Takuhatsu in Glasgow
heatwave, tower block –seagull taps on window,requesting alms Support Our Dharma Work
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A Prayer for All Who Are Sick
Yakushi the Medicine Buddha by Enku, 17th Century My friend Sister Petra is a Christian nun who also practices Zen … Read More “A Prayer for All Who Are Sick”
No destination
old photographperson sitting on grasscigarette in hand person, grass, cigarette, smokeall gone to same Support Our Dharma Work
Cardboard boxes in the rain
cardboard boxes in the rainin the small streetbehind the hospital near the boxesa cat lies dead in the hospitala woman … Read More “Cardboard boxes in the rain”
Tanka
Dead flowers in a vaseon the altar,dead groundhog on theroad outside. Say“I love you” while you can. Support Our Dharma … Read More “Tanka”
When Silence Fails
It is almost exactly ten yearssince we shared drunken kissesin an unheated barin Chattanooga, Tennessee.Later that night, drunker still,a kiss … Read More “When Silence Fails”