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

[Frank Murray]

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[Shokai]

But through my tears I find a peace, a thought that comforts me,
Although a cure I could not give, from pain I know he’s free.

Myogan;

Beautiful, Thank you for sharing this teaching

Gassho, Shokai

stlah

[Ryumon]

Fly buzzing around
Mind flitting from thought to thought
Moonlight, long shadows.

Gassho,

Kirk

[Troy]

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

In a boundless field
The morning sun rises
Field lilies ablaze in fire

Casting long shadows
Dew kissed feather reeds
Whisper the wind’s desire

On a broken ash tree
A merry meadowlark
Calls its cantata alone

Grandma rests in peace
On top the hill’s crest
Her bed marked by stone

Although she is silent
I softly say to her
Hold on don’t let me fall

Through the stillness
She whispers to me
The boundless field holds it all



Sat2day

Edit: Inspired by Kate’s recent Alzheimer's post. It got thinking about my grandma.

[Kokuu]

This poem, a sonnet, was written by the current British Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the armistice of World War One, to be celebrated on 11 November of this year.

The Wound in Time

It is the wound in Time. The century’s tides,
chanting their bitter psalms, cannot heal it.
Not the war to end all wars; death’s birthing place;
the earth nursing its ticking metal eggs, hatching
new carnage. But how could you know, brave
as belief as you boarded the boats, singing?
The end of God in the poisonous, shrapneled air.
Poetry gargling its own blood. We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War.
History might as well be water, chastising this shore;
for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice.
Your faces drowning in the pages of the sea.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Archpoet]

All along
The peaceful shore
Waves of thought
Roll in
Caught
    Like breath
They, silent, simply
    Roll back out
Again

Gassho,

Chris @archpoet

[Richard1]

Rather than give the body relief
Give relief to the mind
When the mind is at peace, the body is not distressed.
If mine and body are both set free
One no longer needs
To escape this daily life.
Anon

Richard

[Kokuu]

Rather than give the body relief
Give relief to the mind
When the mind is at peace, the body is not distressed.
If mine and body are both set free
One no longer needs
To escape this daily life.

[Nengei]

I Am Awake Now

O Cosmic Mudra
You are perfectly sized
And perfectly shaped
To accept the cold, wet nose
Of a German Shepherd,
Seeking my belly.

Gassho,
Joseph
Sat/LAH

You deserve to be happy.
You deserve to be loved.

[Kokuu]

O Cosmic Mudra
You are perfectly sized
And perfectly shaped
To accept the cold, wet nose
Of a German Shepherd,
Seeking my belly.

That's lovely!

[Horin]

i love haikus and gave myself a little try:

"the way just a game,
nothing has to be done now,
perfect attainment"

and

"Sitting at night,
Grashoppers are clittering -
in and out are gone"


Gassho,
Ben

Stlah

[Kokuu]

Hi Ben

Your second one has great images!

English Language Haiku (ELH) and other western forms do not have to be written in 5-7-5 format which refers to Japanese sound units which are shorter than syllables for the most part. Freeing ourself from this tends to give greater license to focus on images and seasonality.

Chrysanthemum is a good German language resource for haiku: http://chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media...nthemum_24.pdf

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Horin]

Hi Ben

Your second one has great images!

English Language Haiku (ELH) and other western forms do not have to be written in 5-7-5 format which refers to Japanese sound units which are shorter than syllables for the most part. Freeing ourself from this tends to give greater license to focus on images and seasonality.

Chrysanthemum is a good German language resource for haiku: http://chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media...nthemum_24.pdf

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

Thank you very much, Kokuu. i will have a look!


Gassho,
Ben

Stlah

[Tai Shi]

Trees, bear brown
Old leaves in Spring
Buds forstalled by cold
I sit and wonder why.

Gassho
Tai Shi

[Tai Shi]

Rain in night
At 4:00 I'm sitting
In basment cold
My alter brief
With Buddha

More resistance
To my breath
No in, no out
I cannot let air
I cannot breathe

I stop to move
Diaphragm, belly, mouth
In air, out, breathe,
I am let loose, I am alive.

Tai Shi
Gassho