This Is the Truth
Dear _______________ When you are having a tough time living in ____________– Bluesy weary wondering “What the fuck was I thinking?” Accusing yourself of selling out– Take a minute or five And think of all…
Category: No Time for Poetry but Exactly What Is
Sunday Afternoon
Sitting outside at Stella and Bella’s Cafe The Presidential debate two hours away Reading Su Tung-P’o’s bamboo poem Will Clinton deliver the knock-out blow? On my ballot, I’ll write in: Chuang Tzu –from novel-in-progress, Our Heroic…
Om Satyam Shivam Sundaram
If you’ve ever … put your faith in a guru traveled to India and were blown away and never took a single drug recited a mantram throughout the day memorized part of chapter 2 of…
Bella Levenshteyn You Summon My Stream of Consciousness
Dear Bella How did you learn to respond when big burly vets spit on you, as if you’re Jane Fonda, only 40-something years younger? Have you ever been like Carla, failing at metta? Maybe after…
A Most Unsolemn Request
At my wake or funeral With a big smile on your shining-with-sri face Announce: “Happy Continuation Day, Shimmelstoy!”
Looking Deeply
Bella, I wrote this while on retreat at Angelique’s farmhouse in the country. Wish you could have been with us to discuss Cao Ngoc Phuong’s autobiography and enjoy the cool, late summer breezes. Perry …
The Mantra Nirmala Invited Sunil To Focus On, So As To Cool Out His Predictable Slash-and-Burn Anger (Accompaniment/2,074)
hare kṛiṣhṇa hare kṛiṣhṇa kṛiṣhṇa kṛiṣhṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare
When Receiving Praise
Take it in Savor it Forget it
Poem of the Week: Mendacity by Rob Trousdale
the Cristo Rey model the fair trade coffee the organic raspberries the Sunday sunset at Augusta the cat’s purr the recycling plan the 25% bonus the carbon credit swap the KIPP principal driving a Benz…
What Would Sri Krishna and Walt Whitman Do?
Dear Srimatiji My heart aches Reading the last chapter of Dear Layla You are Layla Yet you’re as far away For practical purposes As the Gaza Strip You are a psychiatrist You are a resident…