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To a Dark Girl
I love you for your browness And the rounded darkness of your breast. I love you for the breaking sadness in your voice And the shadows...
Jay Murdock
Sep 12, 20061 min read
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Pleasure
Then the hermit, who visited the city once a year, came forth and said, Speak to us of Pleasure. And he answered saying; pleaseure is a...
Jay Murdock
Aug 30, 20062 min read
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Apathy Is Ascribed to the Modest Man
Apathy is ascribed to the modest man, Fraud to the devout, Hypocrisy to the pure, Cruelty to the hero, Hostility to the anchorite,...
Jay Murdock
Apr 30, 20061 min read
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Last Night IÂ Dreamed
Last night I dreamed. Not something I do often, Not something I could really understand. It was strange, the images haunting, The...
Jay Murdock
Apr 17, 20061 min read
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Traveling At Night
Slender grasses, A breeze on the riverbank, The tall mast Of my boat alone in the night. Stars hang All across a vast plain. The moon...
Jay Murdock
Apr 15, 20061 min read
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On Friendship
And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship. And he answered, Â saying: Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow...
Jay Murdock
Mar 31, 20061 min read
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Happiness
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Madeline Stark (1893-1993) Ms. Stark...
Jay Murdock
Mar 2, 20061 min read
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Friendship
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows your strengths; Feels your fears but fortifies your faith; Sees your anxieties but frees...
Jay Murdock
Mar 1, 20061 min read
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Sonnet
We often pass a night warm and intimate In an unfamiliar room whose shape In the daytime we have no way to know, Let alone its past, its...
Jay Murdock
Feb 20, 20061 min read
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The Christmas Star
It was winter. The wind blew from the plain. And the infant was cold In the cave in the slope of a hill. The breath of an ox Warmed him. ...
Jay Murdock
Dec 18, 20053 min read
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When Sue Wears Red
When Susanna Jones wears red Her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumpets, Jesus! When...
Jay Murdock
Dec 12, 20051 min read
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King Richard Is Dead… Long Live The King
His words often rang harsh and hurtful but always seemed so true. He made us take off the rose colored glasses to see the world and yes –...
Jay Murdock
Dec 11, 20051 min read
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Juke Box Love Song
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon light and make a crown. Take the Lenox buses, Taxis, subways, And for...
Jay Murdock
Dec 9, 20051 min read
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Hymn To Night
Vedic From The Rig Veda (c 1500 – 1200 BC) So vast, our Goddess Night, she rises, star-eyes gazing everywhere; all her finery of dress...
Jay Murdock
Nov 29, 20051 min read
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Life Is….
Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is a beauty, praise it. Life is a challenge, mean it. Life is a duty, perform it. Life is a game,...
Jay Murdock
Nov 23, 20051 min read
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On the truths of the human experience
Quote On the truths of the human experienceOn Reason and Passion And the priestess spoke again and said: Speak to us of Reason and...
Jay Murdock
Nov 2, 20052 min read
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In a Coltrane Kind of Place Today
In a Coltrane Kind of Place TodayHere Where Coltrane IsSoul and raceare private dominions,memories and modalsongs, a tenor...
Jay Murdock
Nov 1, 20051 min read
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A Song For My Son
If you listen you will hear the voices of your soul speaking softly in your ear of inner wealth untold. If you seek so shall you find...
Jay Murdock
Oct 18, 20051 min read
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