http://richardlynn.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Richard Lynn Livesay en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:38 GMT 2010-01-06T16:33:38Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979097     If one can be or see or just count three aleigh all stubborn Tragicallical dippsters and varied upsters will be, well done So talk unto the magic monster, the big . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:02:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979097 Richard Lynn Livesay 2010-01-06T06:02:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977115 There is… Gloy,natuniteratual oye! Sedeneratey do kothwa onlit westralk thereow moter dierwat zatrew miplaposerate trimaginate  sotialerate doa to vis essa O grandevowful. Oste . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:29:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977115 Richard Lynn Livesay 2010-01-05T07:29:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976359 Sharp frozen edges line the social icecap   Snow hares stumble and fall into icy oceans.   Freedom is freezing below the surface   As ice bullets kill . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:36:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976359 Richard Lynn Livesay 2010-01-04T22:36:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971831   How sweet it is, this mystery that we call life Our DNA so close to everyone, our spirits show O’ Plato, where did this island of Atlantis go?   . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:34:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971831 Richard Lynn Livesay 2010-01-01T22:34:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970855     Patterns of the absolute weave a crib of support It has no name, no need for fame but will report To those aware of the database of consciousness.   . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:52:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970855 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-31T23:52:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963927   I walked until I couldn’t crawl again The sun burnt cold as my legs reached the end I cried a smile and whispered loudly with a groan Then ask to tell myself what . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:44:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963927 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-26T23:44:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962163     All that is could not know itself because there was nothing else It could not experience the divine wholeness of its reality It chose to know itself experientially . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962163 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-24T22:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960930     Shaman to Ixtlan in the blink of an eye Recede not O’ Spirit, I am no one, named My personal history is not who I am, not now I will embrace the mysteries . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:07:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960930 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-23T22:07:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959552 Soft pillows of creamy white mustang cods rolled down the mantel Crashing softly onto the knap of her neck, swollen from the night’s Of lifting weights at the local Sonic while tipping . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:09:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959552 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-23T01:09:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955378     It was a muddy, muddy road and the river rose How could we know which way to go? We traveled blind for some time, drowning The rain kept raining, the flood . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:33:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955378 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-20T07:33:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953630     For I will live just for today No matter what the world will say For I can only be right now The best of choices to allow.   My body will . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:03:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953630 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-18T21:03:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941688     An uninvited foe has crept into my cell Its evil covered shadows, hidden well.  I dare not ask what reason or intention May lurk within this shady apparition. . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:51:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941688 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-11T00:51:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937723     As does water, I seek my own level Creative energy flows from within To inspire by crystal words and visions Shared gifts, imagined to be worthy.   . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:41:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937723 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-12-08T22:41:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913464 Collaborative Poets: Kushal Poddar, Dawn Kilby, Sheila Deeth, Barbara Horter, Frances Ayers and Richard Lynn Livesay   Shades in this season And inside your eyes a mushroom blooms. Does autumn . . . Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:36:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913464 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-23T08:36:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913382  Contributing Poets: Kushal Poddar( Poddar Kushal), Barbara H. Horter, Richard Lynn Livesay    I stare assuredly at the emptiness of my hand A small breath taken, I Then  sigh . . . Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:21:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913382 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-23T07:21:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909383   GREEK/ATHENAN  EMPIRE  (ca. 776 BC – 323 BC)     “Let’s begin with the muse”, said Hesiod How they speak of Chaos, Eros, Gaia . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:34:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909383 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-20T00:34:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905625   (a cowboy's tail end)  Ride the pony express, smell the mess  With a whinny, eating oats with your favorite jenny Reveal all your lies about truth . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905625 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-18T00:01:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904295     Pharma, pharma…coco…ology, pill me quickly before optometry blinds me. I am barely able read your tiny tiny label. My mind I may loose, also my taste, . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:02:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904295 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-17T06:02:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903944 In the image Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:24:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903944 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-17T01:24:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901865     Stoic noncommittal glances through the bleached eyes of Nirvana’s syncopated visions and into the flared nostrils of the fire breathing masks of Zeus’s war god, . . . Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:29:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901865 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-15T18:29:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900958 Column Call (unconventional heresy in small bottles) (dose: call me in the morning)   I will send Sartre’ to spread satires, both rear and flat, as poetry can never justify an artist’s . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:03:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900958 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-14T18:03:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900470 She Burst Forth in cyclone captions dissipatling liturgical wrath   Where was she, that silky Sunday Morning? It was almost ghostly, like vanishing icicles but still the . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:52:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900470 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-14T06:52:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899690   Be still be calm belong to peace Breathe deep, let saddened teardrops cease Seek joy, seek love that never ends So be wise, acknowledge your soul within.   Be brave . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899690 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-13T18:23:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898262 Mighty Nimrod, great-grand-son of Noah Controlled Babylon , Uruk(Erech) and Akkad Wore a crown and demanded fire worship Said submitting to God, cowards were made.   . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:41:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898262 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-12T21:41:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896606     Boiled in a wicked sea of evil, you who came before me Serpent beasts, gnashing bloody teeth Black smoke rising from the pit; I wander forlorn Looking into . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:08:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896606 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-11T22:08:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894969     I hear faint footsteps upon the winds of time Like the ticking of a time-bomb within my head And so as buffalo would die upon the prairie, almost all I wondered . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894969 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-11T00:51:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894360       “So drink some wine while your hours flee, put small trust in posterity, and prune your hopes but(carpe diem).- Horace   . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:07:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894360 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-10T17:07:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892774   I sit in my darkness feeling the void, smothered in emptiness All alone, voiceless, staring into an oblivion of hopelessness I dread the thoughts in my head, the pain is crippling . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892774 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-09T19:30:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888898     Who listens to that? That still small voice of truth, Received as divine message from source revealed? Words, thoughts may rumble within our minds, clouding joys; . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888898 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-06T20:47:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885139     I cannot breathe while suffering suffocation dysfunction Turn away when political bugs of confusion splatter against my brain. I so inhale your words and what you . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885139 Richard Lynn Livesay 2009-11-04T18:56:35Z