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Monday, August 17, 2020
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Pride's Tyranny
More is lost from
Enforcing unity
Than granting
Sovereignty...
Enforcing unity
Than granting
Sovereignty...
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Pride is such a tricky sin;
There's always some boss,
And qualities always matter,
To no end....in practice maybe,
But not so much so in theory.
Huh? Allow me to explain:
This piece is presently my
Boss, ...no idea how long
It'll take to finish, ...see?
However, should I decide
To finish it here, it's done.
Pride must be true freedom,
Or it'll guarantee you defeat.
Ultimately, your time ought
Not be based on your pride.
There's always some boss,
And qualities always matter,
To no end....in practice maybe,
But not so much so in theory.
Huh? Allow me to explain:
This piece is presently my
Boss, ...no idea how long
It'll take to finish, ...see?
However, should I decide
To finish it here, it's done.
Pride must be true freedom,
Or it'll guarantee you defeat.
Ultimately, your time ought
Not be based on your pride.
- Victor Imari (9/11/2009)
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Urban Roots and Secrets
If change is constant,
Yet goal is the same,
Then goal must be...
That constant change!
~ The Shah of Athabasca
How funny life works
When you work at it
Where you are is ideal
For where you came from
Even if you're born
To lose; you are not
Born just that! Yes
Priorities matter!!!
What forgives? Art?
Like hell it must!!!
Victor Imari (6/26/2009)
Yet goal is the same,
Then goal must be...
That constant change!
~ The Shah of Athabasca
How funny life works
When you work at it
Where you are is ideal
For where you came from
Even if you're born
To lose; you are not
Born just that! Yes
Priorities matter!!!
What forgives? Art?
Like hell it must!!!
Victor Imari (6/26/2009)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Peace is...with words.
We turn our futilities
Into dreams hopefully
Already in progress.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Peace is...
Just without fear,
Letting go of gear,
Peace Is...
Putting it all together,
Even for the first time,
Here, hear and forever
Peace is it altogether.
- Victor Imari (01/15/2008)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Simple Truths
All most life's filtering junk for art,
Why should science be indifferent?
Why should science be indifferent?
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Doubt checks ignorances,
Otherwise undetected and
Left unattended creative
Forces coalesce and win
Victorious resolutions.
Otherwise undetected and
Left unattended creative
Forces coalesce and win
Victorious resolutions.
What is significant
Is hardly arbitrary,
Any history of ideas
Precludes one liners
And talk ain't cheap.
Is hardly arbitrary,
Any history of ideas
Precludes one liners
And talk ain't cheap.
- Victor Imari (17/11/2007)
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Destiny
Faith is everything that you do,
As much as something you have.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Some people
Love belief,
Some people
Believe love,
I believe love's
Destiny.
- Victor Imari (20/10/2007)
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Even
If (and when) you look back,
To what was magnificent....,
The tragedies become dramas,
And then, maybe even comedy.
- The Shah of Athabasca
You have to love
Your creations:
You are an actor
In God's play;
You are anything
You want to be,
But you can't be
God, until then:
You have to love
Your creations.
- Victor Imari
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Imagine This
To every benefit there is a
price and to every cost too.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Hanging up on promises sucks. Yet
We can't help but wonder Godness:
Choices have everything to do with
It all. Choice is to fate as decisions
Are the results. Whenever there is
Godness there is goodness almost:
There' a fine line between rumination
And contemplation. Finer than silk...
God lives in all our alien languages;
Our spritiual and secular unities, like
Abandoned sleds by a lakeshore;
Incredibly alike wherever possible.
- Victor Imari (22/03/07)
price and to every cost too.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Hanging up on promises sucks. Yet
We can't help but wonder Godness:
Choices have everything to do with
It all. Choice is to fate as decisions
Are the results. Whenever there is
Godness there is goodness almost:
There' a fine line between rumination
And contemplation. Finer than silk...
God lives in all our alien languages;
Our spritiual and secular unities, like
Abandoned sleds by a lakeshore;
Incredibly alike wherever possible.
- Victor Imari (22/03/07)
Friday, December 22, 2006
Someday
The decisions we decide,
Keep us bound together.
The promises we promise,
Keep us bound.
The choices we choose,
Keep us.
~The Shah of Athabasca
I'd like to write my best song,
Ever. No thing so casual as to
Drag out every point by point,
Detail that tedious encounters
Don't (rarely) but can provide.
In fact it's no easy song sung.
For as many reasons as there are
To write it, you see? So much to
Read for.
Have you ever feared a good thing?
I'd like to write a memorable song
Someday.
- Victor Imari (16/09/05)
Keep us bound together.
The promises we promise,
Keep us bound.
The choices we choose,
Keep us.
~The Shah of Athabasca
I'd like to write my best song,
Ever. No thing so casual as to
Drag out every point by point,
Detail that tedious encounters
Don't (rarely) but can provide.
In fact it's no easy song sung.
For as many reasons as there are
To write it, you see? So much to
Read for.
Have you ever feared a good thing?
