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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYHRXc8fyp7ImA9WhRREUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412</id><updated>2011-11-23T21:55:34.977-08:00</updated><category term="cheer" /><category term="education" /><category term="control" /><category term="light-hearted" /><category term="live" /><category term="funny" /><category term="comedy" /><category term="death" /><category term="courage" /><category term="care" /><category term="christmas" /><category term="war" /><category term="obscure" /><category term="values" /><category term="sex" /><category term="good wishes" 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term="How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?" /><category term="power" /><category term="poetry" /><category term="god" /><category term="fame" /><category term="inequality" /><category term="fun" /><category term="loneliness" /><category term="corruption" /><category term="fear" /><category term="content" /><category term="love" /><category term="toast" /><category term="Iraq" /><category term="morality" /><title>Mellifluous Tones</title><subtitle type="html">Poetry for the intellects</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MellifluousTones" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="mellifluoustones" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0YBSHs9eip7ImA9WxFQEU4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-4197532468935269740</id><published>2010-05-06T00:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-06T00:32:39.562-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-06T00:32:39.562-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?" /><title>How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?</title><content type="html">How can it.&lt;div&gt;How can we?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Collective from portobello,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;tumblers, glasses&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; "&gt;How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-4197532468935269740?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4197532468935269740?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4197532468935269740?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-can-fairy-collective-surprise-sin.html" title="How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEIMRXY5cSp7ImA9WxBRFUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5987143661012438323</id><published>2010-01-02T14:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T10:16:24.829-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-01-03T10:16:24.829-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="light-hearted" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humour" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="funny" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="comedy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new year" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>N of 2010?</title><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;New adventures, New people,&lt;/div&gt;New laughs and New hopes,&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;New fears, New dreams,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;New challenges, New slopes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There will be needs, there will be nightmares,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;adversity, a want to hide,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But with support and nursing,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;we'll come out the other side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, we'll have fall outs,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;arguments galore,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;but know that I'll still love you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(even if you snore)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But lets focus on the good things,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;laughter, wine, the pub,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jokes, falls and embarasment,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And if we're not too old, the club?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, here comes the New Year&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another year with each other?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just know I'll always love you,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though maybe not you mother.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;For Technorati: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;ZWUNNBYSESGK&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5987143661012438323?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5987143661012438323?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5987143661012438323?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2010/01/n.html" title="N of 2010?" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkICQXk-cCp7ImA9WxBREE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-7746846734152264463</id><published>2009-12-28T08:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T09:16:00.758-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-28T09:16:00.758-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dreams" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="secrets" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hopes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="desire" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obscure" /><title>worthless EMOTION</title><content type="html">Tell me your secrets,&lt;div&gt;lined in silver,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;snow lies,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and whispers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Are we but what?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet not what we want,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;envisaged, desires, hopes,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to those who have the courage to dream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-7746846734152264463?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/7746846734152264463?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/7746846734152264463?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/hiti.html" title="worthless EMOTION" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0AGRHk-eCp7ImA9WxBSFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-1548163234808304106</id><published>2009-12-23T02:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T02:55:25.750-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-23T02:55:25.750-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cheer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="live" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="content" /><title>To live lives</title><content type="html">Let us live our lives free from troubles,&lt;div&gt;behind a veil of self content myrrh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;let the champagne flow, ice and bubbles,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and may the fireplace roar,  our desires purr&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let us live amongst laughter and cheer,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;may our hearts be forever filled with summer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;consign to oblivion worries and fears,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and the world continue to fill with wonder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As for those who can live their lives as said,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;no mortal nearer the gods may tread.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-1548163234808304106?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/1548163234808304106?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/1548163234808304106?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/to-live-lives.html" title="To live lives" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DU8BQ3c7eCp7ImA9WxBSEkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-2790620064733739356</id><published>2009-12-19T13:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T13:24:12.900-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-19T13:24:12.900-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="companionship" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends" /><title>Friendship</title><content type="html">What are our friendships?&lt;div&gt;Fleeting meetings?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Acquaintances, fading to memories?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A splash of colour in our otherwise grey lives?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Or is it something more?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A lasting compainionship,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;straining shoulders,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;pillars, welcome amnesia,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;opioid from life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-2790620064733739356?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2790620064733739356?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2790620064733739356?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/friendship.html" title="Friendship" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEEDQn4yeyp7ImA9WxBSEEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-8763099083337530697</id><published>2009-12-17T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T07:11:13.093-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-17T07:11:13.093-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scared" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="courage" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bravery" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fear" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Courage</title><content type="html">He said to me 'I'm scared sir'&lt;div&gt;Do I have what it takes?