Life Lessons – Lloyd Skelton
I wrote this awhile ago, but have been thinking about the past, where I have come from, how...
Poem – Into the Wild
I stand… Atop the snow-covered mountain above the tree line the valley split and pocked by spring fed...
Winter’s Last Stand
Spent the weekend clearing the last visages of winter as snow and ice had become 5-foot tall hills....
Poem – Lady in the Forest
For earth day… I awoke in the boreal forest white pine reaching skyward, a canopy of shadow a...
2013 Poetry Month #9 – One Robe, One Bowl
Today’s poems are from the collection “One Robe, One Bowl – The Zen Poetry of Ryokan”, published in...
2013 Poetry Month #3 – Narrow Road to the Interior
These selections are from Matsuo Basho, a Japanese writer born in 1644. He is most famously known for...
Poem – Self
The following poem is from a conversation with Hanakia Zedek regarding Zen and takes place through a series...
Next Step – In Depth Studying
In learning my path and the next steps, the school of Japanese Soto Zen fits with my current...
Poem – Snowy Field
Across the snowy field no footprints. Streetlights brighter further the sun sinks. Cold begins to creep in upon...
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect
Listening to Blackburner’s latest album “Planet Earth Attack” and this line is repeated in one of the songs....
Senzing Zen
This blog will officially move to its new domain in a few days. The logo has been updated...
Searching and Finding
Surrounded by Zen and Buddhism magazines, books reviews, and the latest issue of Edge Magazine, I pause for...