Blind Eye
(A reflection on Verse Four) The house wins at Casino Samsara But we keep betting the farm nonetheless Always hoping to be the exception To be the one who finds happiness Lady Luck briefly shows but an...
View ArticleBurning Bushes
(A reflection on Verse Four) Note to self: Don’t walk by burning bushes Approach them with a hastened step Remove your shoes before the white-hot fire With joy be grateful for the sacred pyre Face the...
View ArticleBurnout
(A reflection on Verse Three) Imagine my surprise! Finding a second passport in a pocket Where only one had been before Logging untold visits to thankless shores Issued by the Republic of Lethargy And...
View ArticleU-Turn
(A reflection on Verse Three) On the interstate a sign flashes, punctuating the night “Terror Alert! Report all suspicious activity!” Yellow shriek for vigilance against the enemy out there Hiding in...
View ArticleMystery
(A reflection on Verse Two) What uttered presumption! One shadowy and insubstantial figure Flitting past another So certain of all but the dream I dare say I think I know you? The crunch of Eve’s apple...
View ArticleAltitude Sickness
(A reflection on Verse Two) I’m suffering from altitude sickness And it’s an awfully bad case From thinking too highly of myself Stuck up in this cold and rarified place Sitting alone in the nosebleed...
View ArticleRemembered Kindness
(A reflection on Verse One) Confusion sits multiplied, hushed and hopeful, before clarity Each of us groping through private fog for some salvation My ears, keen for an insight of my own, grasp at...
View ArticleChokepoint
Billions of humans Countless other beings Be devoted to them all, the masters say None are strangers Throughout many lives All have shown you kindness Cherish them equally. Stunned by the math I choke...
View ArticleIntroduction to “Getting Over Me” (READ THIS FIRST)
In loving memory of Joan Andrews and Nick Fedoruk. Getting Over Me is a collection of one 21st century American woman’s poetic reflections on The Eight Verses of Training the Mind , which were written...
View ArticleSpeechless
Keep silence so true peace may come and stay Shed sediments of noise and shimmy free Like peeling off stifling clothes on a warming day First no talking, as if to remove a coat that’s bulky Utterly...
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