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The ability? The resilience?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How can I face what we face?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do what we do?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Get up every morning and take on the world?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I replied.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If courage is to face what we fear,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;how can we be courageous  without it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For there can be no light without darkness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-8763099083337530697?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/8763099083337530697?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/8763099083337530697?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/courage.html" title="Courage" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEIDRX4_cSp7ImA9WxBTGEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5361768280533033746</id><published>2009-12-14T09:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T09:42:54.049-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-14T09:42:54.049-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="good wishes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="noel" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="joy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toast" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yueltide" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christmas" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Christmas Toast</title><content type="html">May the best you've ever had be the worst you'll ever be&lt;div&gt;From discomfort, fear and trouble forever shall be free,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;May your hearts leave this place full of joy and cheer,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now lets eat, drink and be merry, Christmas Tide is here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5361768280533033746?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5361768280533033746?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5361768280533033746?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-toast.html" title="Christmas Toast" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DE8DSXo_fyp7ImA9WxBTFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5782547252307177615</id><published>2009-12-11T12:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T13:27:58.447-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-11T13:27:58.447-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reason" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Love Is</title><content type="html">Love is kind, Love is gentle,&lt;div&gt;Love is forgiving, Love is committed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It does not seek revenge,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;nor is it proud or vengeful. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love  dedicates wholly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sacrifices regardless,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;loves unconditionally.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love is absolute, irresistible,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It cannot be hidden or ignored.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It fuels our desires, our passions,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is the cause of our actions,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and the raise from our failures.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love is everything one seeks,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a gift bestowed, found&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It gives us reason for being&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and without it we are but empty vessels,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;without purpose or direction,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;condemned to a life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;of passionless emotion &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5782547252307177615?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5782547252307177615?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5782547252307177615?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/love-is.html" title="Love Is" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU8MQXw8cSp7ImA9WxBTE00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-869043457958036289</id><published>2009-12-08T12:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T12:24:40.279-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-08T12:24:40.279-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheist" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>If it is the opium</title><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;Forced upon, necessary, but not as so&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is god needed for lessons in morality?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will human conscience not suffice?&lt;/div&gt;For if religion is the opium of the masses&lt;div&gt;Schools are the administrator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-869043457958036289?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/869043457958036289?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/869043457958036289?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/if-it-is-opium.html" title="If it is the opium" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcFRnw_eip7ImA9WxBTEEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5781747659941445035</id><published>2009-12-05T11:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T11:40:17.242-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-05T11:40:17.242-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="care" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Walls of love</title><content type="html">It won't always be easy,&lt;div&gt;you and I,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;hardships and tribulation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;argument and worries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will face the storm of life,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and though winds of discord,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and hails of misfortune&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;must be endured,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;our house shall not fall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For we have built it strong,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;upon foundations of trust and care,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;foundations deep rooted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in tutelage and dependence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So that when we face cyclones of contoversy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;we shall face it together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Safe behind our walls&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5781747659941445035?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5781747659941445035?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5781747659941445035?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/walls-of-love.html" title="Walls of love" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ck4HQ3c9eyp7ImA9WxBTEEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-7114635393563201399</id><published>2009-12-05T11:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T11:22:12.963-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-05T11:22:12.963-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheist" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Revelry of Belief</title><content type="html">Awaken from your revelry! &lt;div&gt;The numbers cry&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For we can define your false numen,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in figures and explanation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunset, Apollo's Chariot?!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saturnalia, Christ birth?!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But still the people shout back defiant,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;we are happy in our ways,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;do not open our eyes to the light,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for we have lived in darkness for so long,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that the truth is painful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-7114635393563201399?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/7114635393563201399?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/7114635393563201399?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/revelry-of-belief.html" title="Revelry of Belief" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkIFRn87eSp7ImA9WxNaGEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-4566612986394243833</id><published>2009-12-03T10:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T10:21:57.101-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-03T10:21:57.101-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="women" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pursuits" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Blank</title><content type="html">Woken, crash to reality,&lt;div&gt;the unfamiliar scent,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;wrapped around the room.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hair draped across my face,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;an extra arm sprouting across my chest,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from the nameless body.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not a Salome Ann Duffy body,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;though I'm sure the allure was present&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;if now faded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And now once again,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I escape the cave of whatsername,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to my next pursuit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-4566612986394243833?