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“A Man of Original Inactivity” ~ Ikkyū

by | Sep 20, 2024 | Uncategorized

“A Man of Original Inactivity” ~ Ikkyū A nothingness is where we come from, writes A poet, and we go to nothing, then Insists we’re like a bird, in that, in mead flights Through Viking halls goes out the window, men Not noticing.  It flies from night to night, From...

Not Just Nirvana

by | Sep 19, 2024 | BU, HI, MO, RE

              Not Just Nirvana The meaning of the Passion does not quite Fit in with Buddha’s or the Hindus’ way So near enough one fifth thinks Passion’s blight. The point is in escaping it, its sway. Samsara is at best a dirtiness That reels out incarnations,...

Outside the Realm of Words

by | Sep 18, 2024 | LA, SI

    Outside the Realm of Words Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem                      “Words after all,” he said, “are only words ;                      And I have heard so many in these few days          ...

A Disappearing Fact

by | Sep 18, 2024 | Uncategorized

             A Disappearing Fact All sins in every place and every time Are sins, not matter what.  The sins long past Are hard for us to realize.  Each crime That we have not committed like the vast Ones, Buchenwald  and Auschwitz, we can not Quite deal with, never...