[ARTS]: Big and Little Poetry--free verse, any verse.

[Tai Shi]

My Buddhist Confusion

Kami, deva, shinto, dukkha
Kamakura, tendai guardians
Zen emerged very early,
Shakyamuni Buddha
Eight hundred years Soto Zen
In Japan Koso Dogen Zenji
Kaizen Zenji, Taisan Zenji,
Paleolithic, Neolithic,
Zen not much like now.
Sitting Bull made to dance
At his slaughter, one man
Think this great chief
Of his people. Teapot Dome
Scandal, where was US
To breath in 1920?
There was oil in Wyoming
Albert Fall, petroleum rights
Hundreds of Thousands of dollars
Bribe money under Harding
Wyoming rights, gone sour.
What was this to Conservatives
In the roaring 20s, to Great
Depression, Hoover social
Engineer, ordinary Lay people
Of Jodo Shinshu, ordinary
Forty temples in America,
Railroad workers ordinary
Buddha to Hawaii sixty temples,
Buddhism even Suzuki the other
Nationalist, gone into Southern
California, Doctrine of aggression
Where does love San Francisco
Shiro Suzuki, Little Suzuki
Big Suzuki took doctrine
Loving Kindness, sitting
Meditation, after the Great
War Samurai, Matsudaira,
Tokugawa ieyasu, Suzuki Shosan
Age 42 to become, Rensai,
Zen, Mish mash From China
To San Francisco, Beats spread
Popular Culture 1976 Big
Little, When beginning
This spread to those seeking
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Lectures, not cohesion.
When great master
Laid down died in Peace
Beside this water.
Zen was there many
Temples throughout landed
Poets, Artists, ordinary Lay
People, Zen was always
As Bosho of Lay members
Morality, Who practiced
Precepts, not Clergy.
Clergy present not
In San Francisco but thorough
Out Land, ever present.
Not just where popular
Culture existed, zazen.
In 2022, 100 years Soto
Zen in America,
1922, now looking back
Two Temples, Kyoji Namu Shakyamuni
Butsu, Buddha, Okyo,
our chant, Find in Buddha
Hanyo Shingo, Shushoji,
Rev Iso Sobe, 1922
Zenshuji Mission Los Angeles
First Zen in North America
Dispatching Priests from training
Day and Night zazen,



Gassho
Tai Shi

[Kokuu]

This poem was to include Latin American influences that seldom rise to be written in any Poetry, the work geared to those Indigenous People of California, anf Latin America who contributed to my little town of Ojai, California where I spent the first 6 years of my life, and where I found a great beginning, and the rest moves through Glacial History of several areas, including Ojai. When one returned to this town, it no longer defamed others because of two brave men Krishnamoorthi, and Thich Nhat Hanh, there being reference to His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama from Tibet, and though Krishnamoorthi is not exility mentioned, his presence is a given as he lived and preached his doctrine of peace. These three men represent new vistas of Loving Kindness, and the Buddha,

[Tai Shi]

This poem was to include Latin American influences that seldom rise to be written in any Poetry, the work geared to those Indigenous People of California, anf Latin America who contributed to my little town of Ojai, California where I spent the first 6 years of my life, and where I found a great beginning, and the rest moves through Glacial History of several areas, including Ojai. When one returned to this town, it no longer defamed others because of two brave men Krishnamoorthi, and Thich Nhat Hanh, there being reference to His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama from Tibet, and though Krishnamoorthi is not exility mentioned, his presence is a given as he lived and preached his doctrine of peace. These three men represent new vistas of Loving Kindness, and the Buddha,

[Tai Shi]

Mourn for Mountain Bells, my Home Town
Ojai, California, for Thich Nhat Hanh
Saga of New and Old/ World

She knows my poetry, Leading world Buddhism
Drips bright red for a sensuous bells, Buddha,
Ringing like day Breaking peaks of night, Sacramento
Where children play on Glaciers of northern Slopes
High California, Sierra Mountains, Castle Peak, Telescope
Peak, Volcanic northern Peaks up high, Shasta, Hanchangua,
Everest Tibetan Nepal, Then Home of creation, Shasta
People, Wintu, Achomawi, Atsugewi, Modoc,
Shasta Trinity Great Forest, belief To rid of deadly spirits, Turn to
Mt. Lassen long for Buddha, Rocky Pikes, Longs Peak,
Never Throwing boulders, molten ruby sliced to land,
Fire, open gorges, Atsugewi, Yani, ancient peoples,
Yahi, Maidu, Small Eruptions, where are Buddhas?
Kennesaw Mountain,South Mt, Lookout Mt, Freedom,
Black, White, indecisive battles, freedom to Asia, Gayasia,
Braymoni, Buddha voice rang out, Liberation Detachment,
Fire Sermon, Freedom from lust, cravings, and desire,
Where is Ojai?

