You begin with the twitch of conception, a long narcotic lullaby until the song vibrates in every cell and bone. We will never be rid of each other, so come, come, little ones will circle in dance striking your face with flowers I loved, mocking your toothy grin they will never take your outstretched hands, […]
Author: Rayn Roberts
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First Day of June
Between spring and summer, afternoon and evening, a white heron flew under the ivory half-moon Image of Egret by Brian Tarr available @ Fine Art America
Being has no center, this poem has no name
Being part of not apart from is to turn against the turning world and time in favor of the third eye wisdom, the living wonder of one divine nature God-Spirit-Buddha word or sound Oh say what it is… (It is peace with all.) Can that be Be / cause you are a part of all, […]
Seer in the Wilderness
Before dark or star rock or water before the wings of the sky floated over the earth I was called to a calm that mimics stillness but is eternal motion to stillness that mocks death because it wakes in the womb of dawn Because the sun is the eye of an immense bird that flies […]
Gifts in July
I was a man and I was the island turning toward night Rolling away from the sun Between the green and blue of grass and sea Over a long finger of black sand Irregular formations descended, hundreds of them squadron on squadron of red dragonflies ! An evening wind swayed the cosmos. Over the high […]
Hitting the Wall
A wall in a monastery—call it meditation Is that wall in Berlin That was and now is not, Or the Great Wall in China That is and once was not, They begin and end in mind. And if the universe is mind It’s a wall whose stones Break into laughter When we say they are […]
The Voice
If I spoke from the heart and you could hear You could ride the sound Back to the beginning and see you who you are If I spoke from the heart, my tears would be a river Running to the sea Into an ocean of sweetest water If I spoke from the heart, my joyful […]
From Where I Stand, I See
Decade to decade everything is falling apart. Everything is coming together. If I sit down and stay in one place, I still move forward. If I move forward and walk on two legs I still stay in one place. If I hold on and keep what I have, I will lose it. If I let […]
Ideal
Would that they were in the world as here on the page Hinduism Jainism Shintoism Judaism Taoism Paganism Confucianism Buddhism Baha’i Christianity Islam existing in peace
The New, New Colossus
Give me your powerful chairman of boards Your bankers brokers hungry war lords Your lawyers quick to make a deal Judgmental preachers with fiery zeal The loudmouth fat-cat tycoon Your guns for hire: give me your goons Your huddled masses of real estate stars American idols in fancy cars, give me The plotter schemer corporate […]
