tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198944112024-03-17T21:03:00.219-07:00fairly secret: the tower of approachDon't need fortune fame respect or speed.
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All writings © Jonathan Mark Hamlow 1998-2023</p>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5524125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-44640778351407624812024-03-17T21:01:00.000-07:002024-03-17T21:01:56.968-07:002.4336 : 3/17/17 : Call of the Night<div>Try to defy the</div><div>call of the night one time</div><div>the evidence of past crime</div><div>the empty glass</div><div>the tired eyes</div><div>try to dream of seas</div><div>and believing in suprise</div><div>and believing in</div><div>surprise</div><div>not in the other day</div><div>not in passing</div><div>or pretending</div><div>not in contrived</div><div>beginnings</div><div>or imagined</div><div>ending</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-56601002005885152182024-03-16T22:03:00.000-07:002024-03-16T22:03:50.406-07:002.4335 : 3/16/17 : A Midnight<div>So: a midnight</div><div>and I'm still in the game</div><div>figure out</div><div>on my own terms</div><div>what I mean to reclaim</div><div>haven't got much</div><div>kid stuff left</div><div>got one of my own</div><div>and a stake</div><div>in the treble clef</div><div>and one hand</div><div>on a bass grind</div><div>keep gearing it down</div><div>till it's so funky</div><div>everybody going to</div><div>lose their mind</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-69980554957889385252024-03-16T22:00:00.000-07:002024-03-16T22:00:02.550-07:002.4334 : 3/15/17 : This Stop<div>This stop I have to</div><div>get off or stay</div><div>declare the wind down</div><div>I've got a right to</div><div>go my own way</div><div>can I find a reason</div><div>beyond the keeping on</div><div>do I try to fight</div><div>for another floor</div><div>up the tower of song</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-52417728949640450162024-03-14T20:12:00.000-07:002024-03-14T20:12:55.644-07:002.4333 : 3/14/17 : Reign Doubt<div>No turnaround today</div><div>not giving it</div><div>the play</div><div>barely</div><div>scratching out</div><div>things as they</div><div>are so</div><div>let reign doubt</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-84845849144094021812024-03-13T20:42:00.000-07:002024-03-13T20:42:53.648-07:002.4332 : 3/13/17 : Flush<div>I'll keep short changing</div><div>I'm just not flush</div><div>always the tailends</div><div>always the rush</div><div>never a reward</div><div>Oh I live it pure</div><div>drop all ambition</div><div>and I'll find the cure</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-33691148221550992692024-03-12T19:55:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:55:00.580-07:002.4331 : 3/12/17 : Whiskey Dream<div>The whole concept</div><div>was a whiskey dream</div><div>the morning found</div><div>it had no steam</div><div>the evening found me</div><div>cranky and stalled</div><div>hardly telling stories</div><div>hardly enthralled</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-19443480337320327692024-03-12T19:52:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:52:37.940-07:002.4330 : 3/11/17 : Tale of Rings<div>Tell a tale of rings</div><div>always loved shiny things</div><div>all the paradigms</div><div>and plots life brings</div><div>Little folks and</div><div>wizards grand</div><div>pipeweed really</div><div>fueled the band</div><div>I dreamed the</div><div>better part of a year</div><div>and if you got ears</div><div>sure you'll hear</div><div>It's what I had</div><div>hidden in my pocket</div><div>and the dream</div><div>awoke as a rocket</div><div>that blasted</div><div>to three hundred days</div><div>and so the beat</div><div>bays</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-66728124286798006102024-03-12T19:47:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:47:06.543-07:002.4329 : 3/10/17 : Scatter<div>My business all</div><div>a scatter pattern</div><div>lost that guy</div><div>who had the lantern</div><div>guess I didn't measure up</div><div>again again</div><div>invoke the cup</div><div>too old</div><div>eclipsed</div><div>no grails</div><div>feels like the rest's</div><div>on rails</div><div>my business alla</div><div>chaos moiré</div><div>only in my dreams</div><div>the crystal array</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-55780345563739020032024-03-12T19:34:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:35:40.418-07:002.4328 : 3/9/17 : Implication<div>Always left up late</div><div>with the implication</div><div>hanging by a thread</div><div>waiting