Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Snagged on a barb in time I espeyed a mask Out the corner of my eye From bark to bark A sparrow, a magpie, a sooty owl, Splendour of feather Paved street A hearth tucked in a wing: Fleeting eternity Cal Kalve

“I’m too happy” Plath God the creator The ineffable Sylvia’s maker Words uncomprehended Even by suicide He levelled her, Smooth where he looks And finds himself In her mirror Multiplied Mirrored Millennia For who could not be a human, except man? Answer: The flourescent leeches With dickhead flags Ripping up roots Planting self righteousness On…

(Inspired by Lorca, Poet in New York) Like the arms of the bi-clock, Tao Two cities bifurcated Southern, Northern, One sunny One winter One with sister One with brother, Melbourne,  Edinburgh The octopus has arms that reach out from the centre Into suburban dreams and homes Where toss the monsters all-a-nightmare, tucked in Waiting for…

The man on the train So full of pity Regards my misery And I, I disappear Into space I reappear same place, Like a pulse And the light In its glory, Fills me Dead or alive I’m not fussed It’s all the same, I get up again Rise and fall I know it all, And…

After what seems to me a lifetime and a crummy one at that – I walk into heaven, gliding along its smooth paths, and it’s lawns. I approach a building. No one is around but me. The building is in the centre of some grounds. It is white marble, with Greek columns and goddess statues…

With you My head is wrapped up In a lotus And tho the flute Is not really there You play it, enchanting Lady mysterions We dance Between dawn and dusk And THAT Is the meaning Of Eye in Cosmos Cal Kalve

We are mad together This ground on which I tread, And me Of which the real and imaginary Is just the eye that perceives Heaven or hell, the ground on which it rests, reflects I feel like a moon A night at peace, at rest, Alighting blessed (I live!) My laughter and love, and all…

A crow atop a pole Is hooting blackly Violin strings Meander down And voices pass crowded Wind to my hair Whipping me around I enter the cavern Where I’m told to go Flames forge Peace of earth The light within Me and her overcoming The iron press Of the whole human universe Thud of soft…

Majestic Earth With your pink palm leaves, Bring G to me On your breeze On your leaves Over suburban rooftops In your morning or night, Across the orange sky Awash in an acorn A heady realm For us to dwell, make love, and cuddle Great Earth bring me G For my spirit soars Between her…

Envy, woman to woman, is a major obstacle against women’s advancement. I felt like writing that because all I’ve ever read about patriarchy is that women are victims or have somehow been coopted by men in the perpetuation of the order. Firstly, at the outset, humanity is the ultimate predator. To claim one half of…