Posted in Poetry on Jul 17th, 2008 No Comments »
The road to devastation
Takes many forms
Insignificance
Is another’s greatest calamity
Don’t judge the result
By the route
The devastated know
Total
Is
Total
J Harper
The way of love is not a subtle argument.
The door there is devastation.
Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom.
How do they learn it?
They fall, and falling, they’re given wings.
Rumi
Posted in Poetry on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The price for peace
Is your life of
Pain & suffering
Worry & agitation
Fear & emptiness
Petty thoughts & needs
The dull drab monotonous
No wonder
So few
Are willing
To pay
Posted in Poetry on Jul 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The problem with in-laws
Is the concern
For their family values
Not you
The mind’s orientation
Toward the soul
Is similar
Posted in Poetry on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
My friends at the Balloonman created this Valentine bouquet for me. I was blown away by the… creativity!
This previous post is very appropriate for today – Valentine’s Day.
Posted in Perceptions, Poetry on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Medicine, 1080
Medical research progresses at the Benedictine school associated with the monastery established at Monte Cassino in 529.
Arabian, Jewish, and Greco-Roman medical works are translated into Latin by Constantine the African, a physician who has studied medicine and magic at Babylon and who is now disguised as a monk. His translations of Galen and Avicenna [...]
Posted in Poetry on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
A calligraphy near Rumi’s tomb reads: “after my death, don’t seek my tomb in the earth, for my grave is in the hearts of the men of mystical knowledge.”
Posted in Poetry on Nov 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
My friend stopped dreaming today She opened her eyes in the other world
A kaleidoscope of tears assaults and soothes my soul Love & Rage, Joy & Sadness, Anguish & UnderstandingA shower of memories – like fairy dust Illuminates our time togetherIn every future moment I will miss you – as I wonderHow is this possible? [...]
Posted in Poetry on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
You tell me
How to stop
When I spread my arms
To hold it back
The current became the wind
Whistling between my legs
I came inside to escape
It followed me in as infinite stillness
Now that I’ve tasted that
There’s no escape
Beware
My friend
Stillness
Will steal you
From yourself
Posted in Poetry on Oct 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
God!
You should hear
Me complain!
About this lack of sleep
You’d never know
I’ve just awakened
From a fifty-year snooze
Every time I try to relax
A new tale from beyond
Enters my head
Going on and on
Like a broken record
Until I let it out
Or, some soft kiss
Steals into my heart
Setting it on wing
This canary’s very nature
Is endless sweet song
There’s no time to rest
The [...]
Posted in Poetry on Oct 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
If you travel further
Than the tip of your nose
You have gone too far
To kiss what is
Truly Precious
