PeazRitr's (A)Linear Dreams 2003-07-12T09:43:52Z User 25 http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/ OrgSpace NewsLog :: it's been a long time :: wow, i can't believe my last newciv post was in feb. 2002. a lots been going on with me since then and i am fine. in thinking back to the day i joined newciv (09.11.01) and why (needing to find community of builders rather than anger and destruction), i see the long hours i spent daily at newciv f... wow, i can't believe my last newciv post was in feb. 2002. a lots been going on with me since then and i am fine. in thinking back to the day i joined newciv (09.11.01) and why (needing to find community of builders rather than anger and destruction), i see the long hours i spent daily at newciv for about five months as really rewarding. i made sweet friends, wrote some good poems, learned a whole lot about myself, the engine called newciv and an amazing group of diverse people. anyhow, just stopped by in time to say 'bon voyage' to the funches and a brief hello to all my newciv buds.

check with me from time to time at the roost.

~merilene ]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000034.htm 2003-07-12T09:43:52Z 2003-07-12T09:43:52Z ::on line q'ing:: on line q'ing written 02.03.02 by merilene m. murphy @-->------------ i'm behind him on the food4less line
his name is lazaro ming nzingha ong pirizabian quiet thunder
he goes by david
a woman in front of him cashes wic chits & food stamps
the woman before her used a gold card
these things take time
he shakes his head
math reduced to accounting
people reduced to math reduced to accounting
he shakes his head again

david tells the cashier no
forget this bogus check
he's not going to cash it for zilch
wages less deductions less fees
here's my card
he says
i am a man
i do it all
electric
landscaping
plumbing
blueprinting
building
plus
just call & i'll settle the bill my way
ok

it's not a question
he waits with his bags

at last the cashier gets it & smiles
she hasn't had a hot shower in weeks

she picks up the company phone
& announces
attention all customers on line seven
a man who does it all
electric
landscaping
plumbing
blueprinting
building
plus
anybody can pay all or part of $24.23
please step to the front of the line now
above services in exchange

slipping $10 in the till
she turns to david & says
thank you for shopping at food4less
please come again
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000033.htm 2002-02-03T14:39:28Z 2002-02-03T14:39:28Z outfield in the playground of the perfect perfecting outfield in the playground of the perfect perfecting for willene m. murphy, my mother by merilene m. murphy (peazritr@mediaone.net) (written 013102) @----->-----> butterflies
orange bouganvillea
mommy &
nature
our other mother
ourself &
ourselves bold
brilliant
delicate
s/he/it comes & goes
splits me from worry
spills me into me & leaves me whole
come & go as you please
you are never alone
she says
have a good time
i did
& shuts a door
hugs in a flower pot
our house of butterflies blooms
again everywhere
& again

###

photo by Nic Boie (shensey@shensey.com)
http://photo.box.sk/autor.php3?id=1151]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000032.htm 2002-02-02T18:58:47Z 2002-02-02T18:58:47Z if i were if i were @->---------------- by merilene m. murphy *for anthony marsh -- dirt poet )landscaper(* written 12.22.01 if i were

as if leaf had left seasons' turn to me
& moon its beach & sea its whales
& each child's smile its sun

as if i were -- poet -- maker -- creator --
could add what to these great truths
other than my humble grateful infinity

let me begin as if i were -- poet -- maker -- creator --
let me end as if -- we are all poets
& then all's not lost between

therefore i am infinity made of words & meanings
& between i choose to please
as if leaf had left seasons' turn to me
& moon its beach & sea its whales
& each child's smile its sun

as if i were -- poet -- maker -- creator --
as if i were me


~
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000031.htm 2001-12-22T21:11:41Z 2001-12-22T21:11:41Z just having some fun ...in the planet bar & grill... http://www.ferengifts.com/images/beers.jpg
ming dropped off a bunch of beers

i had been kind of busy (but i'm never too busy for a beer)

sindy, imagine, gyrfalcon, vaxen (oi!), clandestin, bushman, kay, zendancer, slack were all hanging out
listening to music
sharing stories

i had heard ming & i think clandestin over in another room talking about dolphins & sex.

so i brought by a comic book, _some enchanted evening_, & left it on the bar by, er, mistake.
http://www.val.net/~tim/enchant2.jpg

later, but not much later, i came back looking for my book.
[as if it wasn't obvious, it was hiding behind the kangaroo picture linked above.]

i pretended not to notice. bushman was at the bar & i wanted to say something, anything to him, you know get a full sentence out of him for once. so i said to bushman: "still want that water, mister? it's gonna cost you the same as a scotch, i'm telling you. so what'll it be? & watch out for the lady sitting next to ya. she might throw a dolpin in. she's done it before. :}"

no sooner than i had said it, up pops the dreaming dolphin lady with a postcard for us: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/dolphindreams/dolphin.html

