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One

                          One The logic (?) of the East where everything Is One turns every ancient Holy Word To sludge made up of One, archangel wing Is garbage dump, Upanishads are turd. Primordial the Wise Ones of the East Were onto something accidentally. Each...

Below the Lower Edge

    Below the Lower Edge Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  Of course a man can engineer a trance Inside his mind, a chemical event Within synapses.  He has every chance— As history, the saints and mystics...

Sacred Blah

                   Sacred Blah Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  The pain, the pain, the pain caused Buddha to Withdraw from lfe, the tawdriness of rows Of shops in nowhere tows, the pious queue To plead...

Heavens of Hiroshima, Nirvanas of Nagasaki

Heavens of Hiroshima, Nirvanas of Nagasaki Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  The Buddhist statues offer only bronze Or stone, whatever.  They refuse to aid— They can’t.  They’re wood and gilt.  A temple...