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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Duet from the Neighbours Above

July 31, 2012by merlinspielen 10 Comments

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Ethics, Family, Fiction, Happiness, Health, Joke, Memory, Politics, Psychology, Schadenfreude, Writing, |Ramble

Why I am a Failure – for Today.

July 31, 2012by merlinspielen 10 Comments

There are some mornings when people shouldn’t get out of bed. And by people I mean me. I should have stayed in bed today. I should have stayed in bed […]

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Overwhelming Desire

July 30, 2012by merlinspielen 20 Comments

WARNING: This poem contains strong language. If you don’t like the F-word – well you won’t like this. But then again you might just love it…feel the rock n roll […]

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Energy, Ethics, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Dementia

July 29, 2012by merlinspielen 14 Comments

  Dad, you lived here once this house with forget-me-nots do you remember? Inspired by the theme word “Forget-me-not” at   Related articles Could it be dementia? (thehindu.com) I Saw […]

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Debt, Ethics, Family, Haiku, Happiness, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing

One Hour Lover

July 29, 2012by merlinspielen 9 Comments

This world is so lonely especially after dark I’d say a prayer to somewhere to have you for one hour lying here in my arms I don’t trust that there’s […]

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Ethics, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Ravenous

July 28, 2012by merlinspielen 4 Comments

You make me hungry. You stand close filling my senses with sharp-edged aching want even just being so near to you I can feel the blood in your veins smell […]

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Ethics, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Thinking Happy Thoughts

July 27, 2012by merlinspielen 3 Comments

daylight noon time sunlight summer heat music playing steady beat work week count down work geek freedom time going to find some playtime recharge relax at large away from here […]

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Family, Green, Happiness, Health, Holiday, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Broken Glass

July 26, 2012by merlinspielen 14 Comments

You brought wine that night we sipped by starlight watching fireflies winking while talking dreams You moved in close that night we kissed by moonlight caressing lightening sparks while touching […]

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Energy, Ethics, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Politics, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Brain Freeze

July 25, 2012by merlinspielen 13 Comments

Smiling you offer me that delight I cannot refuse You watch as I with bowed head explore the treat exposed before me first gently tasting exploring in increasing hungry urgency […]

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Energy, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Schadenfreude, Writing, |Ramble

Haunting Dawning

July 24, 2012by merlinspielen 5 Comments

night crumples down around me blackness clasps me dearly closely calls me friend and lover tells me there is no other silently quietly tenderly whispering nothings until my eyes are […]

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Bully, Ethics, Family, Health, Holiday, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Confusion

July 23, 2012by merlinspielen 4 Comments

The less I knew more certain was truth and love and honour The longer I live The more I read The more slips into my head The harder it becomes […]

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Heat Wave

July 22, 2012by merlinspielen 6 Comments

focused summer sun burns under skin carrying explicit intent   Inspired by the theme word “meaning” at Related articles New Bathing Suit, Eh? (poorlydressed.failblog.org) The 10 Commandments of Summer (thebackbedroom.wordpress.com) […]

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Debt, Haiku, Happiness, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Saturday July 21, 2012

July 21, 2012by merlinspielen 7 Comments

I think I won’t have time to make a real post today! “Write drunk, edit sober” Sounds like a plan – but does it work? Sounds like research is required. […]

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Summer Burn

July 20, 2012by merlinspielen 10 Comments

heat of day rolling waves off my skin bouncing on pavement across concrete and glass shimmering patterns distorting reflecting creating oasis illusion enticing me forward yearning for quick sip of […]

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Free Fall

July 19, 2012by merlinspielen 13 Comments

Inside myself finding cliff edge feeling sharp break between known and unknown It is safe over here why would I go there? her smile pulls me dammit why is this […]

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Debt, Energy, Family, Fiction, Happiness, Memory, Money, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Flying the coop: The scrambled world of backyard poultry

July 19, 2012by merlinspielen 2 Comments

Reblogged from Grist: Here are a few things you should know about keeping backyard chickens: Poultry are “poop machines” — but cleaning up after them is “less maintenance than a […]

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Debt, Green, Happiness, Money, Psychology, Urban Farming, |Ramble

Busted Blues

July 18, 2012by merlinspielen 5 Comments

I ain’t got me no car so I can’t get to far still wanna see my girl take her out for a twirl dance her across that floor and later […]

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Debt, Energy, Family, Fiction, Happiness, Health, Joke, Memory, Money, Poem, Politics, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Locked and I Like it.

