Songs: Not Just Survival

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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

The Plan of the Day

The plan of the day is mine, And mine alone - And although like rose-petals Or acacia leaves We might branch together - There is no plan to do so. Best this way. Orchestrating happiness is best left to dead composers, Who touch score, Mere ink, and even then Not happy ‘til the team plays And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Whre has Your Hate Brought You?

Where has your hate brought you? Look around Take note! It’s Sarajevo - It’s Colorado and Oregon - It’s San Diego Burning bushes sacred to the straight and narrow Defiles in lost canyons, Where the sun never shines but to burn - In fire the world turns. Where has your hate brought you? To my door -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 25, 2004

Just Living - Living Just

Just living - living Just! Let me live like you - Under this experiment Regardless of my hue. Let it be - be it Let! Just as mine as your's is Just. And I like sweet geranium Seek solid ground to bloom my say - So give me my right soil - My just deserves - And I will take it to it's proper closing.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Wehn the Half of Us Is Gone

When the half of us is gone In the morning's filtered light The love wake of his heart Keeps me fast this day. And I have no illusions As he has no illusions of my weakness - Of my power Of my book and my bouquet. I long in those dim hours To be whole again as we had begun, To be solid and not water... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 23, 2004

When the Gays all Sing in North Carolina

When the gays all sing in North Carolina They sing on the capitol lawn. They knock at the doors of their monarch repressive And sweep the hearth clean of bad law. Then the gays sing in old Colorado, They ring to the Rockies that freedom is there. They rain love and justice on intolerance With... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 22, 2004

When the Voice Come

When the voices come to me at evening, When I least expect, they say - "We are all still with you - Come away, oh come away." They steal my mind to faces - Smiles of angels in the dusk Angels to protect me As I lulled them off to sleep, Saying to them, "go before me Clear the way, oh clear the way."... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

Finding in Your Arms

Finding in your arms in evening The lullaby - The sweet song to carry me away From the day. Down to the river's bevel to drink in the clear pool - Counting the minnows that wink at our image - Resting beneath the chestnut of our home. No one needs to know us or about us - Knowing might confuse them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Cannot Be Married

Cannot be married those homos and dykes! Sin against heaven! Be firm against them. The sanctity written will cast off the ages The ancients will scorn us! The father will strike us And the earth open up and suck us like Rome. Farewell to Home! I say, what has marraige to do with love - Tradition and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

A New Life Together

A new life together they began, the boys - Without a care for the commentary, The bullshit lies floating on lakes of appeal. They just did it. No money, no livings - Just love to guide them And the star of a poet to mend the way. Magnets pull at these, Lovers wanting and knowing, but feeling by rote... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 18, 2004

Too Old to Conjure

Too old to conjure and pass the hat I leave it now to you. I came out late - Missed the best years - Survived the worsed year; And since I lived in the closet drear - Am alive to say, "It's your turn." But, what I owe, I owe to myself - And I owe to myself, my charms - My magic spun to the coming... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

Songs: Not Just Survival is a Poetry cycle written by Edward C. Patterson, dedicated to the Men and Women of GALA, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses. These lyrical pieces lift high the pledge to both music and Gay Pride. Edward C. Patterson is the author of several Novels and Novellas, now available at www.dancaster.com/jotrans.htm. Songs: Not Just Survival, has been a web favorite on the site since 1997, having first been published in 1998 at vagranthollow, in the Best Part of Me Collection. This is the first time it is being made available in the blogs.

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