Began May, 30, 1914 Great War German, Austrian Empire
Great Britain, French, Italian, gassed American ending
Lassen, Shasta Peoples, Indigenous Peoples To 1917,
1914 Great Chaos Crags Lassen 1,100 years Ago. Light dimmed
By time, lava flows slowed Devastated Areas three Miles around
Lassen Peak, Mountains, Near Boston, Mt Wachusett why freedom
Berkshires west in Machussetes, Mt Misery, then Beacon Hill,
Bunker Hill, Blue Hill around Boston 25, to 20 million years ago volcanic
Plug suicide Point plugged up, without lava Silent City Heights, subway.
The ferment of God, more she slides to Tea Rebelion taxes,
Letting go of possessions, even thoughts of desire, and material
Surmounted all Battles, What of W.W. 2, Bitan And remains nothing
Without Reparation, Away from Georges Land who England cannot
Rise above her, Spain, Napoleon surmonterd, where is Huma, Buddha
Glaciers ceased to flow, rock Split by snow. She is no more alone. Women from Britain Gone are life volcanos shunted up. Worlds far
Away Volcanic Child, Javir Moro, Venezuelan struggle for Independence, Mt Poramia, Pico La Concha, Cerro Sarsiama, no Tathagata,
Mexico Where do rebels hide in mountains, Americas
Simon, de Bolivar 1821 Republic of Grands Colombia, 1830, Sovereignty, Napoleon Brought dominance to 1824, April 19, 1810, Where is Ohai nested?
War for independence, Venezuela July 5, 1811, declaration
States from Spain are now Independent. Americana 1812
Where is Ojai?

Snow capped sacred, Valley Awawi, sacred Ohai of the Moon sisters,
Chumash Indigenous people of Ojai named valley of the moon when Nordof founded Nest, nested peoples, Amerindians Amazon Only now 2% we celebrate Wayuu, Pedrigo, River, 36,000 years ago. Peoples of Andes, Amazonias, Francisco
Franco 1836. Now Nicolas Maduro modernize push For democracy, Spain, Europe, December 2022 Ramon Santos Martinez, then ancient Immigrants to Country, Shephards spoke Spanish, Venezuelan, Spain, Trade with Franco, Back and forth Present day one in four have fled their homes, 2023, Venezuelan Nationals In USA, Mountain people USA rights. Even Social Security, Ojai to Plumb Village to safety,
All but voting, ancient Maduro have Spanish Nationals illegal Maduro In 1999, US imposed sanctions now US helping descendants Indigenous Peoples, Latin America Thousands, thousands, thousands, seeking US asylum, humans, Northern South America, Middle East where are children of both sides, Israel, Hamas?
Where is Ojai?


Southern Mexico, to Jungles, from Mountains, Amazon, to Andes
What to do: How do we keep Deluge of peoples from wandering into the US? Sarse History we seek Restrain thousands onslaught of Russia into Ukraine, crossing to free, Yet detained, kept Away, People? Sacred Mountains Northern California, South seeking Spanish Speaking, Where to place people Seeking asylum? Shasta, Lassen Volcanic, Southern California, Ojai my final resting place, Father's greatest fishing depression.
The nested White Pine, Douglas Fir the hardest sought,
Arizona, New Mexico, Even conservative Texas, to what? Nothing. Blight, starvation, Jobs are taken, hate Spanish speaking,There Is no Buddha Deportations where? Old Mexico, Republic to Venezuelans' Packing Plants,
Asia in Chaos as things become scarce, China in 21st Century, When
Buddha Life in North America, Gengokoan where all must finally sing, my
High Temple in Pine Mountain, Lions Camp, straight Ojai Thich
Nhat Hanh, Little, good nature, Thay our teacher, 14th Dalí Lama Tibetan,
Korea, Europe, Prime Minister of Nepal, all His Holiness, even our Genuine
Purity given disabled with international, computers, Japan, Chiba, Cities,
All the World is our Temple in our Buddha Lotus Sutra. AI,
The final words, all nations in Africa, where are
Children of Albert Schweitzer? Where is Clover?
Edward Libby planned our town center, as a four-old-boy, I walked
The deserted streets, peopled in Ojai, Found in Ojai, Vietnam.
Peaceful people, I lived there my first six years, my destiny, Ojai.

