<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27714479</id><updated>2011-05-03T00:53:10.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Creator's Poetry</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>W. Henry Eccleston</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14124517253805557766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27714479.post-3410479019866974166</id><published>2007-11-11T22:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-11T22:18:23.442-08:00</updated><title type='text'>THIRTY YEARS IN BROOKLYN</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;The Vietnam war a  dying ember&lt;br /&gt;Much bitter taste, the souls&lt;br /&gt;whose bodies have come to  waste&lt;br /&gt;The hippies flower power,&lt;br /&gt;children come to bloom&lt;br /&gt;New York,  New York&lt;br /&gt;The bosom,&lt;br /&gt;five Boroughs suckles her breast&lt;br /&gt;In Brooklyn, I  have come to rest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One highlight of my past&lt;br /&gt;September 16, 1974 stood  fast&lt;br /&gt;Arriving here from the Reggae land&lt;br /&gt;This City gave new birth to my  purpose&lt;span&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayor Abe Beame succeeded John Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;Each with a new amended  concession&lt;span&gt;                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City transit fare, thence 25 cents&lt;br /&gt;Free rides on holidays -  Sundays&lt;br /&gt;With transfer, whisks you across town&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aroma from Nathan's hot  dogs&lt;br /&gt;Filled the D train cabs from Still Well Avenue&lt;br /&gt;Five miles stretch of  boardwalk - beaches&lt;br /&gt;Filled with pleasure - seeking people&lt;br /&gt;Riding the  Cyclone and Ferris wheel&lt;br /&gt;Water balloons pop under pressure&lt;br /&gt;From spewing  water gun surprises&lt;br /&gt;Memories, sweet memories&lt;br /&gt;The chili on crusted hot dog  buns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New worlds open with summer sessions&lt;br /&gt;Pratt Institute, and New  York University?&lt;br /&gt;Summer ends, fall leaves blow wantonly&lt;br /&gt;Adorning major  Highway and street&lt;span&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Prospect Park shedding&lt;br /&gt;Its lush green glory - now becoming  gloomy&lt;span&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Her Botanical garden  prepares&lt;br /&gt;She lays in Seasonal slumber&lt;br /&gt;Fall frost gives way to winter  snow&lt;br /&gt;Above her sleeping bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the browning of the Season&lt;br /&gt;Hiss  with azure ­ manganese sky&lt;br /&gt;Cloak in winter garb - of icicle  needles&lt;br /&gt;Shielding naked bare bark trees&lt;br /&gt;Reflected lights dancing day and  night along their spines&lt;br /&gt;The golden hued city - comes alive!&lt;br /&gt;Brooklyn, New Yorkers - business as usual,  continuously&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27714479-3410479019866974166?l=whenry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/feeds/3410479019866974166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27714479&amp;postID=3410479019866974166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/3410479019866974166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/3410479019866974166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/2007/11/thirty-years-in-brooklyn.html' title='THIRTY YEARS IN BROOKLYN'/><author><name>W. Henry Eccleston</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14124517253805557766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27714479.post-114705787424699115</id><published>2006-05-07T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T20:12:28.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TRENCH TOWN REMINISCE ©2005</title><content type='html'>South West of Kingston -  Trench Town!&lt;br /&gt;I love to reminisce&lt;br /&gt;Thinking of the life once lived,&lt;br /&gt;Now memories frozen in thought&lt;br /&gt;Where, some warriors, the rough tough,&lt;br /&gt;Rude Boys and Girls graves now lay –&lt;br /&gt;The souls who could have lived, to -&lt;br /&gt;Fulfill their destined role&lt;br /&gt;Blinded by infantile darkness –&lt;br /&gt;Fashioned without hope&lt;br /&gt;They could see no further, than,&lt;br /&gt;A poverty stricken dulled world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Memories linger still –&lt;br /&gt;Carved deep and etched within&lt;br /&gt;The innocent, through no fault, of theirs&lt;br /&gt;Gunned down in their - prime&lt;br /&gt;Or hungry starved children cried,&lt;br /&gt;Groans from severe hunger pain&lt;br /&gt;Much be the disdain from upper strata&lt;br /&gt;In society – Suffrage within a lesser cast&lt;br /&gt;Fertile were our peoples’ mind, having not&lt;br /&gt;The wherewithal - comes to maturity&lt;br /&gt;Counted that for something –&lt;br /&gt;We’d plot a path in life,&lt;br /&gt;Deep in our rustic, multi - cultural ways&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sometimes think, and then wonder,&lt;br /&gt;How swiftly our years have passed&lt;br /&gt;Having sat to ponder, under the gwangue trees&lt;br /&gt;Or up high, between some ackee tree branch,&lt;br /&gt;Where the cool breeze blow&lt;br /&gt;Sheared the soft winds passed,&lt;br /&gt;That whistled among the leaves&lt;br /&gt;There, where the orange red, cluster –&lt;br /&gt;Closed fruit swayed -&lt;br /&gt;Became fit to open, then to pick&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like a hand full of carbon nuggets –&lt;br /&gt;Gems, scattered throughout our turf&lt;br /&gt;Polished beyond our darkened will&lt;br /&gt;Through faith some Rudies have seen the light&lt;br /&gt;Risen through slums suppression -&lt;br /&gt;Spiritual attainment in sight&lt;br /&gt;With consciousness gleaned, molded to substance&lt;br /&gt;As diamond in the rough&lt;br /&gt;Larger than Religion, bigger than life’s oppression&lt;br /&gt;The is ness of all things, cause and effect –&lt;br /&gt;Overcoming adversities - Principles Universal,&lt;br /&gt;All class casts and creed have come to reap –&lt;br /&gt;Gleaning of our virtues and culture - at will&lt;br /&gt;Trench Town! Trench Town! Trench Town!