What Chopin wanted most was to die in George Sand arms, on his deathbed all he got Was a nosegay of violets She left at his door When her daughter turned her away– People can be such shits. He wrote a friend on his deathbed, “She promised me I would die in her arms.” How did […]
Category: Human Interactions
Advice
I had my annual physical today and all was well. The Doc. asked if I had any concerns, I said “I need a strong pain killer for a broken heart.” He laughed, but I said, “I’m serious. Nothing but booze helps and that gives me a hangover. Can’t you give me something for it?” He […]
Five Seven Five
When I cut my hair it always grows back again– Goodbyes Aren’t for friends
Chance Meeting in Mystical Terms
Yoga class at the lake, she catches his eye An electric charge in the brain… Not the spring lilac, nor the plum in bloom Something more unnatural The odor of perfume, the beauty in surprise. Waves of the seasons ring the shore Spirit seeks a form, an afternoon union– They do not know what Causes their communion– […]
Rayn Roberts in The UK!
I am happy to announce that Lost Tower Publications will include my poem “Garden by the Sea” in their new anthology “Along the Shore” coming out April 2017. Lost Tower Publications
Esoteric
After all, as you lie in my arms knowing all needing nothing but what is, the earth rolling away from the sun Thunder rolling in the distance Can you hear the thunder of death, my dear? Yes, I hear it and more, I hear a sound Not everyone can hear, I feel an energy not everyone […]
The Lesson
Today, ignoring the voice of memory: my mother saying, “Never, Never stand on furniture to change a light bulb”… I stood on a desk to change a light bulb Slipped, fell… hit the floor But before I did The desk flipped I hit the steel frame with all the force of gravity On my side […]
Shock
Some One Asked What I Meant When I Said The Oneness of Being I was shocked they didn’t know
A Forest Monk Speaks
If you find yourself in a Buddhist temple You are not in a Buddhist temple. Though you pray and chant for yourself Night and day, you remain in Hell. Living and dying, are the two not one Happening at the same time? A cobra lifts its head in your path. Teach it to hiss, not bite. […]
Mantra
This may be nothing new nothing at all or nothing now you need to take to heart, whatever it is to you it will mean nothing until realized: with billions of minds, hearts savage wills pulling at the seams of reality it’s a wonder the whole doesn’t tear open spill out into riots, revolutions, war, […]