& says "Well that dolphin is of a better humor than the Kangaroo sitting across from you."

which set the supergirls at the counter gabbing. ten to one, whenever anyone starts using superlatives (best, better) around here, it'll wind up a gabfest.
http://www.pierceworld.com/daddy.gif http://telepoetics.dyndns.org/images/newciv/daddy2.gif http://telepoetics.dyndns.org/images/newciv/daddy3.gif

hmmm, i'm thinking, maybe this gabfest will work on the bushman. over the gabfest chatter, i ask bushman what he thinks & you know what he says? "soup, please." what a smiler!
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000030.htm 2001-12-22T08:47:42Z 2001-12-22T08:47:42Z ::desiderata:: desiderata @->-------------- [some say the author of this piece found in the 16th century is anon; some say the 1927 copyright belongs to max ehrman] desiderata
@->--------------

go placidly amid the noise & haste,
& remember what peace there may be in silence.
http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/01.gif
as far as possible without surrender be on good
terms with all persons. speak your truth quietly
& clearly; and listen to others,
even the dull & ignorant;
they too have their story.
avoid loud & aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit. http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/02.gif
if you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain & bitter; for always
there will be greater & lesser persons
than yourself. enjoy your achievements as
well as your plans.
http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/03.gif
keep interested in your own career,
however humble; it is a real possession
in the changing fortunes of time.
exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
but let this not blind you to what
virtue there is; many persons strive for
high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
be yourself. http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/04.gif http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/05.gif
especially, do not feign affection.
neither be cynical about love; for in the
face of all aridity & disenchantment it is
perennial as the grass.
http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/06.gif
take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden
misfortune. but do not distress yourself with
imaginings. many fears are born of fatigue &
loneliness. beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
you are a child of the universe, http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/07.gif
no less than the trees & stars;
you have a right to be here.
and whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/08.gif
therefore be at peace with god,
whatever you conceive god to be,
and whatever your labors & aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace with your soul.
with all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/09.gif
it is still a beautiful world.
be careful.
strive to be happy. http://24.130.49.135/images/newciv/10.gif

~


icons courtesy of zeldman.com]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000028.htm 2001-12-18T16:22:12Z 2001-12-18T16:22:12Z hats for a new civilization hats for a new civilization by merilene m. murphy (peazritr@mediaone.net) @->---------------------- written 12.10.01 hats for a new civilization

some friends drop in
on the way to a new civilization
say they
hey sister
we ain't going nowhere without a poet
grab your hat

nota bene: invitations like these can rattle you

it's not so much i have to choose a hat to go
it's the fact it is time to go rattles me
& i actually have to dress for the celebration

of course
i choose my velour animal print
it's soft
it's ferocious

under it
in the mirror
i prepare my smile
the whole negromongolocaucasoidastroid beam

when i tell my friends i'm ready
they say cool hat
& we say
unexpectedly together
let's go

###

what's under your hat? where are you going in it?
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000026.htm 2001-12-10T10:47:41Z 2001-12-10T10:47:41Z FREE happy holidays every day to you! merilene's intuitive interactive holiday greeting awaits you at FREE! this competition to completion thread screams there is no santa but you. this competition to completion thread screams in pure digital merilene, i love you. enjoy! the poet reminds us she is not
trying to rip off George Clinton &
the Parliament Funkadelics' _free
your mind & your *assets* will follow_
or anything. she is just trying to wish
you a happy holiday every day! she signs off
with all my love,
merilene,
& that's all she will ever write.

photo by Shankar Adiseshan
http://photodata.box.sk/]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000023.htm 2001-12-02T13:39:50Z 2001-12-02T13:39:50Z raise a joyous noise::turn to divine powers there is a wonderful new civilization network group project going on::turn to divine powers. guided by chandrika sampat & pankaj sampat, the turn to divine powers workgroup is bustling about putting out daily good news on the web & you can be apart of this. so raise a joyous noise. chec... i'm in the group, Turn to Divine Powers, along with a marvelous array of others. my column is called WRITING PEACE. visit soon. raise a joyous noise.

we've got sensuality & spirituality, vegan sweets & poetry, mantras & meditations. what ain't we got? we ain't got you. (yet)


photo by Benedikt Nussbaum
http://photo.box.sk/
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000022.htm 2001-12-02T13:25:38Z 2001-12-02T13:25:38Z why i love you before i ask who you are @->------------------------- why i love you before i ask who you are for my new civilization network friend, Vaxen by merilene m. murphy (peazritr@mediaone.net) written 11.24.01 why i love you before i ask who you are

to know myself more
to brave asking nothing back
to love despite me....
]]> http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v25/__show_article/_a000025-000018.htm 2001-11-24T19:49:56Z 2001-11-24T19:49:56Z