&lt;br /&gt;O how, I love to reminisce - your praise&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27714479-114705787424699115?l=whenry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/feeds/114705787424699115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27714479&amp;postID=114705787424699115' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705787424699115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705787424699115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/2006/05/trench-town-reminisce-2005.html' title='TRENCH TOWN REMINISCE ©2005'/><author><name>W. Henry Eccleston</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14124517253805557766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27714479.post-114705781424598988</id><published>2006-05-07T20:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T20:10:14.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MORTALS MANSION 10/2/05</title><content type='html'>Descended - standing, encased in my mansion walls&lt;br /&gt;The day, I, Soul's great fall - Stranger I've become&lt;br /&gt;Not being able to travel to and from&lt;br /&gt;Neither the inner nor outer universe &lt;br /&gt;That's the day I, soul - chained to become mortal man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing seems to be the same of former time&lt;br /&gt;When I knew no bounds or ends&lt;br /&gt;Omnipresence, Omniscience and omnipotence - my will&lt;br /&gt;Gone were the Is'ness days&lt;br /&gt;Truth and Love to give - were my forte                              &lt;br /&gt;Now, I move about encased in human shell&lt;br /&gt;With five senses and faculties to co-ordinate&lt;br /&gt;I learn to manipulate this course matter world  &lt;br /&gt;Having much to do in time-&lt;br /&gt;Gaining earthly knowledge and wealth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A wonderer I've become these days&lt;br /&gt;Tainted with the five passion seeds&lt;br /&gt;Of : vanity, anger, lust, attachment and greed&lt;br /&gt;Trying to regain blessings in isolation&lt;br /&gt;Drink in loneliness - joy through human understanding&lt;br /&gt;This tainted role, I began to play - manipulating - hording  &lt;br /&gt;My fellow beings, creatures, minerals, and plant life too&lt;br /&gt;Ranting, raving, and causing destruction &lt;br /&gt;Creating - deceptive delusion in my path&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the closing end of days - when all works are done&lt;br /&gt;Old and feeble I've become-&lt;br /&gt;Gazing through the windows of my mansion walls&lt;br /&gt;At my exploitation stacks - of all earthly hoarded wealth&lt;br /&gt;The five passions have helped me gain&lt;br /&gt;I realized, I can't exchange them then - neither for Truth nor Love&lt;br /&gt;Not one earthly thing has I to show - Off kindness I've done&lt;br /&gt;Wretched man that I've become - having to do it all over again  &lt;br /&gt;I'd thirst this time for Love&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27714479-114705781424598988?l=whenry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/feeds/114705781424598988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27714479&amp;postID=114705781424598988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705781424598988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705781424598988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/2006/05/mortals-mansion-10205.html' title='MORTALS MANSION 10/2/05'/><author><name>W. Henry Eccleston</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14124517253805557766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27714479.post-114705758031900707</id><published>2006-05-07T20:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T20:06:20.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE HOUSE IN WHICH WE DWELL 6-5-05</title><content type='html'>The House in which we dwell, so well&lt;br /&gt;As visitors passing through, you see&lt;br /&gt;It is souls, precious gift from God&lt;br /&gt;Given to us so freely without penalty&lt;br /&gt;From God, the Creator of this spark&lt;br /&gt;Gives room on board for souls who seek to come aboard,&lt;br /&gt;And sought out their heavy load,&lt;br /&gt;While gaining experiences &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Creator of these sparks&lt;br /&gt;Builds mansion with spiritual bare hands&lt;br /&gt;It fitted them well with all the fine necessities&lt;br /&gt;Glamour and all its precious amenities&lt;br /&gt;The brain and the five senses as the main frame,&lt;br /&gt; To explain all abstract Nouns&lt;br /&gt; Of Wisdom and Great Philosophies &lt;br /&gt;With hands and feet to move about&lt;br /&gt;And with eyes then ears and mouth,&lt;br /&gt;And all other body parts to lend a great support&lt;br /&gt;With senses to co-ordinate through wisdom&lt;br /&gt;With knowledge, we expedite growth&lt;br /&gt;We move about&lt;br /&gt;While gaining experiences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And through the years as marines we