{"id":45,"date":"2011-09-09T02:14:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T02:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2012-01-08T22:01:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T22:01:28","slug":"whitmans-gauntlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Whitman’s Gauntlet"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>We’re currently trying to procure the source tapes from this recording so we can remix it. The vocals are a bit thin with lots of ssssss’s. We know the originals are good; they just need to be tweaked and toggled.<\/p>\n

Whitman’s Gauntlet<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A century or more divides us
\nWords they come down just the same
\nAbsolution guides the poet
\nHis choice of words will guard his name<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>
\nThe prophecy was more than certain
\nThe poets filled the loving cup
\nAnd boldly cast was Whitman\u2019s gauntlet\u00a0
\nGenerations passed it up<\/p>\n

We have come to know your musings
\nWe can see what it means to be alive
\nA million years of being human
\nHas all but shut our retrospective eyes<\/p>\n

My love is our connections
\nMy love is our connections\u2026<\/p>\n

I sing my love out to the cosmos
\nAnd claim your truth just as my own
\nAges swirl in Whitman\u2019s gauntlet
\nA universe can\u2019t be alone<\/p>\n

Our times are fraught with anger
\nChildren lost the thread of truth
\nBrother treads upon his brother
\nOur hope still lies within our youth<\/p>\n

The future is at best uncertain
\nThe poets fill the loving cup
\nBoldly cast was Whitman\u2019s gauntlet
\nDesperation picks it up!
\n_______________________________________________________<\/p>\n

This song first appeared in my “novel” The Thousand-Petalled Lotus: The Flower of Human Consciousness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re currently trying to procure the source tapes from this recording so we can remix it. The vocals are a bit thin with lots of ssssss’s. We know the originals are good; they just need to be tweaked and toggled. (…)<\/p>\n

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