‘Tis
‘tis the every day
‘tis the mundane, the banal… Continue reading ‘Tis
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Thriving
reflecting uponmy fault of mortality reminds me to live #mementomori Continue reading Thriving
The Way Better Day Than Tomorrow
I’m told to live my life like There’s no tomorrow But truly There has to be a better way For if the morrow never comes And it’s my last breath I breathe today How will I know to appreciate it … Continue reading The Way Better Day Than Tomorrow
Whither Comes the Light?
whither comes the light alas, what matters the source while soon comes the night Continue reading Whither Comes the Light?
Hungry Artists, Kafkian or Otherwise, Fasting for Influence, Spiritual or Otherwise
Why does one fast? The obvious answers to me are most likely for spiritual or health reasons, and, should the need arise, for political and judicial reasons as well. But who knows really — it’s such a strange thing to … Continue reading Hungry Artists, Kafkian or Otherwise, Fasting for Influence, Spiritual or Otherwise
Only those with a big one can see it…
There is a very familiar shape in the picture of the stack of wood I shared last week, but I doubt that everyone can see it*. Kind of like how only the chosen ones can see the face of the … Continue reading Only those with a big one can see it…
Your move, Old Man Winter…
A Brief Moment of Zen(o)… and Aurelius
Time Doesn’t Matter
time doesn’t matter to the purposed honey bee tasting the nectar Continue reading Time Doesn’t Matter
No Mind, No Attachment
The Mind in its dimensions is broad and great, like empty space. It has no sides or limits, it is neither square nor round, neither large nor small. It is neither blue, yellow, red, nor white; it has neither upper nor lower; it is neither long nor short. It knows neither anger nor pleasure, neither right nor wrong, neither good nor evil. It is without beginning and without end. But good friends, do not, hearing me speak of emptiness, become attached to emptiness. – Shin’ichi Hisamatsu, from The Characteristics of Oriental Nothingness #ofthejournals Continue reading No Mind, No Attachment
Haiku, Senryū, and the Subtleties In Their Similarities and Differences
If I had a bit more courage and a lot more scholarship, I would have discussed the similarities and differences between a haiku poem and a senryū poem in the introduction of my newly released book of poetry Short Verses … Continue reading Haiku, Senryū, and the Subtleties In Their Similarities and Differences
Literary Zen VIII
A Meditation on an Introduction’s Opening Passage as found in “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation … Continue reading A Meditation on an Introduction’s Opening Passage as found in “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literary Zen IV
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Zelda…and her writer husband
Hanging out in B’more this morning. The Fitzgerald’s have an ever-present presence here, especially Zelda. It makes me happy. #wherewewritershang Continue reading Zelda…and her writer husband
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