Poems
Here are the poems I’m sharing at this time. Date of composition will vary widely. I’ll try to remember to mark at least the approximate date of composition with the poem. For now, the order below is based on the date the poem was posted, not the date on which it was completed to its current form.
Lines Found in Montgomery Woods, December 31, 2010
What wasWhat was between you and meWhat wasn'tWhat wasn't between you and meWhat is what isn'tBetween me and you The abstractionThe memoryOf what we wereAnd were not Identities of questionable provinceWith or without papersHistrionics tears loveLaughter[...] Yes...
The Rhythm
The beat of the pulse is the same as that of the heart;of course, it is variable in speed. ~Arnold Dolmetsch, The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries Everywhere, always, there was rhythm. The world and its contents: rhythm and nothing...
Rhosonny’s Last Piano
"No tools? Can't help you." It looked hopeless.He was already in the 40's. Pearl, Worth,Broadway, Franklin, Broome, Bleeker, Jane,Somewhere in the West 20s, then around the blockFrom the Empire State, then 39th off ParkThe next now in the far west of 54thA very old...
On the Occasion of Lama Yeshe Jinpa’s Sixty-Fifth Birthday
OM AH HUNG Completely free, serene lama,From the Essence, grant me confidence in the View,From the Nature, grant me perfection in meditation,From Compassion without bias, grant me progress in action. You who know, LamaDwelling in the innermost heartOf my precious...
Do You Know?
If you don’t know now, did you ever know? If you remember, did you ever not know? Did the same you remember and forget? How many? One moment? Does any remember? When? Flash! Zigzag sunlight at midnight, then a Five pronged sky-rock Hurtled to liquid flame at Space, a...