by admin | Jun 19, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
Does Time, as it passes, really destroy?It may rip the fortress from its rock;but can this heart, that belongs to God,be torn from Him by circumstance?Are we as fearfully fragileas fate would have us believe?Can we ever be severedfrom childhood’s deep...
by admin | Jun 18, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
Let others probe the mystery if they can.Time-harried prisoners of Shall and Will –The right thing happens to the happy man.The bird flies out, the bird flies back again:The hill becomes the valley, and is still;Let others delve that mystery if they can.God...
by admin | Jun 17, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
Mind is the base, phenomena are dust;Yet both are like a flaw in the mirror.When the flaw is brushed aside,The light begins to shine.When both mind and phenomena are forgotten,Then we become naturally genuine.
by admin | Jun 16, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
the dragonfly’s tail, tooday by daygrows old- from the website http://haikuguy.com/issa/
by admin | Jun 15, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
The moon appears in every season, it is true,But surely it’s best in fall.In autumn, mountains loom and water runs clear.A brilliant disk floats across the infinite sky,And there is no sense of light and darkness,For everything is permeated with its presence.The...
by admin | Jun 14, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
(To remind myself)iMake a place to sit down.Sit down. Be quiet.You must depend uponaffection, reading, knowledge,skill — more of eachthan you have — inspiration,work, growing older, patience,for patience joins timeto eternity. Any readerswho like your...
