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So many delights
And distractions
To occupy the waking hours of this mind
And journey through time
It takes discipline indeed
To carry this body upstairs
And lay it down to rest
Sleep
[27 October 08]
A delicate slender crescent moon
Gently rests on the eastern horizon
Reflecting golden light in the early morning dark
Its beauty all the more poignant
Knowing that it will soon disappear
Consumed by light as the day breaks
[27 October 08]
A calm spacious feeling
Nothing to say
Except
A smile
Here I am
[26 October 08]
In response to 'Postcards'
Such wondrous glimpses
of the transient ever-changing
existence we participate in
the colours
the textures
tears in my eyes
[28 October 08]
Trees marching along the ridge
Silhouettes in the intense orange wash
Sunrise
[17 October 08]
Burning through 108 times
aches
agitation
boredom
clinging
desires
dreams
dullness
fantasies
feelings
hopes
ideas
memories
resistance
sensations
thoughts
weariness
wishes
worries
cleansed and settled
awake and expansive
a calm smile comes home
to this face
[14 October 08]
this idea of me
surrounded by persistent
swirling desires to be
someone useful
someone liked
someone wanted
someone of note
to exist in the eyes and minds of others
to be able to hold myself aloof and separate
the conceit of self
[13 October 08]
Satisfaction
Wholeness of being
108 times
Each time
For the first time
Home in this body
Eyes open
Palms together
[05 October 08]
Returning late from town
Along empty streets
Over the dark river
Through the playing fields
Shrouded in layers of mist
Back home under the milky way
Quiet mind and peaceful heart
[26 September 08]
A gem
A multi-faceted gem
In which I can see myself
Reflected multiple times
Distorted and undistorted
[12 October 08]
Wandering thoughts
And shifting imagery
Broken by the sound
Of the fridge waking up
I return to the task
[14 July 08]
When sitting becomes
An act of will
The way is lost
[14 July 08]
August night
I put my book down to sleep
Bat squeaks echo in the dark
[21 August 08]
Climbing the staircase
The moon rising in the east
Breaks through the clouds
And steals my breath away
[19 August 08]
A refreshing cold shower
Eases my mosquito bites
Perspiration continues
To bead on my brow
[28 July 08]
A luminous moon
Over Callow Hill
Sets the clouds aglow
While the trees
Remain black
[17 July 08]
A ghostly moon over
Callow Hill
Illuminates the clouds
And glows through the gaps
[17 July 08]
As the moon rises
And the lawn mower grinds
A small touch of peace
Enters my heart
[13 July 08]
In the arising of pain
tears linger
close to these eyeballs
In the arising of pain
tension grips
up and down this back
In the arising of pain
sensation anchors
attention in this body
In this moment
[09 July 08]
Pain is a part of
This body of flesh and bones
As much as it is a part of
This body of emotions and feelings
Sitting in awareness
The pain does not depart
Practising being open
Allowing the whole of it
To arise in this space
Where I sit.
[09 July 08]
mysterious deep blue clouds
linger along the horizon
pale blue sky stretches out above
long jagged rips give way
to the fiery glow
of the sunset beyond
[14 June 08]
My legs hurt
The ache of 108 prostrations
Gentle rain trickles
The music of downpipes and gutters
As the words of an ancient
resonate deep inside somewhere
'With clear awareness,
one takes up the responsibility of helping other sentient beings
as if one is sitting in perfect silence.'*
[11 June 08]
*Master Hongzhi quoted on p137 in Illuminating Silence by Master Sheng-yen
Blue Hills roll across the horizon
Burning the sky
Orange and pink as they go
Silently to the west
[10 June 08]
There is a crescent moon
in my window
tonight
[07 June 08]
Lying in bed
The luminous crescent moon
Framed in the middle window
[07 June 08]
Dusty pink sunset
Indigo hills
Under a bright crescent moon
[07 June 08]
bedtime story over
the owl calls echo
Buddha sits
with the ashes of the day
[14 August 08]
three birds fly overhead
the hazy glow of sunset
in the damp muddy evening
[14 August 08]
a fallen leaf
appears as an icicle
glistening in the mud
[14 August 08]
some things need
to be written
right
now
[14 August 08]
An unexpected guest
Sits zazen in the glow
Of the setting sun
[13 July 08]
deep in the cool recesses
of the glove compartment
lies a chocolate bar
[13 July 08]
Sometimes we're two
And sometimes we're one
Sometimes he walks ahead
And sometimes he dawdles behind
Sometimes he wants to race
And sometimes he wants to be still
Sometimes he explores far and wide
And sometimes he slips his hand into mine
As we walk together as one.
[25 May 08]
The distance between our hearts
Seems to fluctuate like the tide
And not depend on the miles
or centimetres
between our bodies
Still, it is a pity you're so far away
And I can't hold you in my arms
right now.
[21 May 08]
Dark morning under the bright stars
A rustle of a breeze in the trees
Frost crunching underfoot
The sound as I relieve myself joins
The burble of the stream in the valley
[06 Jan 2008]
The stars above
a sparkling net
of milky orbs
we could jump into
and be cushioned by
as we fell into
the heavens
together
[05 Jan 2008]
Christmas lights
in the shed
for a toilet
illuminate
what was left
by the person before
[05 Jan 2008]
Black spiny silhouettes
Of naked trees in the winter night
Reaching up towards the glowing
Dome of milky stars above
[05 Jan 2008]
Following meditation
A message from afar
Asks me if am I home
I reply that I am not
And yet
Walking back to the tent
Under the milky milky
Stars of the night
Truly I am home
[05 Jan 2008]
New Zealand
may be a place
but the milky way
takes me home
to my heart!
[05 Jan 2008]
Waterfalls and wet hills
Empty trees and full skies
Driving down the valley
To Throssel Hole Abbey
[19 Nov 2007]
The moon aglow
with early morning light
as wisps of clouds
and birdsong drift
across the lightening sky
[27 Feb 2008]
early morning moon
over the fence tops
beyond the trees
reflecting the glow
of the rising sun
[25 Feb 2008]
We have so many prisoners
We take so many lives
I send you my blessing
And cry tears of anguish
Deep within my heart
But what can I say?
Knowing the ignorance
And the cruelty of humans
That is also my own
[12 Dec 2007]
The beauty
Of the evening
The hazy orange glow
City lights appear
Like a sunset over distant
Rolling curves of hills
And silhouettes of trees
Under the gleaming white pearl
Of the moon suspended
In the deep blue sky
Cannot be captured
By word or photograph
[19 Feb 2008]
Blue sky above
Frost on the ground
The cat over the road
Just sitting in the sunny window
[17 Feb 2008]
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