Silence, Streams, and Spoken Word
It is written: “Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.” It is spoken: I am the water. Learn from me. We “stream-lets” that...
View ArticleThrowing Stones
Dropping of bombs and destruction of bones Armies, and mobs, and the throwing of stones Will not change with war or religious stagnation But with power of mind opened through education Blinding our...
View ArticleSomething’s Wrong with Haiku
Our banks writing bills Our lawmakers letting them Our future is passed Our bodies abused Our speaking is then slandered Our value erased Our people as prey Our protectors not serving Our past still...
View ArticleBe Mindful
Be mindful not to bliss so much That our thinking stalls, complacent Some agitation must be felt To cause movement, to change things Be mindful silence does not seep Beyond the borders of our cushions...
View ArticleEchoes
All of life is carried in an echo With my ear pressed against the border I can hear the whole of it A morse tap in a metal tub being filled Our playful yelps across a canyon, at no one The return of...
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