Archive for December, 2001
Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home
Tuesday, December 4th, 2001
translated by Burton Watson is one of my favorite recent acquisitions.
Somehow I find it strangely comforting that I share so many thoughts in common with a “Buddhist poet-priest” born in 1118. In this sense, at least, the soul does, indeed, seem eternal, and mankind, no matter what its heritage, shares common feelings and emotions.
I seldom [...]
Reach Out
Wednesday, December 5th, 2001
As if for but a moment
you touched
the wilderness
that is my soul.
Not Your Average Christmas Program
Thursday, December 6th, 2001
It’s often strange, and sometimes downright scary, when you start poking around in the old memory bank. It’s never quite clear what you’re poking nor what may emerge from the past to confront you.
At the moment, I’m poking through childhood memories, particularly Christmas memories. Not unexpectedly, the first memory to emerge was of my all-time [...]
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