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At a time of political surrealism, alternative facts, and partisan conflict, a Republican Zen Buddhist finds moderation to be the public sphere’s most needed remedy.
By Dick Allen
Dick Allen reads a selection of his poetry and gives a lesson for National Poetry Month.
By Dick Allen
Connecticut’s poet laureate emeritus reflects on the hope that snow can bring.
By Dick Allen
“After a heavy, clinging snow, snow falling from pine trees, I like to watch,” said the Zen Master, “a large rib of snow falling from a high branch, then how it bounces off, cascades through lower branches, sometimes to fall sudden, sometimes slow, like the two types of Zen: the flash card koan, the settling […]
By Dick Allen
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