...And then one day you find ten years have got behind youNo one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun...Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled linesHanging on in quiet desperation is the English wayThe time is … Continue reading One Day. Day One.
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The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Sometimes called: Oxherder Illustrations . Ten Bulls. Ten Ox Herding Pictures. This series of illustrations is about taming the wild calf, and the calf is the wild mind, and in the story its needs are tamed. This story originated in china in the 12th century. It ended in the disappearance of the practitioner. In the … Continue reading The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Haiku by Matsuo Basho
Bashō's supposed birthplace in Iga Province Bashō (1644 – 1694) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. Since the crescent moon,I have been waiting for tonight. By my new banana plantThe first sign of something I loathe--A miscanthus bud! Even a horseArrests my eyes--on thisSnowy morrow. Another year is goneA traveler's shade … Continue reading Haiku by Matsuo Basho
Atoms as Poetry
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.----Niels Bohr
Impermanence Poem
I know the truth - give up all other truths!No need for people anywhere on earth to struggle.Look - it is evening, look, it is nearly night:what do you speak of, poets, lovers, generals?The wind is level now, the earth is wet with dew,the storm of stars in the sky will turn to quiet.And soon … Continue reading Impermanence Poem
Jack Kerouac Letter
I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet,concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine treein North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night.It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don't worry.It's all like a dream.Everything is ecstasy, inside.We just don't know it because of our … Continue reading Jack Kerouac Letter
Time Waits For No One at All
Just like the driftwood of a dreamLeft of the seashore of sleepJust like the words that wouldn't rhymeLost in the desert of timeTime waits for no one at allNo, not even youYou thought you'd seen it all beforeYou really thought you knew ---Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) Image credit: Bather at the Seashore (Baigneuse au … Continue reading Time Waits For No One at All
One Seeker's Story 