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Faith in Christmas and Diwali Flopping Around

Faith in Christmas and Diwali Flopping Around Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Orient is like a bauble tree, Diwali as the floating little boats On Ganges’ flow, a Yuletide stream of ghee In separate...

An Unnecessary Vacuum

   An Unnecessary Vacuum Quite apart from faiths, We see the cherry blossoms And blooms on plum trees.                            ~ Nanpoku            [Englished by Phillip Whidden] Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem...

As Close as Your Father Inside You

  As Close as Your Father Inside You Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those things we fail to meld organic in Our lives may well come back to marrow-haunt Us.  Since these issues have been stored within...

Sonnets as Black Holes with Auras

Sonnets as Black Holes with Auras Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.  ~...

The Monk

                  The Monk Religion for enjoyment, for a wing To picnics, social life and pleasure gives Good reasons for the pains, for hymns to sing In chorus.  If your picnic God forgives Those things that you feel guilt about, then, “Hell!” . . . Get on with...