slipping into warm golden water; late afternoon, the sun will go down in a while. little waves lick glistening wet rocks. faraway sounds of life. here: alone with drops moving slowly down wet cloth clinging to body warm in the sun. no shivers. no need to swim. no need to reach for a towel. slow,… Continue reading blog action day: water poem #8
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blog action day: water poem #7, another haiku
for blog action day today, october 15, 2010, i am posting 15 water poems in 15 hours. here’s #7: between green shadows a grey sky sends pearly light. raindrops soft and thin. Change.org|Start Petition
blog action day: water poem #6
wallow in the thick waters that made your tiny, tiny boat bob on slimy, inky algae, your boots not high enough, the bubbles drop down to your socks, slobber them with muddy murk and you slosh through anyway because there is nowhere else to go but walk on through, walk on through until you get… Continue reading blog action day: water poem #6
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 #4, a haiku
even in the rain she skippers on, full of mirth earnest, she? never. Change.org|Start Petition for blog action day on october 15, 2010, i am posting 15 water poems in 15 hours.
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
monthly buddhist carnival – the weird and cranky edition
do not act from ego. it is a sticky little mouse trap that begins with a wheel running us in circles. get off. (from full on arrival) today is a weird day for me, completely, it seems, driven by ego. today is june 15, time for a buddhist carnival, like every 15th of the month. … Continue reading monthly buddhist carnival – the weird and cranky edition
may 2010 buddhist carnival
it’s a day late but here it is: my monthly buddhist carnival, serving up interesting little tidbits from the buddhist blogosphere. we always start with a poem. how bitter, how blue is the anger! at the bottom of the light in april’s atmospheric strata, spitting, gnashing, pacing back and forth, i am asura incarnate this… Continue reading may 2010 buddhist carnival