for incarnation</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-10974757833129606592024-03-12T19:32:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:35:15.301-07:002.4327 : 3/8/17 : Out of Salt<div>Set another task</div><div>what a fool what a mask</div><div>like the original round</div><div>still chasing that sound</div><div>so shake it like we're</div><div>already almost out of salt</div><div>Yeah shake it like your head</div><div>saying it's none of your fault</div><div>If you can't shake it like</div><div>you're trying to shake the devil off</div><div>you better listen up</div><div>no you better not scoff</div><div>the very thought of excitement</div><div>sets me well on my guard</div><div>turning this raft around</div><div>is going to be so hard</div><div>should I have left it cold</div><div>renounced song forsaken art</div><div>left town with an</div><div>unburdened heart</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-12540093094060793202024-03-12T19:28:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:28:37.378-07:002.4326 : 3/7/17 : Garbage<div>Toss the garbage</div><div>throw the trash</div><div>better not think about</div><div>what's left to smash</div><div>feeling a little</div><div>trashed in and out</div><div>save what's left</div><div>for another bout</div><div>haven't given up</div><div>but the future is dim</div><div>a little pessimistic</div><div>for sure a little grim</div><div>for a minute there though</div><div>I really flew</div><div>but nothing but the cold</div><div>ended up getting through</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-5125937782700901632024-03-06T20:48:00.000-08:002024-03-06T20:48:02.331-08:002.4325 : 3/6/17 : The Plot<div>Mighta lost the plot too</div><div>far back to find the trail</div><div>again do we tray to make</div><div>or find by hammer thread lens or sail</div><div>many think it's hardly a real thing</div><div>bound by book cross rope rail or ring</div><div>but I loved it so</div><div>just can't say goodbye</div><div>I swear I saw it far off</div><div>once with my good eye</div><div>So what it explains the chaos</div><div>say it don't exist</div><div>Say that's just more rising action</div><div>know I've got a list</div><div>play it one two three</div><div>when I'm down by four</div><div>for the breath of a rumor</div><div>I'll get up off the floor</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-18741240633403457262024-03-05T20:18:00.000-08:002024-03-05T20:18:47.919-08:002.4324 : 3/5/17 : Free Fall<div>Everyone around me with</div><div>their fixed idea</div><div>everyone with their own</div><div>end all be all</div><div>I got not notion no</div><div>notion at all</div><div>No big production</div><div>my production is</div><div>in free fall</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-37345832011713376252024-03-05T20:15:00.000-08:002024-03-05T20:15:10.331-08:002.4323 : 3/4/17 : Brief<div>Let each song's life</div><div>be brutal and brief</div><div>to ward off the one</div><div>who comes like a thief</div><div>in the night while the rest</div><div>sleep shelved like books</div><div>I spin up what can't</div><div>be claimed by crooks</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-21746642642480497052024-03-03T14:23:00.000-08:002024-03-03T14:24:33.680-08:002.4322 : 3/3/17 : Dauntless<div>No great burden</div><div>I'm not the unlucky</div><div>do I wish to be</div><div>dauntless and plucky</div><div>do I really</div><div>want to dwell and sulk</div><div>such grains of salt</div><div>better buy in bulk</div><div>at least square my shoulders</div><div>stand up straight</div><div>bring on another</div><div>with full on freight</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-85019170038257204172024-03-02T16:23:00.000-08:002024-03-02T16:23:02.801-08:002.4321 : 3/2/17 : Worlds and How Many More?<div>How many worlds</div><div>and how many more?</div><div>and each more dull</div><div>than the one before</div><div>too many make-</div><div>believes</div><div>on too impressionable</div><div>young age</div><div>and the shameful</div><div>palimpsest</div><div>today's</div><div>ragged page</div><div>let me fit one more</div><div>world just one</div><div>I ask</div><div>to fit this thing</div><div>I say I seek</div><div>a worthy task</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-39917364419937480922024-03-02T16:15:00.000-08:002024-03-02T16:15:17.697-08:002.4320 : 3/1/17 : Mess<div>Sometimes the mess</div><div>before I even started</div><div>quit it faster</div><div>than I can be thwarted</div><div>blanked out</div><div>and a stumbly pen</div><div>shutter the light and send</div><div>this hound back to</div><div>his den</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-37640217308917682402024-02-29T20:33:00.000-08:002024-02-29T20:33:58.667-08:00leap<div>Sat down to do my daily portion (I've been missing too many days posting and trying to stay on track) only to be reminded that the Leap year cycle of the posted songs are not in sync with Actual Time. Might as well do a little meta.