by admin | Apr 25, 2024 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
No end, no end to the journeyno end, no end neverhow can the heart in loveever stop openingif you love me,you won’t just die oncein every momentyou will die into meto be rebornInto this new love, dieyour way beginson the other sidebecome the skytake an axe to...
by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
As the mirror to my hand,the flowers to my hair,kohl to my eyes,tambul to my mouth,musk to my breast,necklace to my throat,ecstasy to my flesh,heart to my home –as wing to bird,water to fish,life to the living –so you to me.But tell me,Madhava, beloved,who...
by admin | Apr 23, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
This narrow path beneath the great treesis edged darkly with thick greening moss.We keep it swept clean before the gate, inexpectation of wandering mountain monks.from Bamboo Cottage: Poems and Translations, by Doug Westendorp
by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
Over I journeyAnd for each painA pleasant sting onlyShall one day remain.Yet in a few momentsThen free am I,And intoxicatedIn Love’s lap lie.Life everlastingLifts, wave-like, at me,I gaze from its summitDown after thee.Your lustre must vanishYon mound underneath...
by admin | Apr 21, 2024 | Christian, Poems by Men
Thou needst not cry to God,The spring wells up in thee.Don’t stop its fountain head:It flows eternally.
by admin | Apr 20, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
inside the koan clear mindgashes the great darkness
