I heard mention of the marathon monks of Tendai in a book I was reading last week-end and made a mental note to look them up A few days later and that mental post it fluttered down Reading today about the running monks here and their do or die challenge made me realise how easy […]
She said that she was hanging by a thread Find yourself a tree I said Some dirt Sit awhile Close your eyes And listen for the song of the ants Lifting several times their body weight They come Plying bitten off leaves The seeds of grass and flowers Working together Their communities are powerful They […]
Nothing has changed. Or rather Everything has changed Time and again And again Nothing but change Repeating The same thing Stories told of Plague Wars Riches Poverty Nations changing hands Shuffled like cards As if they meant something These really big things No They meant nothing at all They are just dusty biographies Stories told […]
Eagle lifting Thoughts sifting Foot connecting One after the other Mind drifting Hearing sentences Running through my head What he said She said Barbs that stick like burrs As consciousness whirls Memories dredging What does this mean? What did that? Nothing particularly matters Once you understand It’s all just words Habits People’s verbal vomits Things […]
