Titus - Jazz symphny in G (teaser: random sippet)

[serge gurkski]

TITUS mov IV

Opium

[youtube=http://youtu.be/nJJcW9YTlG4]


reminiscing the Goddesses of Moroccan Harems
blowing their boredom away by letting
their souls drink
from Hashish shisha
rouged by the oils of Afyon

And finally
after eight
I can fly

and dream the mysteries of edwin drood*


thanks to a sister of my heart.

We walked through this windy summer night

the Maruts were carousellin'
the time-space continuum
destroying celestial harmony
but these
twin sons of the Vedic wind god,
rebellious sons of Vāyu,


blue moon light delights
and made the clouds dance
in the skies singing
Oscar Wilde's
translation of Aristophanes' comedy Clouds

to my disturbed heart

[cidermaid]

Hi Serge, (How's your sunday going?)
I always enjoy your poetry, although nine times out of ten I am completly lost as to what the hell it was all about. The most exciting thing in ciderland that even remotely could be considered relatable to cocaine is the dimazapane for the horses. So my ability to be able to connect with sex, drugs and world vice rings is limited to the conformation of the stallion, horsebox journeys and if the mare is a difficult breeder! As to culture...does being able to identify six breeds of beef cattle count? But I love reading your poetry...it's like going on an alternative holiday.
Alcohol I can relate to, but sadly making cider is not as glamourous as some might think it is. It involves a lot of trees, tractors and dirty pipes. (and the blending is a hideous job that takes place too early in the morning before the palate is shot to pieces with tea & coffee).
Amazingly I sort of got this poem so I'm guessing you are at least partially sober and I can report you have done a good job on getting the images communicated to the plebs. (which would be me in this case)
All the best AJ.

[serge gurkski]

Hi Serge, (How's your sunday going?)
I always enjoy your poetry, although nine times out of ten I am completly lost as to what the hell it was all about. The most exciting thing in ciderland that even remotely could be considered relatable to cocaine is the dimazapane for the horses. So my ability to be able to connect with sex, drugs and world vice rings is limited to the conformation of the stallion, horsebox journeys and if the mare is a difficult breeder! As to culture...does being able to identify six breeds of beef cattle count? But I love reading your poetry...it's like going on an alternative holiday.
Alcohol I can relate to, but sadly making cider is not as glamourous as some might think it is. It involves a lot of trees, tractors and dirty pipes. (and the blending is a hideous job that takes place too early in the morning before the palate is shot to pieces with tea & coffee).
Amazingly I sort of got this poem so I'm guessing you are at least partially sober and I can report you have done a good job on getting the images communicated to the plebs. (which would be me in this case)
All the best AJ.

;-) Hi AJ

thank you for your reply!

This suite of poems, a Symphonische Dichtung reversed, is rather complex but:

it is NOt about alc/drugs mainly.

It is about one man, "absurd person singular"*
making sense and giving meaning to life.


The underlying theme of it being
the Epicurean hedonism as so very beautifully
poetized by

Titus LUCRETIUS Carus' de rerum natura**

there has been once in the 12th century BC a (cum grano salis mystical movement Memento Mori ( translatable a ; Be aware of death!)

I try to combine this (or add to this) the Horacian***) motto: carpe diem

I can't go into details brcause of course I must strt the diffcult business of getting stoned s uch s I can, amatter of priorities for me an antitheistic anarcho-libertarian with quote conservative tendings, as of late, bt certainly bloody stupidly sarah.palinish-teaprty-isg, the ater being a disgrace to libertarianism (as to Libertarianism I am often quite close to Ron Paul and also to Robert Heinlein but with a flavor of Philipp K. Dick plus Kurt Vonnegut plus couple of other romanciers



more

should the desire arise to know more about the philosophical underpinnings of said serge's work of art,

later


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****http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Carmina_(Horatius)/Liber_I/Carmen_XI

( I think there are some typos in that (NOT by Horace), and also the German translation, in THIS particular case, is better (being more poetic and - not really accidentally-quite close to the style of De Rerum Natura****
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**** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_rerum_natura
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*** http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/hor.html
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** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius
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*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurd_Person_Singular

[cidermaid]

Brilliant Serge This is why I love your poetry...because there is always an understory written by someone who is awake and at home to Mr Brain. (Even when you're stoned)
I like and appreciate this even when I'm clueless as to the deeper meaning.
All good stuff. Thank for the read and the insight.
AJ

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In for a tea break got to go to work again. More topping. Lucky me.

[serge gurkski]

post scriptum:
to quote you, AJ:

"I'm guessing you are at least partially sober"


This remark is very unneccessarily condescending and offensive.
I see no reason other than harming me for reasons unknown to
to, and ths makes it worse, coram publico.
Just so you know how I feel about it. ;-)
Dare to consider a
little thought experiment: just imagine we were talking on our (your's and mine Englidh language competence) level and at one

pintpointforthefunoftits

moment

and just for the fun of it

, I'd suggest to you: "AJ, can we switch to Deutsch, because I am so fucked -up brain-wise

(as your remark quoted above implies)

that I am incapable of coherence comes it for reders to readers what I write.

You owe me an explanation and an apology for this your reply, to quote you once again:

"I'm guessing you are at least partially sober"

Do you not think you have crossed a line here as far as manners are concerned?

Have you not in public oh so ever solemnly published and declared that you are a conservative person?

And is it not so and the case that the cream of the crop of conservative people
adhere to fine noble manners when adressing each other in public?


