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chaiwallah Started conversation Jul 13, 2004
These long early-morning walks seem to lend themselves to very short verse forms. Here, in no particular order, are a bunch from the last couple of days.
1.
Three black scallop shells -
Small vessels of perfect night
Echoing Kali.
2.
Old heron one-leg
Preening his bedraggled cloak.
Young heron watches.
3.
Out on the water,
A single plastic arm-chair
Howling at the sun.
4.
Two grey crows peck bones –
They know that they’re dinosaurs.
They see I know too.
5.
Looks like a smooth rock -
But up close the twisted beak
Tells of feathered death.
6.
Sharp wind, thin drizzle –
Clouds have fallen on the beach.
Good fishing weather.
7.
Mind chanting manis* –
The soul is free to become
The singing silence.
8.
Late low tide last night –
The sand is scuffed with harsh tracks
Of joggers and dogs.
"Manis" is Tibetan Buddhist short hand for the Chenrezi mantra generating compassion for all sentient beings - Om Mani Pemay Hung.
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