I'd like to write a memorable song
Someday.
- Victor Imari (16/09/05)
Friday, October 27, 2006
To Sincrerity
The difference between being
Discontent and being unhappy
Is that function of happiness:
Being content of discontent.
~ The Shah Of Athabasca
Passion's beauty incarnate,
Love is labour of beautiful,
And love of beauty is truth:
Dreamy thoughts can be true,
Whenever passion is sincere;
Love of beauty is the passion:
Where labour's commitment,
Not to that driving passion,
But the beauty of sincerity.
~ Victor Imari (27/10/2006)
Discontent and being unhappy
Is that function of happiness:
Being content of discontent.
~ The Shah Of Athabasca
Passion's beauty incarnate,
Love is labour of beautiful,
And love of beauty is truth:
Dreamy thoughts can be true,
Whenever passion is sincere;
Love of beauty is the passion:
Where labour's commitment,
Not to that driving passion,
But the beauty of sincerity.
~ Victor Imari (27/10/2006)
Monday, September 25, 2006
Know Where?
Dare you remember
One of those days,
When nothing made
Sense except that,
One of those days,
When nothing made
Sense except that,
Nothing made sense.
There is that time,
Then to take time
To make amends,
Then to take time
To make amends,
And ensure service
Where every detail
Matters; only you
Know your own:
Destination's worth....
Victor Imari (09/06)
Friday, September 01, 2006
Measures
It's either a torpedo
Or a really big fish.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Happiness is measured
In perceived successes.
Success takes effort,
Governed by planning
Successful tactics, to
Successful strategy to
Surpass those equilibriums,
Between virtuous patience
And all of our deadly sins.
Victor Imari (1/09/06)
Or a really big fish.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Happiness is measured
In perceived successes.
Success takes effort,
Governed by planning
Successful tactics, to
Successful strategy to
Surpass those equilibriums,
Between virtuous patience
And all of our deadly sins.
Victor Imari (1/09/06)
Monday, August 07, 2006
Tales - Dignity Dictates
There was this story,
As goes much history:
Sometimes it's best to
Let people think through...
Without the questionably
Beneficial distraction of you
It is a tale indeed,
Of two great cities:
Something always comes
From intimacy, but offering
Solutions to thirst isn't always
Called water. Pride precludes
That whenever the worst of
Times hit, so does victory.
- Victor Imari (08/06)
As goes much history:
Sometimes it's best to
Let people think through...
Without the questionably
Beneficial distraction of you
It is a tale indeed,
Of two great cities:
Something always comes
From intimacy, but offering
Solutions to thirst isn't always
Called water. Pride precludes
That whenever the worst of
Times hit, so does victory.
- Victor Imari (08/06)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Free Gods (Requiem)
Whatever I write, er
Is the truest truth, er
Is the truest truth, er
~ The Shah of Athabasca
If I am earth,
Swept by winds,
Then I know,
Fires abound.
Swept by winds,
Then I know,
Fires abound.
If I am wind,
Bound by fires,
There I may know,
Anonymous winds.
Bound by fires,
There I may know,
Anonymous winds.
And if I am fire,
In search of air
That much I know:
Balls of fire here.
In search of air
That much I know:
Balls of fire here.
Free,
Balls of fire here.
Victor Imari (06/21/06)
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
For Haven's Sake
We are brought into
Each others universe
Each others universe
Just ripe enough:
Spoiled, really spoiled
Sometimes, spoilt even;
Sometimes, spoilt even;
Or, right:
Just ripe enough.
~Victor Imari (6/14/06)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Any Leap (Lately)
Any leap aught,
Not be forced.
Not be forced.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
From courage,
Or desperation:
Or desperation:
There is an end,
To everything...
To everything...
There is an end,
To every beginning;
To every beginning;
And every end too.
Victor Imari (6/1/2006)
Monday, May 29, 2006
15 Minutes (What to do)
In my life, there
Are distractions.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Everywhere is authenticity;
Verification that progress
Requires much discipline,
To access safest potentials
When opportunities flower.
Victor Imari (5/29/06)
Are distractions.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Everywhere is authenticity;
Verification that progress
Requires much discipline,
To access safest potentials
When opportunities flower.
Victor Imari (5/29/06)
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Soundness
To listen is...
To love silence
~The Shah of Athabasca
Sound is everything
Next to which lurks
Next to which lurks
Silence beyond what
Beckons, but flows
Beckons, but flows
As if membranes
Through caverns
Through caverns
Bestowed without
Electricity even
Electricity even
Here
Victor Imari (5/14/06)
Friday, April 28, 2006
Any Generalist's Dilemna
To golf or write,
That's all right.
That's all right.
~ The Shah Of Athabasca
Always, there
Are obstacles
Are obstacles
To commandeer
And overcome
And overcome
With desire,
Duly aspired:
Duly aspired:
You can't
But know
But know
The landscape
All too well,
All too well,
If it hasn't
Nailed you (yet)
Nailed you (yet)
There is trajectory.
Victor Imari
Saturday, March 25, 2006
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