Grieving
The Santoku knifeI gave to my brotherbut wish I hadn’tAnd some nights when Duke and Hankare on the turntableI still drop what I … Read More “Grieving”
Lotus, to eat, the beach
You give me a Buddhist-themed noun, an action, and a location, and I create the story. Today, I was given … Read More “Lotus, to eat, the beach”
In a Glasgow Street
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Changing the Rules
When I am not trying rules change.I am no longer afraid of who I am. Valueless like the tree falling with no one there to hear it crash.I love you. … Read More “Changing the Rules”
Cause and Effect
Scottish physicists declarethat the universe may stop expandingand implode instead English physicists declarethat neutrinos suggestthat effect could precede cause An … Read More “Cause and Effect”
Georgia O’Keefe’s Taos
is time collecting prints on the thumbs of sage smudged hills.A translucent blue topaz lightdisappearingbeneath half-eaten pine cones. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. … Read More “Georgia O’Keefe’s Taos”
Birds of Prey
“Most people are onthe world, not in it”Muir said that so long ago but he was wrong Most people are outsidethe world, doubting they know how to be among itRiding … Read More “Birds of Prey”
The Sacred
is when you knowthat shoveling the drivewayis a Catholic massand eating at Red Lobster is the same as receiving communion, that’s prayerand meditationa Yoga when taking a shower is baptism and going … Read More “The Sacred”
Journals
Happinessis teaching yourselfto smile even for peoplewho do not deserve itAnd even that in timewill become effortlessWhen is it easy for … Read More “Journals”
The Practice of Simhamukha
Featured image: Simkamukha fragment. From thangka-art.com Simhamukha is a supreme dakini in Tibetan Buddhism, who combines anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features. … Read More “The Practice of Simhamukha”