Poem – Finding Home in the Chaos – Part 2
We hike for hours, having left the flat fields, the trail twists and turns toward a peak overlooking...
Poem – Finding Home in the Chaos – Part 1
Winter rain slowly melts the little snow recently fallen. Sidewalks and streets are wet the trails are becoming...
First Sunrise of 2015
From the frozen shores of Lake Superior, the sun rises over a windswept landscape with lake affect snow...
Trimsatika (Thirty Verses) of Vasubandhu
Thirty verses on consciousness-only to be chanted. It is one of the core texts of the Yogacara school...
Starting the New Year
What better way to start 2015 than with 0 degree winter air in northern Minnesota and a Rockstar.
Zen Master – Shitou Xiqian (700-790)
Zen Master Shitou Xiqian is famous for two poems that are classic Zen texts. I recently started reading...
Poem – Fields (continued as the lantern disappears)
Fields 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1) Shining brilliantly through grey fog hugging the soaked ground the light...
Poem – Random Lines
~~~~~~~~~~~ A moment of clarity. Forced distance and disconnection. Reliance on the self. Self reflection. The inner voice...
Poem – Beneath the Lights
Sirens fade into the cityscape. Cigarette smoke encircles the face. She stands at the corner lost. She stands...
Poem – Beneath the Lights
Sirens fade into the cityscape. Cigarette smoke encircles the face. She stands at the corner lost. She stands...
Poem – The Dark Drifting Upon the Snow
Winter evening in mid-December. The sun set hours ago and cold is descending from the heavens, there are...
Poem – Fields (continued as the lantern grows brighter)
Shining brilliantly through grey fog hugging the soaked ground the light I cannot see is there in my...
Poem – Fields
Shining brilliantly through grey fog hugging the soaked ground the light I cannot see is there in my...