Monthly Archives: October 2016

A simple toadstool

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It’s existence It’s absoluteness Grounded We can say A toadstool Standing on its own In the cool light Of the day Part of the great forest And the great family Of life Referable and connected And feeling its own strife … Continue reading →

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The old Beech

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A ripe old Beech, a noble soul, now looks the worse for wear its role, was once of sacredness And so now, it’s all fenced off I wonder how, It feels alone tired and sick, nobody comes it’s nuts to … Continue reading →

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Donkey hide gelatin

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

JIangsu Zhejiang and Shan dong Have a history I hear Of using donkeys thick hide As a medicine it’s clear It’s been going on for ages But the black donkey is rare So other animals have been used But whose … Continue reading →

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Medieval pots

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The art of making medieval ceramics Caught my eye The restoration of ancient skills And now we can apply The simple things around us Without the need to use Modern applications Really how to fuse The art of skill and … Continue reading →

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Yoruba Festival

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The indigenous have their culture And Yoruba is the one It celebrates the river goddess OShun and what she’s done Yellow is her colour Or gold and copper too So lots of copper jewellery The ladies have on view Many … Continue reading →

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EMOYA our African dream

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We originally came from Africa And were shipped across the sea To Peru yes and to Colombia To circus totally Immersed in all that squalor Beaten black and blue Whipped and beaten with iron bars And all of us were … Continue reading →

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Taking home the bacon

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Rex Tyler

I am a pig I have feelings Like a three year old child I know that you want to eat Me And obviously that makes me wild I cannot sweat So mud is my way Of keeping the sun off … Continue reading →

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The female hordes

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

He who slaughters the female hordes Leaps into the surf brandishing swords Slicing through tissue as live as can be Killing the babies till that moment Free Blood in the water lashings of gore Anyone can do it it’s all … Continue reading →

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The Pilot whales

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

To those bloody thirsty men of war Who turn the great whales into gore Blood and snot and agony For the social classes of the sea The Faroese their culture stinks And of course there are now links With contamination … Continue reading →

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Wild India

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The sounds The beloved music The colours And the peace The interplay of bird and beast And the rucking And the play The tabla working overtime The wild dogs foraging Adaptable and lively To India they bring An air of … Continue reading →

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Artificiality

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Reality some call it A socialite we hear A manufactured entity From the television sphere Her armchair audience Fed on lots of TV meals On expanding laps Kind of wish for what she has The kind of living raps She … Continue reading →

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The EU thank goddess for brexit

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The EU is against the world Wide Ivory ban I hear And I am not surprised at all The unelected fear What the corporate backlash They are puppets after all Paid a hefty salary But everyone’s a fool They don’t … Continue reading →

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They shackle their gods in Kerala

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Those massive grand old pachyderms Land animals that grow Upwards to the sky itself Yet they are shackled low We know how to torture In actuality We make them stand for hours on end Is it their priority If it’s … Continue reading →

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Birch and it’s silver paper bark

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The giveness of existence The eternity of time The realness and actuality Is the Birch that likes to climb Straightway on a spindle Directly to the sky A pioneering principle Of how undying I Look out into Autumn The backbone … Continue reading →

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CITES

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

CErtainly Ignorantly Test the Evil shits The trade in Lions continues And trophy hunting fits Clearly on the table Where the hunters do their thing The international trade in Lions Has that peculiar ring About it but we understand Bones … Continue reading →

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Dr Gian Choo Hoo to some

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

CITES has this man on board In defence of who Animals is that his role If so what does he do He welcomes the shark finning And deals in crocodiles This must be an embarrassment That altogether riles Those who … Continue reading →

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Who hides behind the clouds of dust

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The quandary and the embarrassment Of Japan in the forefront Of dealing now in Ivory Of being in the hunt There is an impasse that’s for certain Dishonesty abounds China gets the bulk of the blame And the elephants heart … Continue reading →

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Pachyderms lament

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

How could CITES ever contemplate A time when they Knew the war against the pachyderms Was on But they looked away All that intimidation That chauvinistic gore The bloodshed and attrition Each skirmish sad and raw Broke through hearts and … Continue reading →

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Disease is the karma

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

DIsease is a karmic debt Under the sun Given to man for he has begun To rupture the life force And stolidly stack A theorem completely And it’s then when the flack Hits home Creating a disease state And will … Continue reading →

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Captive Lions

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

WE have to feel sorry for all captive Lions Caught in the arrogance trap Really it’s worse than the cancer we know of The absurdity of it does slap A kind of euphoria onto the players Whereas Those that once … Continue reading →

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“Bones”

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

There was a time not long ago When a King reigned and was seen But now it’s an absurdity And some might say obscene To imagine my iconic stature Taken now to be Purely a pain in someone’s arse A … Continue reading →

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Where has my valley gone

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

All I see where I saw a great vision Is a great cloak of ebony descending My eyes cannot pierce the darkness any longer all I know is the scene is unending It sweeps out before us it’s there all … Continue reading →

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Sunset

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A sunset beckons out across the valley Islands of peach melba breaking through A blue resolve the peaceful solve The question of true light An occurrence built on trust my friends Welcoming the night A fiery spark of orange A … Continue reading →

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Sangari

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Oh! Distinctive soul whose Amber eyes Great shining light balls You are so wise With a will of steel And a heart of gold Sangari she is to behold 300 pounds of muscle Wrestling with nobility An aristocrat from Rajustan … Continue reading →

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Three screams

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Back in the dusty old annals in China Eating, something rare Gave much to the diner A social standing that was their thought And communal wealth clearly was sought These kind of people had little regard For animal species and … Continue reading →

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