Charles Taylor, Gassho, Tai Shi
sat/lah
Gassho
Great Bows

[Tai Shi]

Two Years after Craniotomy

It's come to this again--
Study of the right temporal
Lobe craniotomy--pressure
Which cultivates my days,

Which sits, smiles lovingly
Remembering two years
Ago, we wore no black stockings
What has changed? Nothing.

Incision where the tumor rested
In my brain, nested in my hair
When I reclined from six
Hour ordeal, some doctor

Told me she knew all about it
She had observed my skull
Opened like a pomegranate
Splayed, cracked so seeds
Could pop red fluid into receiving

Pan, so simple mistakes make
Me look like I never even suffered
The priest I was meant to be--operation
Opinion failed to rid my pain, my head
Still aches, oh aches as my heart.

What shall doves like who fly
Into sky, or coo? I speak of cooing
From a rookery, pigeons, doves
Are the same, what peace
Have I today when bright

Fruit will not feed these hens
For this simple hutch made of wood
Green with Tree sap, boiled out
Of leaves, this brain surgery
Only saved then bear bones; life

Only one more night.Then gone!
Fruit of suns, flesh of Buddhas,
Come feed me, make my body strong
Forgiven of this tumor that might not
Have popped. Why was this mistake?


Gassho
sat/lah

[Tai Shi]

I am working on a title for my third book, and possibly My Care of the Precepts. I arise now, I am relaxed, shoulders dropped, smile on my face. Life truly is good. May I always as a good man give of myself. The practice of 36 years beginning with turning away from illegal drugs and all alcohol and toward family has made the biggest difference in behavior of good my greatest effort which is now bearing fruit after more than three and one half decades, one year, and three months of abstinence from alcohol and illegal drugs, and abstinence from all tobaccos products for 23 years, most excess food for 14 years, and still working on the absence from excess food, eating much healthy foods. May I always turn away from error turning away from excess work which was from my disability as emotion, toward evenness, and ordinaryness, and toward this way of the egoless man, though I have self worth, and recognize my great command of knowledge, I believe I am finally gaining wisdom, understanding tolerance and equality of all, men women and race, understanding of error, and malevolent behavior recognizing the sacredness of all life, this is true, and respect for the need to control premature death, unusual illnesses with all medically right and moral gifts of modern science always away from anger and deceit; may I love life, read of others for knowledge which I kove, love others. I cannot love all, and tolerance is the least of my behaviors. This I offer even some of those who do me wrong because of ignorance. I have been working on freedom from anger and resentment for 36 years, and finally with the with help of modern psychiatry and psychology, I have made much progress toward this freedom and I cannot always be happy. I feel the aids of contemporary thought and practice of medicine, and CBT therapy, and positive emotion have made much progress in my behavior. I have a true smile, and healthy personality. Try to allow natural love of my wife, understand of my love of my true partner, know that I will make mistakes and be wrong, my friend, my true love, one who I marvel has given her life with mine to the goodness of her own life and away from that which destroys. she is mostly healthy, and does receive my unconditional regard, Marjorie, meaning Pearl. Yes I make mistakes, give in to excess sugar, and wonder why I bring her with me to error. I nevertheless am mostly happy. I depart for the remainder of my breakfast..
Gassho
sat/lah

[Onkai]

We all can only do the best we can with the gift of life.

Gassho, Onkai
Sat lah

[Tai Shi]

Onkai, maybe read my admission of wrong, my commitment of life, in these Precepts and how I began to understand how I am beholden to her, and in admission of sin and error to other women, I am sorry, am saddened, owe her everything, and owe all women my understanding which is real and repentant, and owe men who I have deceived, and men of this world of which of whom I owe my life, and know that here I have recommittal of myself to the Precepts; I know the egoless self, I am not pure, my ego mind is not worthy; only of intense friendliness of which because of her, I recognize the rest of my life is dedicated to this servitude which is the only gift I can offer; yet, as old I can only offer my education and writing and be, to give over such as the truth. I here attempt to live in this right in the vast ocean of all beings where I only now live in wonder.
sat/lah
Deep Gasso
Deep bows.
sat only a small part of this day,

[Onkai]

Beyond Buddha, Wedding Light

Wind see tree, move
Light, galaxy, length spiral
Linger, long hands, ring
Finger, my wedding vow
Enough more firm than
Any vow, till death, we
Are gone to elemental
Change, Wisdom of gold
Where kings fathom old
Age Murh into frankly
Beautiful Beyond relations,
Our relationship ordered,
Creation, neither time;

