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Poetry by Lawrence R. Spencer. Poetic nonsense by Lawrence R. Spencer and others. Haiku poems by Lawrence R. Spencer.

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GUITARRA FLAMENCO

June 26, 2025 LRS

I first hear Flamenco music in 1964 when the uncle and father of members of The Gypsy kings released their first record album in the US titled: Manitas de Plata: Guitarra Flamenco. It was recorded in a small room with a few invited guests, including the world famous artist Pablo Picasso. His cousin, a carpet layer, Jose Reyes, who is the father of several of the members of The Gypsy Kings, was the vocalist. When I heard the magnificent and authentic guitar playing on this record I was instantly electrified! Memories of my past lives spent in Spain and France as a gypsy flooded back into my consciousness with overwhelming passion for this music and these beautifully crude, by free, peasants who were originally refugees from India and Egypt. Here are two cuts from Manitas De Plata performing Tarantas. This is the first US recordings ever made of Manitas De Plata — October 1963, in Arles, France, produced by Connoisseur Society (the recording engineer was David B. Jones). It was initially released as an LP (“Manitas de Plata aux Saintes Maries de la Mer“) on the Philips and Connoisseur Society labels. To this day I have never heard a performance of authentic Flamenco guitar playing as flawlessly performed as those recorded on this record.

Here are TWO selections from that album:

In 2003 I attended a concert of the Gypsy Kings at The Greek Theater in L.A. as a birthday present to myself. This is my favorite music group of all time! They continue the proud heritage of the true gypsy spirit of freedom and passion and musical genius! Here is the complete album of the Gypsy Kings Greatest Hits:

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THOUGHTS FLY FASTER THAN LIGHT

June 23, 2025 LRS

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“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”

~ Nikola Tesla ~

“A fundamental conclusion of the new physics also acknowledges that the observer creates the reality. As observers, we are personally involved with the creation of our own reality. Physicists are being forced to admit that the universe is a “mental” construction. Pioneering physicist Sir James Jeans wrote: “The stream of knowledge is heading toward a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter, we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter. Get over it, and accept the inarguable conclusion. The universe is immaterial-mental and spiritual.”

– R.C. Henry, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University , “The Mental Universe” ; Nature 436:29,2005) (source)

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BEAUTIFUL SADNESS

June 21, 2025 LRS

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“IN DREAMS”

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper, “Go to sleep. Everything is alright.”

I close my eyes, Then I drift away…into the magic night.

I softly say a silent prayer, like dreamers do.

Then I fall asleep to dream… my dreams of you.

In dreams I walk with you.

In dreams I talk to you.

In dreams you’re mine.

All of the time we’re together… In dreams… In dreams.

But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone.

I can’t help it… I can’t help it if I cry.

I remember that you said “goodbye”.

It’s too bad that all these things can only happen in my dreams…

Only in dreams… in beautiful dreams.”