And yesterday was a good example of how one can find it so hard NOT
to cling to something. A sunny autumn day in Seattle (especially a
Sunday when you don't have to really rush somewhere) is a joy I've
come to treasure, with a little effort to also try to treasure a
cloudy late spring day where we haven't seen the sun in weeks. The
teaching on every day is a good day comes to me often.
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Sometimes poetry is better than our usual email comments in
> expressing the essence of Zen.
> Your poem with its crows reminded me of a stanza of mine with
similar
> ravens:
>
>
>
> So set stillness with a single sound
>
> Crack human mind with angel wound
>
> Watch Heaven shimmering in a dewdrop
>
> Till gentle wind of mind and time both stop
>
> And flecks of words like ravens fly
>
> Far beyond bright empty sky.
>
>
>
> Edgar
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Bob wrote:
>
> > (9/21/08)
> >
> > Autumn jumps the gun
> > before calendar gives okay.
> > I walk to busstop to get my Sunday Lunch
> > with umbrella ready to hand.
> >
> > Oaks and maples have no need
> > to study treatises on photosynthesis or
> > angle of incidence of lightrays
> > to know when to drop yellow or crimson leaves.
> >
> > Neither does a squirrel burying a fat acorn.
> >
> > The cheeky crow dances away in mock annoyance.
> > Her flockmates glide silently to land so beautifully.
> > She says they steal.
> > They say she shares.
> > (They do too leave traces in the sky!)
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
>
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