Myokyo Dream
“Stop fidgeting” she says
I’m picking candle wax off my robes
We’re all sitting in the Zendo
People of all ages introducing themselves.
“I’m here because I read too much” I say.
August 4, 2007
There Are Those Buddhists
like myself
who do not scorn the idea
of mere “things” possessing
a sanctity
of their own
—John Blofeld
March 29, 2010
Unlimited Growth on a Planet of Finite Size
The brisk spring wind sets in motion the wheel
of mind restless as five monkeys
running in place
At least it’s entertaining
when there are dreams of many
energetically bringing “Zen”
from India to China to Japan
to California and New York
riding on a wave of understanding
and like sunlight
arriving without a sound
April 3, 2010
♦
From On Time. Copyright © 2015 by Joanne Kyger. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books
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