July 18, 2012by merlinspielen 17 Comments

You stood so near heat of your body prickling my skin indelibly imprinting your mystery on me etched into every cell making you into my every looping thought so your […]

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Energy, Family, Happiness, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Triangular Thoughts

July 17, 2012by merlinspielen 8 Comments

Duality or Trinity? Which shall we aspire to be? Can obsession compulsion be divided refocused refined? Is it possible for passion to be diffused and infused beyond the binary? We […]

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Insanely Normal

July 16, 2012by merlinspielen 10 Comments

Here I am once again part of the chorus all on my own stuck in the middle all alone doing as I am told being told how I am and […]

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Family, Green, Happiness, Memory, Poem, Politics, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Normally Insane

July 16, 2012by merlinspielen 5 Comments

the daily madness is seeping spilling creeping across the living room oozing between us i have no conception of who you are why you are here your voice droning words […]

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Secrets

July 15, 2012by merlinspielen 15 Comments

Oh those unspeakable things we keep in our hidden places wrapped in old newspapers re-purposed bubble-wrap stuffed in boxes sealed with duct tape. What’s that our lovers ask Can I […]

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First Dance

July 14, 2012by merlinspielen 23 Comments

 My skin is tingling where our arms touched as we moved Can we dance again? Inspired by the theme word “first” at Related articles The First Dance (shannoneileenblog.typepad.com) This Is […]

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Debt, Haiku, Happiness, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Feral Desires

July 12, 2012by merlinspielen 12 Comments

These unruly woods lush dark reeking of cedar and pine lure me widdershins seeking sunny little spots where wild seraphim nest between the evergreens this forest is madness blurring blocking scratching […]

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Ethics, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Frustration

July 12, 2012by merlinspielen 3 Comments

repeating the task yet expecting different sense of completion

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Haiku, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Interweave

July 11, 2012by merlinspielen 9 Comments

Cast-on threads entwined knit one; purl two. Linear into dimensions Sphere into planes knit two; purl one. The needles click clack creation Without darkness there is no light. Without death there […]

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Family, Fiction, Happiness, Memory, Money, Poem, Politics, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Venereous

July 10, 2012by merlinspielen 15 Comments

Your warm scent makes me salivate with a wild ravenous hunger forcing me to initiate contact with your feral eyes. You waft slowly by where I wait eyeing my displayed […]

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Energy, Family, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Where Did it Go Wrong?

July 9, 2012by merlinspielen 25 Comments

These are your memories First dance First kiss First love Hiding condoms In bedroom drawers Graduation’s freedom Rejection’s bitter sting Discarded and spurned Months flow passing into forever after Each […]

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Debt, Energy, Family, Fiction, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing
Beautiful Blogger Award

Beautiful Blogger? You talking to me?

July 8, 2012by merlinspielen 12 Comments

Apparently I am a Beautiful Blogger! I am rather astonished at this designation – as well this the first time the word beautiful has ever been applied to me. Okay technically it is being […]

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Award, Debt, Fiction, Happiness, Health, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Lance and Lake

July 7, 2012by merlinspielen 10 Comments

This is insanity to stand so near your side I can never touch you No matter how I’ve tried We are born to yearning We are born to weep I […]

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Debt, Ethics, Fiction, Green, Happiness, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Distillation of You

July 7, 2012by merlinspielen 19 Comments

doppelgänger born from your alchemic essence remains shambling clay. Inspired by the theme word “vital” at Related articles Relics of the Past (comingeast.com) truth never changes (advocatemmmohanaksharaalu.wordpress.com) The truth is….. […]

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Summer Doldrums

July 6, 2012by merlinspielen 5 Comments

It is quiet around here. Too quiet. Also way too hot and humid for any person with any sanity to be out and walking the streets. Even the Englishmen  and mad dogs […]

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Energy, Ethics, Green, Happiness, Health, Memory, Money, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Heretic

July 5, 2012by merlinspielen 7 Comments

Freedom leads to questions testing and rejecting delusion and mythology. Aware Nietzsche and his madmen declared that ‘god is dead.’ How could we know if god was ever alive? unsure […]

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Debt, Ethics, Family, Happiness, Poem, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Singularity

July 4, 2012by merlinspielen 12 Comments

At night I wishing watch blossoms of meteors burn across infinite blackness from beyond the moon to beyond my dreams I reach up – invisibly trace the dying glow etched […]

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Energy, Family, Green, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Politics, Psychology, Writing, |Ramble

Pause

July 3, 2012by merlinspielen 3 Comments

On the dirt trail between the cedars is a broken granite rock. There I sit and think as I peel an orange. Related articles Pushing Pause (smileandwave.typepad.com) Amy Welborn’s Words […]

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Green, Happiness, Health, Memory, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Howling Love

July 2, 2012by merlinspielen 8 Comments

Daybreak he lurks in shadowy places hiding in taverns – frightening the sane. No sunlight here, just dank lonely spaces. Ignoring the hunger driving his pain He waits for darkness, […]

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Bully, Debt, Family, Fiction, Happiness, Health, Poem, Psychology, Writing

Keystone

July 1, 2012by merlinspielen 3 Comments

locked firmly into place it holds everything together. as you held me.

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