Time in the Moment
Posted in Poetry on Jul 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Time is rushing From everywhere All directions Inside and out Past – future Physical time Emotional time Psychological time Time Is a single Moment
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Devastation – Ruin of the Heart
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, [...]
Price for Peace
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
Mind & Soul
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
Valentine Love
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.
Medical Research Freed from Religion
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 [...]
2007 – The End
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.”
Remembering Carol
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 [...]
Stillness
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
Complaining
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 [...]
