like a Clydesdale pair to drag a dying culture’s broken-wheeled cart along … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, change, culture, dreams, growth, poetry, William Blake
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Song for Today
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour — William Blake, Auguries of Innocence I sing a song for … Continue reading
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Tagged affirmations, Auguries of Experience, daily poems, William Blake
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