Metaphor, long kalpe,
Kalpa, time unto time
Diadem, water, mechanism
Within range he sinks
Silver, titanium wisdom
Known forever, known
Diamond to other, never
Torn asunder, we gather
Partake of each other

Reconstructed reason
Knowledge together
With great Century
To centuries hundreds
Crossing over so light
We never throng ever
Terror forming nothing
Trace element titanIum,
Silver, fully, Gold, we
Shall reach to stars
Our diamonds mending
Adorned she meets me
There in space arms
Engulfing my essence,
One friend's for other
Forever, knowing death

Taking wedding child
Eventually to strength
This knowing value
Galaxy recombination
forever, value of science
Open mindedness,
Loving past looking
To future, wholeness
Fortress of starry nights
Andromeda, moving
Through each other
Majestic moculules
Subatomic, Hydrogen
To Helium trace atoms
Elemental beyond words
Our inscription inter-
Are in each dimension
After, colalessing
Eternally to another
World, we strike out,
Variation very essence

This mathematical
Proportional. space
After space, near
Driven winged, melted,
Shrine, sacrafice seterat
For friend supreme left
Example go before
To prepare place. He
Of Glory, we sing
Anthem in silence
Our diadem, renewed.

Tai Shi
Gassho
sat/lah

Wonderful and awe inspiring!

Gassho, Onkai
Sat lah

[Tai Shi]

Beyond Buddha, Wedding Light

Wind see tree, move
Light, galaxy, length spiral
Linger, long hands, ring
Finger, my wedding vow
Enough more firm than
Any vow, till death, we
Are gone to elemental
Change, Wisdom of gold
Where kings fathom old
Age Murh into frankly
Beautiful Beyond relations,
Our relationship ordered,
Creation, neither time;

Metaphor, long kalpe,
Kalpa, time unto time
Diadem, water, mechanism
Within range he sinks
Silver, titanium wisdom
Known forever, known
Diamond to other, never
Torn asunder, we gather
Partake of each other

Reconstructed reason
Knowledge together
With great Century
To centuries hundreds
Crossing over so light
We never throng ever
Terror forming nothing
Trace element titanIum,
Silver, fully, Gold, we
Shall reach to stars
Our diamonds mending
Adorned she meets me
There in space arms
Engulfing my essence,
One friend's for other
Forever, knowing death

Taking wedding child
Eventually to strength
This knowing value
Galaxy recombination
forever, value of science
Open mindedness,
Loving past looking
To future, wholeness
Fortress of starry nights
Andromeda, moving
Through each other
Majestic moculules
Subatomic, Hydrogen
To Helium trace atoms
Elemental beyond words
Our inscription inter-
Are in each dimension
After, colalessing
Eternally to another
World, we strike out,
Variation very essence

This mathematical
Proportional. space
After space, near
Driven winged, melted,
Shrine, sacrafice seterat
For friend supreme left
Example go before
To prepare place. He
Of Glory, we sing
Anthem in silence
Our diadem, renewed.

Tai Shi
Gassho
sat/lah

[Rich]

I became a bridge
Between your heart and yourself
An interpreter


Sat/lah


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[Tai Shi]

I have broken one glass
Retired too, my face shows
Beginning of surrender to age
I mean it’s not true that I have
Abandoned Ango just that once violent
Shaking deeply felt at one time
Has retreated now that that brain tumor’s
Removed. Suddenly days after the surgery
Two years later I experienced only
One anxiety attack and I have had
No seizures and I am happy
On my new antipsychotic medication


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[Tai Shi]

ARTS: Big and Little Poetry--free verse, any verse.

First color of cold
Late October is my years
Or what I can see when I looked
In my mirror what deep set
Wrinkle free from glair does
Foretell another age spot,
Cream for my hands, white
Rubbed into arthritic hands
I wince at relief before
It seeps into my fingers
Yes now I am 72, I am
Still, even though fridged
October 29th is not far away,
This is two years since brain surgery’s
Limped organ, I have revised my heart.


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[Tai Shi]

I am reading Sylvia Plath these days having left Arthur C Clark for the poetry of nightmare on standby for a while now so I’m going back to the messages but I don’t see anything from you. As I said, it’s best to stick with Treeleaf Personal Messages for truly, I value our conversation with you and I will continue to PM small business to your inbox as it will help us stick with the same principles we started with.
Gassho
Tai Shi


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[Tai Shi]

Kokuu I spent most of the evening going through my emails and messages on messenger. Maybe we should stick to PM on Treeleaf so we don’t get confused because no where do I find anything from you except here. So I send you a PM. Thursday at 7 am my time 1 pm your time. Does this work for you?


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