And - furthermore and with that and on this defensibly inebriated note-
I will rest my well-reasoned rant -
and not address you anymore because such am endeavor would seem pointless to me and
- what worsens it - a waste of my most precious to me
lifetime

And!

and unless you prove to me by way of facts
still to be accomplished by you,

that you are familiar with the work of Kondylis, and Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss and Joseph de Maistre ... etc ;-)))))))

and all of this
of course tongue in cheek.

cheers
serge

[cidermaid]

Humble public apologies and grovellings my dear Serge.
I am of course one of your most enthusiastic followers and I am gutted to think that you feel I have slighted your most wonderful self in anyway. Your well reasoned rant from your position of defensible inebriation has more than convinced me of the error of my ways.

Ever your humble, tractor driving, poet wanabe AJ.

Ps I knew a Carl Hastings once does that count for anything?

[serge gurkski]

it is simply unfair because addiction is a disease.
As to Carl Hastings I will look him up.
Don't worry please, AJ. It just hurt me; what can i say.

Can't you send me bootle of Devonshre Cider. ;-))

I promise to look up Hastings


(but only'

if you really send it. Haha.

only once in my life have I drunk cider. It reminded me of Federweisser


Wow

Congratulations to you, new moderator! cheers!! :-)

You are really qualified! Want me to call you?
Be assured; I like you and want to congratulate you.

I am nice guy.

"Humble public apologies". I had do the same on my German forum.
The coincidence.
I appreciate your interest my writing very much.
ok. :-) I mean it

Oh: I can drive the tractor to. ;-) I love tractors!
Seriously.

cheers and my phone number is 0049 89 370 678 67

(don't hesitate ;-))

your not huffy any longer serge.
(It really means a lot when nativer speakers of a language I Buster-Keaton-ize (so for far Tom tec)
read me at all
and
sometimes (;-)

like it even.

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federweisser
:
https://www.google.com/search?q=federweisser&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=l0ncUd_6ItDesgbvroC4Ag&biw=1366&bih=639&sei=nEvcUYekGYTCswbE8IDgAw#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=au2zuvfftTmasM%3A%3BTRsWwIhUldpHVM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pfalz.de%252Ffiles%252Fassets%252F2005_Schweder_5_1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pfalz.de%252Fwein-und-genuss%252Fsch%2525C3%2525A4umende-vorfreude-federwei%2525C3%25259Fer%3B800%3B533

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Brilliant Serge This is why I love your poetry...because there is always an understory written by someone who is awake and at home to Mr Brain. (Even when you're stoned)
I like and appreciate this even when I'm clueless as to the deeper meaning.
All good stuff. Thank for the read and the insight.
AJ

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In for a tea break got to go to work again. More topping. Lucky me.

Sorry, AJ, I had notyet read the above. :-) Thank you!

[R.C. KITCHENS]

TITUS mov IV

Opium

[youtube=http://youtu.be/nJJcW9YTlG4]


reminiscing the Goddesses of Moroccan Harems
blowing their boredom away by letting
their souls drink
from Hashish shisha
rouged by the oils of Afyon

I listened to "Opium" from your blog while reading this.
quite enjoy the imagery and the mention of Afyon to add some
depth

And finally
after eight
I can fly

and dream the mysteries of edwin drood*

This is great, Dickens died before finishing the novel and
the mystery remains. I like how you tell of a person trying
to conjure mysteries of some sort with dreaming.

thanks to a sister of my heart.

We walked through this windy summer night

the Maruts were carousellin'
the time-space continuum
destroying celestial harmony
but these
twin sons of the Vedic wind god,
rebellious sons of Vāyu,


blue moon light delights
and made the clouds dance
in the skies singing
Oscar Wilde's
translation of Aristophanes' comedy Clouds

to my disturbed heart

I get the sense of someone with people and yet alone in what they seek.
They need the shisha to help them get to a place where they can imagine there thoughts.

Great read, don't have any suggestions..great music too.[/b]

[serge gurkski]

TITUS mov IV

Opium

[youtube=http://youtu.be/nJJcW9YTlG4]


reminiscing the Goddesses of Moroccan Harems
blowing their boredom away by letting
their souls drink
from Hashish shisha
rouged by the oils of Afyon

I listened to "Opium" from your blog while reading this.
quite enjoy the imagery and the mention of Afyon to add some
depth

And finally
after eight
I can fly

and dream the mysteries of edwin drood*

This is great, Dickens died before finishing the novel and
the mystery remains. I like how you tell of a person trying
to conjure mysteries of some sort with dreaming.

thanks to a sister of my heart.

We walked through this windy summer night

the Maruts were carousellin'
the time-space continuum
destroying celestial harmony
but these
twin sons of the Vedic wind god,
rebellious sons of Vāyu,


blue moon light delights
and made the clouds dance
in the skies singing
Oscar Wilde's
translation of Aristophanes' comedy Clouds

to my disturbed heart

I get the sense of someone with people and yet alone in what they seek.
They need the shisha to help them get to a place where they can imagine there thoughts.

Great read, don't have any suggestions..great music too.[/b]

afyon is Turkish for Opium. Next to that town south of Ankara are the biggest poppy fields in Turkey. That is why the town is named Afyon. Opium. More about Afyon poppy is to be found here:
http://www.google.de/imgres?hl=de&biw=1366&bih=622&tbm=isch&tbnid=JPHa8bxy7zKsQM:&imgrefurl=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/63345&docid=6olRlVhcdiKUYM&imgurl=http://www.eurasianet.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery/20100519-0654.jpg&w=540&h=360&ei=8xTrUdGoINGRswb574GQBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=853&vpy=65&dur=6199&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=103&ty=113&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=223&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:94

Big pharmacy companies like MERCK made so much more Money than any Mafia or Mafia-like illegal Organisation around the globe since the mid-20ies. Don't believe me: ask Forbes etc. ;-)

You are right about your assumptions. Thank you for your comment.

serge