sail&lt;br /&gt;The Earth and soar throughout its vast&lt;br /&gt;Uncharted Universe-&lt;br /&gt;While some of us walk about like Penguins&lt;br /&gt;Plop, plop; plopping on thin granite rocks&lt;br /&gt;Others soar; glide and float about as eagles&lt;br /&gt; Flying on thin air, gathering experiences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We tell tales of long ago&lt;br /&gt;Through History we have left behind&lt;br /&gt;This links us to our every day-&lt;br /&gt;While we work, sleep, eat; have fun or play&lt;br /&gt;With drubs of dreams, we create philosophies&lt;br /&gt;Spins webs of Religions coupled with human discussions,&lt;br /&gt;We plot and make our way&lt;br /&gt;Improving minds and making new concessions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is only one aim in life and that we try to define&lt;br /&gt;But few will find the true reality and sail the cosmic sea of time,&lt;br /&gt;Breaking the barriers and go behind&lt;br /&gt;Where mortal man will never trod nor touch&lt;br /&gt;For nothing in this vast universe&lt;br /&gt;Can ever match with worth&lt;br /&gt;The joys and visions there,&lt;br /&gt;Where we, souls have been before&lt;br /&gt;Crossing borders often times so willing,&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes unknown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is an understanding mortal man&lt;br /&gt;Brain will never understand&lt;br /&gt;What is in its scheme of things!&lt;br /&gt;In scope, they shall see with five senses&lt;br /&gt;In wisdom gained are only with there minds;&lt;br /&gt;Hands and feet to mull and prod about endlessly&lt;br /&gt;Cycles upon cycles, they keep transforming back again.&lt;br /&gt;Beginning at the beginning not knowing-&lt;br /&gt;They are re-starting something they know ever so long ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chosen few will understand the quick pace in which they are flowing&lt;br /&gt;Hastening through the span of time&lt;br /&gt;To reach their destination and to earn the gift they left so long ago,&lt;br /&gt;To embark upon their human journey&lt;br /&gt;We are all family traveling in groups&lt;br /&gt;Learning much to our amazement from the discontented one&lt;br /&gt;Whom we seldom understand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; How do we case the span of time?&lt;br /&gt;Chasing philosophies endless atrocities &lt;br /&gt;Religion and religious rights keep on unfolding&lt;br /&gt;Conforming themselves to earthly ideas burning&lt;br /&gt;Deep down in the heart of men consuming&lt;br /&gt;Brimstone and fire not knowing that what they speak of,&lt;br /&gt;Are our past actions unfolding sweet memories that were controlling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What manner of man is this? They come calling...&lt;br /&gt;Just because they found a gifted one who was willing&lt;br /&gt;To trust the daring blazing fire wrapped up in His bones&lt;br /&gt;What hard time endure just to be honest deep inside&lt;br /&gt;And let this world know what he's enduring-&lt;br /&gt;He took few others of his gifted friends&lt;br /&gt;Men and women whom drifted and go about&lt;br /&gt;Following in His shadow helping to enlighten&lt;br /&gt;Whosoever will, may come and be a part of the team&lt;br /&gt;Who vaguely remember a time of long so long ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What tragedy that have come to mortal men&lt;br /&gt;Who make a mockery of the universal plan, playing God?&lt;br /&gt;First he pretends that he is doing God a favor...&lt;br /&gt;Trying to save something they think is lost&lt;br /&gt;But could never have been,&lt;br /&gt;Lost soul of which I am speaking of&lt;br /&gt;Could never have been&lt;br /&gt;In the predicament men find himself to be&lt;br /&gt;Playing God is nothing but a copout, for God does not need mortals help&lt;br /&gt;The only way man can truly help, is to empty himself...&lt;br /&gt;Of himself and just simply (be)&lt;br /&gt;Then, the Creator of this great universe may find grace&lt;br /&gt;And favor in his eyes and uses him as a channel sacrifice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be used of God thence is not even using mortal man&lt;br /&gt;God will be using the reaction of himself at will&lt;br /&gt;The spark which he induces and places it in a house, &lt;br /&gt;The mansions of souls on earth... The brain thence,&lt;br /&gt;The senses and all its body parts are only tools souls engage.&lt;br /&gt;So why then, the secondary wants to become the first?&lt;br /&gt;For soul alone will endure its journey home, again&lt;br /&gt;Gathering its experiences and long moved on&lt;br /&gt;While body, mind, hands and feet; brain and all its&lt;br /&gt;Faculties will not be needed anymore and will dissolve in oblivion&lt;br /&gt;From whence it came until time permits its use again&lt;br /&gt;To host some new visitors, souls again - and again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Dedicated to Inner Spirits so pure.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27714479-114705758031900707?l=whenry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/feeds/114705758031900707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27714479&amp;postID=114705758031900707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705758031900707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27714479/posts/default/114705758031900707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whenry.blogspot.com/2006/05/house-in-which-we-dwell-6-5-05.html' title='THE HOUSE IN WHICH WE DWELL 6-5-05'/><author><name>W. 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