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've never known less what I'm doing, in the posting of this (which as far as I can tell literally no one is reading, however it might generate a small handful of impressions that I suppose are bots), or in the writing that is ongoing. The long atrophied impetus to actually make or record music hangs on by the slenderest filament. I haven't updated the Personal Favorites page in going on 13 volumes.</div><div><br /></div><div>No conclusions. Onward to March I guess.</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-33402383497244209892024-02-28T20:47:00.000-08:002024-02-28T20:47:54.000-08:002.4319 : 2/28/17 : Alert<div>Seven years slap</div><div>knocked from the groove</div><div>no treat to read</div><div>sure had something to prove</div><div>left the rift behind</div><div>without a glance back</div><div>no standing salt for me</div><div>no romance for the crack</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-22316061379363523862024-02-27T20:19:00.000-08:002024-02-28T20:45:04.823-08:002.4318 : 2/27/17 : Tick<div>Tick the boxes</div><div>it looks like discipline</div><div>better not skip the practice</div><div>risk letting</div><div>who knows what in</div><div>I think I'd</div><div>rather read a book</div><div>leave the box shut</div><div>a skip</div><div>taking this look</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-18379780679448751802024-02-27T20:16:00.000-08:002024-02-27T20:16:41.451-08:002.4317 : 2/26/17 : Many Hours Later<div>Many hours later</div><div>Still silent,</div><div>seeking sign</div><div>dark dreams</div><div>and an hour I still malign</div><div>I will ask for help</div><div>Seeking the Voice</div><div>that comes after the fire</div><div>and before the choice</div><div>between a silence</div><div>none dare describe</div><div>nevermore deny the cup</div><div>I demanded to imbibe</div><div>not knowing is no excuse</div><div>anyway you can't</div><div>the truth the many</div><div>hours bought</div><div>now so I came at it</div><div>aslant</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-34868175000586862322024-02-27T20:12:00.000-08:002024-02-27T20:12:39.213-08:002.4316 : 2/25/17 : A Contender<div>Too late too long</div><div>felt like a pretender</div><div>bite tongue from telling</div><div>How I could have</div><div>been a contender</div><div>If I had</div><div>would I be singing now</div><div>too foolish to think this way</div><div>but if not this way</div><div>then how?</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-74918021984292006352024-02-27T20:08:00.000-08:002024-03-02T16:16:02.101-08:002.4315 : 2/24/17 : Lament<div>Thought about another</div><div>to try to make it better</div><div>but another probably make</div><div>it worse</div><div>that's just the</div><div>commonplace of man</div><div>it ain't no magic curse</div><div>thought I had more</div><div>but lament is such a bore</div><div>and distraction takes up</div><div>So much time</div><div>whatever it was</div><div>let be be just because</div><div>it was a long enough climb</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-49672348608145775832024-02-23T20:25:00.000-08:002024-02-23T20:25:28.803-08:002.4314 : 2/23/17 : Great Adventure<div>Get all over</div><div>that great adventure</div><div>trip</div><div>won't actually</div><div>get there</div><div>but you'll all</div><div>part with</div><div>your scrip</div><div>get no new</div><div>stories</div><div>but the danger</div><div>is real</div><div>So how does that</div><div>make you feel</div><div>how does that</div><div>rub you</div><div>are your hackles</div><div>erect</div><div>When it comes to</div><div>tarnished aspirations</div><div>I'm the</div><div>prince select</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-65393193587704802802024-02-22T19:23:00.000-08:002024-02-22T19:23:48.176-08:002.4313 : 2/22/17 : A Gem<div>I didn't see</div><div>a gem</div><div>a new rune</div><div>barring great</div><div>discord</div><div>won't hear</div><div>a new tune</div><div>and it's all</div><div>I care to</div><div>think of so</div><div>back out</div><div>real, real</div><div>slow</div><div><br /></div><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2014/10/whats-tower-of-reproach.html">what</a></i>scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0