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every day is a new year

it can take time
to cut the strings.

Posted byZakJanuary 7, 2024February 1, 2024Posted inPoetry

i remember when i was in the same position he was in and just like him i didn’t care either

if sleep is
sleek
and sporadic,
another way
you can recover
is to find
a small box
made of wood.

Posted byZakJanuary 5, 2024January 25, 2024Posted inPoetry

snow on the hills, rain on the sea

a white cat
sometimes
appears.

Posted byZakJanuary 4, 2024January 23, 2024Posted inPoetry1 Comment on snow on the hills, rain on the sea

swell and trough; an evenness of tone

we fell in love
because i had
cancer.

Posted byZakJanuary 2, 2024January 21, 2024Posted inPoetry

everyday mind is the way

someone
i love
leaves me,
so
i feel
pain.

Posted byZakDecember 30, 2023January 21, 2024Posted inPoetry

dhyana and prajna and vice versa

it isn’t
practice,
and then
wisdom.

Posted byZakDecember 27, 2023January 18, 2024Posted inPoetry

how to live as a way-seeker

the forecast
calls for snow
but what falls
is a mixture
of rain and ice.

Posted byZakDecember 23, 2023January 14, 2024Posted inPoetry

a metal worker gives an art show in Miami

river and tree.
wind and root.

Posted byZakDecember 21, 2023January 14, 2024Posted inPoetry

the percentages always remain about the same

in the morning,
just as soon as
your version
of consciousness
returns to you,
you think of it.

Posted byZakDecember 19, 2023January 14, 2024Posted inPoetry

wet snow and a brief view of the empty sky

many miles
to walk.

Posted byZakDecember 16, 2023January 9, 2024Posted inPoetry

the original pre-born face

not really so
interested
in signs
and symbols;
every day is
mahamudra

Posted byZakDecember 14, 2023January 7, 2024Posted inPoetry

still, quiet, warm

and when you have
thoughts
you’d like to share,
you would share them.

Posted byZakDecember 12, 2023January 7, 2024Posted inPoetry

peering with a hint as they slide by

and with the warming,
more rain
in the rain forest.

Posted byZakDecember 9, 2023January 7, 2024Posted inPoetry

on Thursday we empty our hands

in the morning
the shore birds float
near the shore.

Posted byZakDecember 7, 2023January 7, 2024Posted inPoetry1 Comment on on Thursday we empty our hands

in niwot i ran without any need for air

the world isn’t interested
in our definitions
of “dependable”.

Posted byZakDecember 6, 2023July 12, 2024Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on in niwot i ran without any need for air

different levels of tantra and then, mahamudra

words like
“brutal”. words
like “innocent”.
words like “senseless”.

Posted byZakDecember 3, 2023January 7, 2024Posted inPoetry

some fruits come apart neatly

there isn’t really
some specific meaning
to life.

Posted byZakNovember 29, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetry

a diamond made of sutures

i tried to give another
support but
it was not felt as
support.

Posted byZakNovember 25, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetry

what i thought to be the engines of an airplane was really only wind

i was upset.

Posted byZakNovember 24, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetry

yesterday, it was dusty. today, it’s been dusted

i save money
by keeping
the heat off.

Posted byZakNovember 17, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetry

no dependence on words and letters

homeland
is always
home
and always
equally foreign.

Posted byZakNovember 12, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetry

perfection as lived from a cloud

it’s humanely raised
meat,

Posted byZakNovember 10, 2023December 27, 2023Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on perfection as lived from a cloud

a suture made of diamonds

it is
a painted door
i continually knock upon.

Posted byZakNovember 5, 2023December 23, 2023Posted inPoetry

the best way to help is to not say much of anything at all

you don’t have to
believe
that when
it is
quiet
it is
because
it is
to be quiet.

Posted byZakNovember 3, 2023November 18, 2023Posted inPoetry3 Comments on the best way to help is to not say much of anything at all

sitting but not cross-legged

we are supposed to
put a window
in the building
so
we put a window
in the building.

Posted byZakOctober 29, 2023November 18, 2023Posted inPoetry

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