Monday, March 30, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Long-suffering patience is the supreme ascetic practice. Nirvana is supreme, say the Buddhas. One is certainly not an ascetic who hurts others, nor a person of religion who hurts others.
Dhammapada 14.184
Two trees
uncut,
once bare,
are budding.
Eaves -
let lichen be.
This home rooms with plant,
will find abundance.
Dhammapada 14.184
Two trees
uncut,
once bare,
are budding.
Eaves -
let lichen be.
This home rooms with plant,
will find abundance.
3 prayers for now
Mother of God, star of the sea, pray for the wanderer, pray for me.
- Fr. John Lingard(1771–1851)
Parvati's child, one of three, watch over me, remove obstacles. May your trunk swing, bring us all up, and into life .
Jizo at the crossroads, cradling children in your apron of compassion, guide us through, as you delay, waiting for us.
walking
To the east
what was known
as Eyam
rests.
West,
the dusk
rushes up.
A wrestled logic
splayed, laid between -
this is our
path.
We go to
school,
home,
from
one room
to another,
along a
road of
rough
shod
walls
and
through
gardens
sieving
us,
iron
from
sand.
what was known
as Eyam
rests.
West,
the dusk
rushes up.
A wrestled logic
splayed, laid between -
this is our
path.
We go to
school,
home,
from
one room
to another,
along a
road of
rough
shod
walls
and
through
gardens
sieving
us,
iron
from
sand.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
For K.
Violence - he who does no violence to creatures seeking happiness like himself does find happiness after death.
Dhammapada 10. 132
That soft cheek punched rose red.
Underneath, three furrows bled,
small sickle cuts,
already scabbing over.
Look at you -
a forced bulb, purpling eye.
This is your face,
after anger dropped from the sky -
a wing-clipped bird.
No world for a spring like this.
Dhammapada 10. 132
That soft cheek punched rose red.
Underneath, three furrows bled,
small sickle cuts,
already scabbing over.
Look at you -
a forced bulb, purpling eye.
This is your face,
after anger dropped from the sky -
a wing-clipped bird.
No world for a spring like this.
Equinox
The ignorant age like oxen. Their flesh increases, but not their understanding.
Dhammapada 11.152
Trees
escape
fences.
My room
pulses
green.
Dhammapada 11.152
Trees
escape
fences.
My room
pulses
green.
Monday, March 16, 2020
the bare infinitive
Bare verbs?
These exist.
Some verbs
perceive
or call to us,
make us stay,
study them.
Let us go through life without easily made decisions.
Bare verbs describe necessities that push and pull.
Why do these verbs remain alive,
allow change, admire firmness,
let light in?
A language reminder -
what's begun barely
is zero, and infinite.
These exist.
Some verbs
perceive
or call to us,
make us stay,
study them.
Let us go through life without easily made decisions.
Bare verbs describe necessities that push and pull.
Why do these verbs remain alive,
allow change, admire firmness,
let light in?
A language reminder -
what's begun barely
is zero, and infinite.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
One walk,
two
you get lost,
step
in puddles,
turn to face a sun shower.
The day is grey
or
maybe
blue.
You walk again,
one walk, two.
The wind blew strong
all night long.
Spring will come early
or late,
a spate of weather-read errors -
unpredictable.
Meanwhile,
the street isn't empty or full.
Yet I'll bet there aren't as many children
out,
due to,
due to,
well
you
know,
the whole world does.
One walk,
two.
Prepare yourself
for early or late isolation,
spring rain.
Fierce winds
are coming.
two
you get lost,
step
in puddles,
turn to face a sun shower.
The day is grey
or
maybe
blue.
You walk again,
one walk, two.
The wind blew strong
all night long.
Spring will come early
or late,
a spate of weather-read errors -
unpredictable.
Meanwhile,
the street isn't empty or full.
Yet I'll bet there aren't as many children
out,
due to,
due to,
well
you
know,
the whole world does.
One walk,
two.
Prepare yourself
for early or late isolation,
spring rain.
Fierce winds
are coming.
花言葉
Hanakotoba (花言葉) is the Japanese form of the language of flowers. In this practice, plants were given codes and passwords. Physiological effects and actions under the color of the flowers put into words from the impressions of nature and the presence of thorns with the height of tall plants, flowers and garlands of flowers through the various types. These are meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanakotoba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_symbolism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_flower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanakotoba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_symbolism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_flower
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