Author: Misuzu Kaneko
Deep down in the blue sky
Like pebbles on the ocean floor
They lie submerged till dark comes...
Stars unseen in the light of day.
You can't see them,still they're there.
Even things not seen are there.
Petals drop and withered dandelions
Hidden in cracks between roof tiles
Wait silently for spring to come...
Their strong roots unseen.
You can't see them,still they're there.
Even things not seen are there.
"Ready or not here I come."
; )
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Posted: Aug 2014
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Chiselled by nature from volcanic rock
Where land mests the Sea
She yawns at old Poseidon
in a picture I cannot be.
But I know of the secrets she holds,
Buried treasure and smugglers deeds
And a place I could lay my head
On a cloth of golden fleece.
Then the sea crashes in kissing her floor,
While I dream of Atlantis and stoving Whales.
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
I wrote this poem after viewing a picture sent to me by my friend Shrop Lad. A picture of a cave facing the Sea somewhere in the vicinity of the home of Dylan Thomas the poet, where he lived in Wales
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To behold the chest:-)
Of hairy man
His flesh ripped and toned
With strengh of ten
Legs bulging
His iron grip
Buttocks hard and clenched
Tinny trunks hide what's not to see
He massages tones his body
His daily routine
Hours and hours
In the gym
To show those perfect byceps
Woman go week in the knees
To sample his body and hidden beneath
To kiss his lips to smell his demour
For want to sleep with him
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Posted: Aug 2014
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online today!
what's enlightenment?
just seeing the same old things
in a brand new way
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
(haiku)
The above stated may seem simplistic but it is not.
Zen is a way of seeing.
The things of everyday life remain the same.
It is one's way of seeing that changes.
The change may require years to take place.
True spiritual practice is not founded on attainment or on the miraculous, but on seeing life itself as a true miracle. In the words of a Zen master,
My magical power and miraculous gift:
Drawing water and chopping wood.
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Magical Hummingbird
On winged endless flight
Blown in on soft wind
Flutters into morning light
A welcome familiar friend
Nuzzles bright red bloom
Then darts off again
Flower to flower resumes
In feathered costumes
Colors to delight
So sweet a tiny sight
In window bright
As nectar sipped
Tongue gently dipped
Smiles excite
To vivid delight
Heart beating fast
Humming wings
Softly sings
Flies away
In morning dew
Day still new
Returns
Begins
To sip
Again
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
I see this every morning and was moved to express this simple little joy!
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Winter Treasures
In winter when the trees are sound asleep
And the skies are queenly blue and clear
I walk, not minding where I tread
To lose myself in nature’s treasury.
I wade through soft beds of lustrous snow
And watch the twinkling ice and frosty gold,
Crystal flakes and fluffy crests in white
Charm my eyes and wake my soul’s delight.
A milllion, million gleaming rainbow stars
Seem blinking on the snowy ground
A million, million glorious pearls and gems
Are squeking under my light step.
There is a magic spell in a chilly day like this
The wind’s breath froze to death in pure bliss
And from the gilded, dazzling plain around
Comes no movement and no sound.
I’m far away from home now, must return
Before the Sun ends his majestic sojourn
I made friends with the trees and the frozen lake
Yet, so far from mankind
a frosty pang of loneliness I felt.
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Posted: Dec 2012
About this poem:
I wrote this poem two years ago in December. Sorry for the possible mistakes, I'm Polish and English is my second language. Enjoy!
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Author: Unknown
I LOVE TAKING STROLLS
IN THE SOFT MOONLIGHT,
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL
AND THE STARS ARE BRIGHT;
ON A COOL SUMMER NIGHT
WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THE BREEZE,
AS IT BLOWS TO AND FRO
PLAYING TAG WITH THE TREES;
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WHISPERING WILLOWS
AROMATIC PINES,
AND HONEYSUCKERS SMELLING SO SWEET,
HUMMING AS I GO
DANCING THROUGH THE MEADOW
AS THE WILD FLOWERS TICKLE MY FEET
THE CLOUDS ARE GETTING DARK,
I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO STORM,
I CAN SEE THE LIGHTENING FLASHING
SO I MUST MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME!
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
JUST BRAIN STORMING!!!
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Song of the Elm
Standing tall next to brothers Ash and Birch
we feel as guardians of this silent church.
Soldiers of the land, watchers of the hills.
From tip of limb to tip of limb
our arms encircle valley low,
swaying in rhythm to river's flow.
Purple mountains undulate across the land
seducing a love affair with man.
The river's song is our lullaby.
And in the stillness of the night,
as the moon hangs her luminous smile over our charge,
our limbs that touch from tip to tip,
encircleing all that lies below,
embrace the tightening grip stick
waiting for the reaper: Man.
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
It is possible for nature to fear man He is their biggest threat'
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A November Conversation
"Leafless tree, gray and bare as your mood, you arms thin and frail,
somehow you manage a majestic stance in your loft, as you extend a
crooked limb to warn me of advancing snows.
And with a gust of wind, four limbs, a palm, brush across what seems
to be an ear.
Do you hear the crackle of the upcoming ice or the moaning of a pack
of wolves along a distant timber trail?
You hold no shelter now for your winged friends. Does this make you lonely?
No squirrel now to tickle your back, that scratch that makes you laugh
and shakes your leaves without a single breeze.
And that melody you sing, with your gold coin leaves as they shimmer
from Autumn's breeze, is silent now.
Soon I will see your coat, white, with sleeves of ice.
And I, shivering in the sleet, with skins to keep me warm, will wonder
as you do not make a sound
with your bare feet on the ground.
We speak of these November things, you and I, as each year
rolls around.
You learn of my attention to your roll upon this earth.
And I learn, of all the seasons,
November breeds your worth.
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Posted: Aug 2014
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Author: Misuzu Kaneko
It's weird how
Shiny silver raindrops fall
from black clouds.
It's weird how
Silkworms turn white
when they eat green mulberry leaves.
It's weird how
Moonflowers open at dusk
without a poke from anyone.
It's weird how
People I ask laugh and sky,
"Nothing strange in that."
It's Weird
Beauty is nature's fact : )
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Posted: Aug 2014
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