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4566612986394243833?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4566612986394243833?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/blank.html" title="Blank" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUcERHg5fCp7ImA9WxNaF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-2026793436501040942</id><published>2009-12-01T13:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T13:30:05.624-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-01T13:30:05.624-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="empty" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pursuit" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pursuits" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fame" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Empty Pursuits</title><content type="html">What do they hope for?&lt;div&gt;those who pursue it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It does not heal or enlighten,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;strengthen or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;richen&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is the most shallow of all pursuits,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and indeed the pursuers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;shall soon find them selves falling amongst the grains,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for if all you existence amounts to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is chasing fame for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;fame's&lt;/span&gt; sake,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;it is a life built on sand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and liable to come crashing down around you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-2026793436501040942?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2026793436501040942?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2026793436501040942?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/12/empty-pursuits.html" title="Empty Pursuits" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkcGQXY-eyp7ImA9WxNaFk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-3182205359500927974</id><published>2009-11-30T14:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T14:27:00.853-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-30T14:27:00.853-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="control" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>SR</title><content type="html">As celestial comets crash from the black,&lt;div&gt;fire tails, light, heavy, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The upturned King, cast aside crown,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;scepter broken, walls crumble&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chains of oppression unlocked?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Or the door to chaos of modern? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-3182205359500927974?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/3182205359500927974?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/3182205359500927974?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/sr.html" title="SR" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0AHSH05eip7ImA9WxNaFkw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5867417757503848646</id><published>2009-11-30T14:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T14:22:19.322-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-30T14:22:19.322-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheist" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Sober</title><content type="html">As babbilings of a drunkard,&lt;div&gt;are dismissed as delusions,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;so too should the affliction of religion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps its time for the world to sober up?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5867417757503848646?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5867417757503848646?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5867417757503848646?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/sober.html" title="Sober" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQHR3w7fyp7ImA9WxNaEks.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-3020591113932540903</id><published>2009-11-26T10:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T11:05:36.207-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-26T11:05:36.207-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="afganistan" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="emotion" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Iraq" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="death" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="war" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Sacrifice for This</title><content type="html">This is the decisions never told&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This the truth undercover,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the boy never reach old&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the tears of weeping lover&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the sparkle in his eye,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the laughter on his face&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is emotion turned to die,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the dreams he cannot chase&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the sacrifice he made,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the choice not undone,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the courage never fade,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is honor 'gainst the gun,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the pain he cannot feel,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the release that will shall bring,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the scars that never heal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the forever worn ring.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the hearts that cannot hide,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the tears wept for the fight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the pride we feel inside,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the memory of our Knight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the neccessity that taken,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the bravery of our son,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the sacrifice required,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in the war thats never won&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-3020591113932540903?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/3020591113932540903?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/3020591113932540903?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-is-decisions-never-told-this-truth.html" title="Sacrifice for This" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEIHQHgzeyp7ImA9WxNbGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5604333070962817412</id><published>2009-11-22T09:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T09:55:31.683-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-22T09:55:31.683-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="theism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Naive</title><content type="html">86% theists.&lt;div&gt;86% wrong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Misguided Mortals! Open your eyes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5604333070962817412?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5604333070962817412?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5604333070962817412?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/naive.html" title="Naive" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcCQn85fCp7ImA9WxNbGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-2495119462544289495</id><published>2009-11-22T09:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T09:47:43.124-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-22T09:47:43.124-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="loneliness" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alone" /><title>Shared Emotion</title><content type="html">Now I know I don't know you,&lt;div&gt;but I'm sure I've seen your ghosts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm sure I've shared your worries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Easily distinguishable, lack of bounce,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the downward tug on red edge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bridges burnt, ties severed,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;leaving me and you and us,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;trapped off at all sides.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet amongst the synonymous tide,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the death of individualism,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is a welcome relief&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in our shared loneliness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-2495119462544289495?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2495119462544289495?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/2495119462544289495?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/shared-emotion.html" title="Shared Emotion" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUAQ3c7fyp7ImA9WxNbF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5876248107687321096</id><published>2009-11-20T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T09:30:42.907-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-20T09:30:42.907-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moral" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="morality" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>What is Morality?