Memories - ten years old
Posted in Memories, me on September 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Finding words that rhyme with “at”
(The fat cat sat on the mat.
The rat ate my flat hat.)
Ten year old me,
perched in a tree.
Writing poetry.
Archive for September, 2006
Lobster Quadrille
Posted in dance, favorite things on September 29, 2006 | No Comments »
“Will you walk a little faster?”
said a whiting to a snail,
“There’s a porpoise close behind us,
and he’s treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters
and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle –
will you come and join the dance?
…
“You can really have no notion
how delightful it will be
When they take us up and [...]
words
Posted in favorite things on September 28, 2006 | No Comments »
I don’t take your words
Merely as words.
Far from it.
I listen
To what makes you talk-
Whatever that is-
And me listen.
Shinkichi Takahashi
The birds have vanished…
Posted in favorite things on September 26, 2006 | No Comments »
The birds have vanished into the sky,
and now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.
Li Po (701-762) Translated from the Chinese by Sam Hamill
Wonder
Posted in favorite things, wonder on September 25, 2006 | No Comments »
People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering.
Saint Augustine
peacemaking
Posted in peace on September 24, 2006 | No Comments »
What would happen if people devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?
www.cpt.org
hour of dawn
Posted in favorite things on September 23, 2006 | No Comments »
There is an old story about a Teacher who was asked by his disciples: “How can we determine the hour of dawn, when the night ends and the day begins? Is it when from a distance you can distinguish between a dog and a sheep?”
“No,” said the Teacher.
“Is it when you can distinguish between a fig [...]
the still point
Posted in dance, favorite things on September 22, 2006 | No Comments »
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be [...]
the dance
Posted in dance, favorite things on September 21, 2006 | No Comments »
“O Chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance.”
William Butler Yeats (Among School Children)
God is awake
Posted in favorite things on September 20, 2006 | No Comments »
Have courage for the great sorrows of life
and patience for the small ones;
and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task,
go to sleep in peace.
God is awake.
Victor Hugo
