shadows

************ 

 

If

shadows 

but

illusion 

be !

 

What is there

to be

defined -

 

************  
         
 

wisdom

_____________


Wisdom
  is found 
downtown -
         
Her prophets 
  on every street ,

standing

 asking for 

   money _

    Her saints  

on days of rain
   under eves
of building
     sitting

sometimes
drinking 

  wine -

 

Her little ones

     with no

 economic value 

      crying !

   a blessing

      to all
  passing by -

   Wisdom 
      is !

______________

 


 

Wayfarrer ***

******************

Installed
in
the shadow
life -

Between
fear and fancies
always near
never far
always going
round 
and
round -

Between
ritual 
and 
holding views 

never far
always near
forever going
round
and
round 

yet!

the wayfarrer
cherishing
no-thing
crosses over
in this
very now -

*****************
 
 
 

bush *

***********

  That 
burning
bush

That
bush
of stillness

Become 
that

and

be *



**********

cure

 ____________

 

    there

is no cure

  for the 

human

  condition -

and yet

 there 

     is

kindness ______

 

suppose *

Suppose
suffering is transformation _

Suppose
transformation is  mystery _

Suppose
mystery is love _

Suppose
love is silent _

Suppose !

darkness *

your

darkness

as a flower

blooms _

across the years

and

days of noon _

flowers

of the nights array

eclipse

the brightness
of the
day _

possum

******************

by the roadside

  blooming

a possum

CHOD

Demon

blackness

in the

mind -

drum beat

heart beat

come

and

dine -

consume

this food

pus

and

blood  -

transform

the

blackness

into

love -

rice

_________________*
 

What
transcendence !
this bowl of rice
setting
steaming -

Steaming
before me 
setting -

Perhaps
eating this
communion
will 
enlighten by
belly -

 This
setting
bowl of rice
steaming - -

___________*

 

gone

little fish going

                           big fish going

                                                   gone      .

kissing

******************
 

in a door way

kissing

sunshine and shadow 

feastdays

Those shoemakers
sitting in the dirt
sowing a strap *

Where are those feast days ?

Those prostitutes
bejeweled saints
of sin *

Where are those feast days ?

All desire
shod's for there feet
and
softness for there organs *

Where are those feast days ?
Where are those  feast days ?  

gameKing

 Arising

passing away 

ever at play -

 That

Brahman transformer 

spinning maya

inviting all 

to a game 

of 

you are it !

_______________

elephant

 00000000

* presto

________

What’s
4
Dinner
??????

Potatoes
Carrots
and
Us

Presto
In
The
Pot

Boiled
Mystery
The
Perfection
Of
Cookery

Well
Done

________

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There was this
fuzzy
little funny
worm
I watched one day
turn and squirm
as if bitten by some
carnivorous germ

It was then I decided
To do my tribal dance
And
Place my worm friend
In a trance

I proceeded to
Shout
Stomp
and
Prance

OOPS *

* symphonic

***************

Discard
the rapper
of the mind


Trandsend
all concepts
space and time -

Truth
horizons constant change
when approached
recedes again - 

Love
sings the bird
her morning song -

Tours
the night
symphonic moon -

Harmony is
wisdom's
art -

Bows
the universe
to a silent heart -


*******************

* remember

%%%%%%%%%
 

My
Name
I Don’t
Remember


Yet


It
Rains
Always
In
September

OR

Is that August

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

* oskermyer

***************************

               *

  Lost my doggie
Could not find him
Looked at store fronts
Looked behind them -
             *
Checked the hydrants
Checked the trees
Doggies visit
Such as these -
             *
where -Oh- where
Did you gone
I have searched so hard
I have searched so long -
            *
Flights of fancies
Non-remembers
The mind recedes
As dying embers -
          *
----- Oh --------
Oskermyer
I love you still 

         *
----- Oh --------
There you are
Cooking on the grill 

 

 

********************************

* cleaning the floor

________________________

By learning
to clean the floor
we learn
to clean the body *
By learning
to clean the body
we learn
to clean the mind *
By learning
to clean mind
we learn
to become mindful *
By becoming
mindful
we realize
enlightenment *
All
by learning
to clean
the floor *
________________________

* virieties

****************

   A
poem
everywhere
you
look *  

Apricot
cantaloupe
and
brook *

Beans on sticks
corn in towers
bobbing flowers
          the
martyr  strawberry
spills her crimson *

Cucumbers clinging
ivy crawling 
birds barking
      bugs
walking on the 
ceiling *

Love
collects 
    all
varieties * 

* echo

_________

hello
hello

are you there
are you there

an echo


a name
calling
it's name

void
Speaking to
void

a
voice
older then
god

_________________

* landscape

*************************

The winds

of silence

blown all

away -

No

marker standing

to point

direction -

How then can

such a landscape

be

safely crossed ? 

What a foolish

question -

Laughter only

an 

appropriate

vehicle -

*******************

eggplant

______________________

Oh !
Beautiful chaos
How insane
Thy
Laughing mystery
Yes mam !
I'll
Have some
Potatoes
With my
Eggplant
Thank
U
A
Men
______________________

* address

 ****************

What kind of
god
would would 
have  
a 
address *

It would be
a 
poor god
if she lived
in this town *

You can visit
a
god
with 
a
address at  
any time*

But !

A god
with no address 
who could think
such a 
thing *

*********************
 

called *

Called
to the still _

Called
to the quiet _

By a
unknown thought _

To a
unknown place _

By a
unknown heart _

To a
unknown mystery _

process *

************


Proceeding
from void
randomness -

Proceeding
from randomness
chaos -

Proceeding
from chaos
fragmentation -

Proceeding
from fragmentation
unity -

Proceeding
from unity
consciousness -

Proceeding
from consciousness
mind -

Proceeding
from mind
Love_ 

Proceeding !


*************


 

mystery *

*********************



There is mystery !

Winter
and
spring -


The 
fragmentation
bread -


The 
unity
wine -
 

The 
celebration
life - 


There
is
mystery !




*****************

be *

**********

If 

shadow 

but             
illusions
be _ 

What
is there
to be
define !

**********