https://blackbeanspoetry.com Black Beans Poetry Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:28:35 +0000 https://blackbeanspoetry.com en https://blackbeanspoetry.com/Home-Page Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:28:33 +0000 Black Beans Poetry https://blackbeanspoetry.com/Home-Page window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-HW7NE4YLBP'); &nbsp; <img width="1728" height="2304" width_o="1728" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b2a30e032f81384b8721287a916749bbdec79fea87ef6099fa2bb5e1df7f571/IMG_0855-cropped-portrait.JPG" data-mid="204548918" border="0" alt="A few metres between our towels" data-caption="A few metres between our towels" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b2a30e032f81384b8721287a916749bbdec79fea87ef6099fa2bb5e1df7f571/IMG_0855-cropped-portrait.JPG" /> <img width="4922" height="3282" width_o="4922" height_o="3282" 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/> <img width="1818" height="1228" width_o="1818" height_o="1228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2535bce76a4e14a464d29bf4061c63ad667cd4fc04efc3cfd6106ead9ca86130/horse.jpg" data-mid="83096289" border="0" alt="Artists make art about how screwed up the city is" data-caption="Artists make art about how screwed up the city is" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2535bce76a4e14a464d29bf4061c63ad667cd4fc04efc3cfd6106ead9ca86130/horse.jpg" /> <img width="3256" height="2096" width_o="3256" height_o="2096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5023b1f84ccb46bc49be93d7ed5e1664ed0bd57f2b189e529a6d2bf363c7f16f/opendoor-1.jpg" data-mid="114100996" border="0" alt="The essence of oneness bursts so loud that it is impossible to be conscious of anything else" data-caption="The essence of oneness bursts so loud that it is impossible to be conscious of anything else" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5023b1f84ccb46bc49be93d7ed5e1664ed0bd57f2b189e529a6d2bf363c7f16f/opendoor-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1930" width_o="3000" height_o="1930" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/067bb1eb4a7b07e446dd8523771929d1c3b9efe7cc0c57add8cd59652bd6818c/img20200911_09432522-edit-1smaller.png" data-mid="83113804" border="0" alt="Why would you leave?" data-caption="Why would you leave?" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/067bb1eb4a7b07e446dd8523771929d1c3b9efe7cc0c57add8cd59652bd6818c/img20200911_09432522-edit-1smaller.png" /> <img width="3304" height="2096" width_o="3304" height_o="2096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1db275157eef14a0a7b31451a7e0f1e1371180cd8212673e8e93320eae357430/img20200828_17493809.jpg" data-mid="83096305" border="0" alt="The sky at dusk" data-caption="The sky at dusk" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1db275157eef14a0a7b31451a7e0f1e1371180cd8212673e8e93320eae357430/img20200828_17493809.jpg" /> <img width="1521" height="1025" width_o="1521" height_o="1025" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1f2516681f41c31a2a3655553c1ab927abd1fbf40dc7f05a946a9bbcb144d91/ig2-edit.jpg" data-mid="86195587" border="0" alt="Your breath is deathly silent" data-caption="Your breath is deathly silent" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1f2516681f41c31a2a3655553c1ab927abd1fbf40dc7f05a946a9bbcb144d91/ig2-edit.jpg" /> <img width="1769" height="1195" width_o="1769" height_o="1195" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3dad4cf1bdba8ce19e5e6283a3f139cc67e3c5c90360628c743dbbffdbe10d3/capo-2.jpg" data-mid="83072429" border="0" alt="Capoeira is both life and a celebration of life" data-caption="Capoeira is both life and a celebration of life" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3dad4cf1bdba8ce19e5e6283a3f139cc67e3c5c90360628c743dbbffdbe10d3/capo-2.jpg" /> <img width="3312" height="2080" width_o="3312" height_o="2080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95d2847485941b6e22dca2717ee823d03f866fdc6db3153e44e093767c7dbbd9/img20200828_17154420.jpg" data-mid="83096300" border="0" alt="Now I can take what I&rsquo;ve been given and tell you what is mine" data-caption="Now I can take what I’ve been given and tell you what is mine" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95d2847485941b6e22dca2717ee823d03f866fdc6db3153e44e093767c7dbbd9/img20200828_17154420.