blog action day: water poem #5

Change.org|Start Petition for blog action day on october 15, 2010, i am posting 15 water poems in 15 hours. . the russian in the shadow muttered half baked on the hard ice, all scrambled under his frozen bearded breath, some last words before the northern light changed it all. with one big bang of brightness… Continue reading blog action day: water poem #5

blog action day: water poem #3

Change.org|Start Petition for blog action day on october 15, 2010, i am posting 15 water poems in 15 hours. poem #3 i can hear the water running steady a light gurgling and then quiet rushing dripping but those are not sounds just words i want to tell you – really, i want to tell you… Continue reading blog action day: water poem #3

blog action day: water poem #2

for blog action day on october 15, 2010, i am posting 15 water poems in 15 hours. poem #2 jesus walk through the swamp moss on his head cross far behind eyes on the ground on the swamp jesus your eyes on the swamp in the swamp with the swamp jesus and moss and the… Continue reading blog action day: water poem #2

blog action day: 15 water poems in 15 hours

Change.org|Start Petition for blog action day on october 15, 2010, i will post 15 water poems in 15 hours. here goes the first one: brilliant short tendrils come out of a night full of noises and dripping and busy spiders gleaming in the first sun that yawns its way past barely open pods of rainbow… Continue reading blog action day: 15 water poems in 15 hours

blog action day: buddhists and climate change

once again, blog action day and the october buddhist carnival fall on the same date. let me present to you, then, a few colourful strands from that corner of the blogosphere where buddhism and climate change intersect. icebergs are buddhist monks we always start that buddhist carnival with a poem. here is an excerpt from… Continue reading blog action day: buddhists and climate change

stand up against poverty

as promised, a video about poverty every day this week – blog action day week. this one is a moving piece from last year’s day against poverty. again, i want to take this opportunity and both thank some people who have been good to me, and also shamelessly use this linkbait to draw everyone’s attention… Continue reading stand up against poverty

october buddhist carnival – about poverty

the first part of the october buddhist carnival is entirely dedicated to the topic of blog action day 2008: poverty. longing for the begging bowl as usual, we start with a poem. here is a translation from malayalam into in english by k p pradesh – a poem by koyamparambath satchidanandan buddha, this earth is… Continue reading october buddhist carnival – about poverty

pants for poverty

tomorrow is blog action day, and the topic is poverty. i figured, why not post about poverty for the rest of the week? here’s a video by my mennonite friends. the mennonite central committee does an incredible amount of work in the areas of poverty and social action in general. and … the other thing… Continue reading pants for poverty