</title><content type="html">Morality is conscience voiced,&lt;div&gt;principle in action,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;values announced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and rectitude of judgement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is the natural law of justice,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;imparted from the soul,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;from the heart, from within,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;submersed by of flaws,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and released by our humanity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5876248107687321096?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5876248107687321096?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5876248107687321096?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-is-morality.html" title="What is Morality?" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C08NRno8eyp7ImA9WxNbFks.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-4813590231046049773</id><published>2009-11-16T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T12:18:17.473-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-19T12:18:17.473-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bored" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="boredom" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>The Curse</title><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;Can you hear those jewels tumble from the crown?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can you see the stars in crepuscule gowned?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can you feel those colours in grey drown?&lt;/div&gt;Can you taste that sky turn black and brown?&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can you see that sun stop flashing round?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And do the words seem lost in sound?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you see the moon face turn to frown?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;such is the curse of boredom. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-4813590231046049773?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4813590231046049773?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4813590231046049773?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/curse.html" title="The Curse" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQCRXYzcSp7ImA9WxNbEEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-5932690475334058066</id><published>2009-11-12T12:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T13:12:44.889-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-12T13:12:44.889-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roses" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="war" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="values" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="remembrance" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Remembrance Roses</title><content type="html">They cared&lt;div&gt;They cared for the values of truth and honour,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;loyalty and courage,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;comradeship and heroism,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the strength to stand up for what's right,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in face of evil and adversity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They cared for their country,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;their fellows, their friends,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;their brothers their family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They cared for truth and allegiance,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;fidelity and duty&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;principle and virtue,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;integrity and righteousness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They cared enough to make&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the ultimate sacrifice, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;shared and final.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And now these values must live on in us,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;not just within these remembrance roses,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;less their sacrifice be in vain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They care&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-5932690475334058066?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5932690475334058066?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/5932690475334058066?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/remembrance-roses.html" title="Remembrance Roses" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkQNSXw-cCp7ImA9WxNUGEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-8287820629882078602</id><published>2009-11-10T10:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T10:39:58.258-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-10T10:39:58.258-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wrong" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ire" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>Wrongdoing and Character</title><content type="html">The acceptance of wrongdoing is not an easy admittance,&lt;div&gt;most live their lives estimable and inculpable,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;attempting in their own humble way,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to propagate morality within their universe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Futile? Perhaps.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For this spectrum of colour and Cimmerian Shade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is far greater than the Lilliputian actions that we undertake.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, admittance is a necessity if we are to continue,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;lest the fire of guilt, be it a spark or an inferno,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;destroy you from the inside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For to ire is part of human nature,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;embedded into the depths of our soul,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;but it is not what a man does,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;but what a man thinks of what he has done,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that truly defines his character&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-8287820629882078602?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/8287820629882078602?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/8287820629882078602?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/wrongdoing-and-character.html" title="Wrongdoing and Character" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C08EQns8cCp7ImA9WxNUFk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-4694634546437350619</id><published>2009-11-07T10:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T11:23:23.578-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-07T11:23:23.578-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soul" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="atheist" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry" /><title>From god?</title><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;Celestial wisdom to know what's right&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Deity imparted conscience that can&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Providence justice to judge the blight&lt;/div&gt;Are found deep within the soul of man&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-4694634546437350619?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4694634546437350619?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/4694634546437350619?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/from-god.html" title="From god?" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUMCQn47fip7ImA9WxNUFU4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-994821456492849355</id><published>2009-11-06T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T10:51:03.006-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-06T10:51:03.006-08:00</app:edited><title>Treasure</title><content type="html">Intellect that none can measure,&lt;div&gt;Wit to install the grandest pleasure&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Daring whilst under commodious pressure,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that is mankind's greatest treasure&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-994821456492849355?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/994821456492849355?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/994821456492849355?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mellifluoustones.blogspot.com/2009/11/treasure.html" title="Treasure" /><author><name>Prof. Charles Harkwood</name><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></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQDSXcyeip7ImA9WxNUFEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937930892284193412.post-6520838470219263779</id><published>2009-11-05T13:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T13:26:18.992-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-05T13:26:18.992-08:00</app:edited><title>Seen</title><content type="html">For never was such beauty seen,&lt;div&gt;than in the moon of shine and gleam,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;lording above the blossom drops&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;where tears did fall, and lovers stop&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/937930892284193412-6520838470219263779?l=mellifluoustones.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/937930892284193412/posts/default/6520838470219263779?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" 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