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1923" width_o="3000" height_o="1923" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2265ddc501f07a421b61ee8b4fe2d62a03afa00d76ac106dd54032174eb5d35/img20200911_09421137-editsmaller.png" data-mid="83111036" border="0" alt="Ridiculous and sweet" data-caption="Ridiculous and sweet" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2265ddc501f07a421b61ee8b4fe2d62a03afa00d76ac106dd54032174eb5d35/img20200911_09421137-editsmaller.png" /> <img width="3000" height="1926" width_o="3000" height_o="1926" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0811e36a8eb545bb69d049c65e51b955b98a2ede791ff9ba101e585a7d0a88c/img20200801_11523877-2-editsmaller.png" data-mid="83110968" border="0" alt="It was the trace of your taste" data-caption="It was the trace of your taste" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0811e36a8eb545bb69d049c65e51b955b98a2ede791ff9ba101e585a7d0a88c/img20200801_11523877-2-editsmaller.png" /> <img width="2744" height="2151" width_o="2744" height_o="2151" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaf3be7efccd5e1d8270db5ba8d09ef7ab7fbb9994bf536ea44165e4f9f0ca46/droefhouse-1.jpg" data-mid="114098568" border="0" alt="Wait - what do you really think of me" data-caption="Wait - what do you really think of me" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaf3be7efccd5e1d8270db5ba8d09ef7ab7fbb9994bf536ea44165e4f9f0ca46/droefhouse-1.jpg" /> <img width="3312" height="2112" width_o="3312" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbaf10963edcecfda3d343ba2054c9d5a7baf820a74a6313c5b429795138947c/img20200828_15555135.jpg" data-mid="84117766" border="0" alt="Sustainability would never taste - so sweet!" data-caption="Sustainability would never taste - so sweet!" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbaf10963edcecfda3d343ba2054c9d5a7baf820a74a6313c5b429795138947c/img20200828_15555135.jpg" /> <img width="3296" height="2072" width_o="3296" height_o="2072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a3fd87d948ea0ad7388126e17b2ff6846355e269b57ae0aae94f4e80011f6f1/kamau_tower.jpg" data-mid="100106096" border="0" alt=" Oblivious to the plotline, she focuses on the finger that points" data-caption=" Oblivious to the plotline, she focuses on the finger that points" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a3fd87d948ea0ad7388126e17b2ff6846355e269b57ae0aae94f4e80011f6f1/kamau_tower.jpg" /> <img width="1205" height="1024" width_o="1205" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9477eee972f084edfb0b62f21ddee01b9b95514d31c5830aab38cd4bfead043c/image0021_29A-cropped.jpg" data-mid="83096296" border="0" alt="The first time it was my body" data-caption="The first time it was my body" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9477eee972f084edfb0b62f21ddee01b9b95514d31c5830aab38cd4bfead043c/image0021_29A-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="1525" height="1010" width_o="1525" height_o="1010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1229f374fa9939109d1cef7d7dbc5809c606b3a2eecf5787f42c36a889e88e4a/image0015_27A.jpg" data-mid="85570269" border="0" alt="Love is easy; easy to get and easy to lose" data-caption="Love is easy; easy to get and easy to lose" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1229f374fa9939109d1cef7d7dbc5809c606b3a2eecf5787f42c36a889e88e4a/image0015_27A.jpg" /> https://blackbeanspoetry.com/hollow Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:28:34 +0000 Black Beans Poetry https://blackbeanspoetry.com/hollow https://blackbeanspoetry.com/the-laugh Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:28:35 +0000 Black Beans Poetry https://blackbeanspoetry.com/the-laugh You called me a funny guy Of course I joke What else is there but a laugh The laugh is the remainder The excess When there is something to say but no way to say it And everything that can be said is nonsense Laughter pisses all over what goes without saying The presumption that everything that is said Can and should count That your words are magically bestowed with meaning, value and sense And that meaning, value and sense can be created And that meaning, value and sense will be returned And that meaning, value and sense will accumulate (But actually) No! Everything is baseless! The laugh is the almost-nothing It's not quite nothing But it's definitely not something It sucks up any hint of meaning While at the same time, radiating in neon light the imperative that there must be meaning That we submit ourselves to meaning That I submit my will to your law That I submit my body to the floor I like to fallTo experience falling down Experience a most fundamental forceOne that is impossible to oppose Except perhaps when we swim, kindaAnyway, standing, laying, walking These all give the illusion that we are in control That we tell our body where to go And how to hold itselfBut when I fall over I know better I know I am not in control Falling to EarthFalling asleepFalling for you Out of control