Solidaridad/3

It Was Love at First Haiku Maria told me to contact you When you were fresh back from El Salvador And perhaps needing another shoulder to lean on After re-entering this meshugah militarized greed culture…

Huzzah!/1

Dear Safety by Cami Kasmerchak I want nothing to do with you. I throw off your constrictive, binding shackles in order to pursue a fuller life. A life worth living. A life worth losing. I…

It Was Love at First Haiku

Maria told me to contact you When you were fresh back from El Salvador And perhaps needing another shoulder to lean on After re-entering this meshugah militarized greed culture There we sat at a table…

The Essential Allen Ginsberg: Cafe Ventana Reading Group

“It occurs to me that I am America” –Allen Ginsberg, America Beat poet, antiwar activist, gay liberationist, free speech devotee, “First Thought, Best Thought” advocate, and cheerful Buddhist, Allen Ginsberg  has been a major influence on U.S. counterculture…

The Glory of Ordinary

There we sat at Cafe Ventana Two hours on a Thursday afternoon You heard my shtick about “Be average” My neurotic update on Dear Layla Your serenity (so it seems to me) About your future…

Present Moment Wonderful Moment

Spent the morning with Thuy Khuu at Café Ventana: Breathing in, I know that life is precious in this moment. Breathing out, I cherish this moment of life. gatha by Thich Nhat Hanh

Gratitude

Sometimes you encounter people who are so pure, beautiful, and content. They give you the impression that they are divine, that they are actually saints or holy beings. What you perceive in them is their…