ZenOfferings: Poems

Jan 2019 · 267

Haiku 36

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 36

What good’s being right?
I’m never farther from truth
Than in a judgement

And then there I go judging non-judgement. What a funny cycle.

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 162

Haiku 35

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 35

Born a reflection
I see a light in your eyes
Primordial burn

Its all pattern

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 195

Haiku 34

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 34

Don’t miss your cold love
Miss the warmth you let me feel
About myself —

Even the pain in my chest, and the shallowness of my words and breath, are Zen if your labels are loose.

Expect more traditional haiku shortly.

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 728

Haiku 33

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 33

Standing in the rain
Trying to wash it away —
I’m made of water…

We're born from strife

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 253

Haiku 32

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 32

Karma is a friend
Not a judge or a jury --
More like a suchness...

Western culture, rooted in Judeo-Christian beliefs, lends a poor translation

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 196

Haiku 31

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 31

What do you do with
Thoughts that won’t leave about loves
That already have

I welcome them with the innocent love of the day I met you.
I let them pass with the wise love that hugged you farewell.
The eternal love?
No, for still I cling to this cycle.

#haiku #zen

Jan 2019 · 238

Haiku 30

ZenOfferings Jan 2019

Haiku 30

Did it to myself
But I did it to you too
Glad you like "new you"

My energy attracts you. My love let's you fly. But then you don't need me. I cry at the divine.

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 318

Haiku 29

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 29

This morning I woke
And was excited to see
Squirrels under a tree

Just another mundane winter's day to most -- which only contributes to the miracle.

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 571

Haiku 28

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 28

Nothing requires
A fall leaf to pass through it
To become the sky

Mind the slow patterns; they carry the ancestral knowledge. How close must you get before the sky reveals itself?

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 324

Haiku 27

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 27

You frame the picture
But the picture is a frame
What have you captured?

A box for a box for that which cannot be named. What a wondrous affair..

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 325

Haiku 26

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 26

Keystrokes in dim light
The moon is a winter’s cold
And I feel frozen

The pale blue atmosphere is gentle and kind, but somber and reserved. This, too, shall pass.

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 268

Haiku 25

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 25

Cast in my shadow
Walk toward the fleeting light that
Sparkles in my eye

In times of shadow, know that the background creates the fore-
And they are both right here

#haiku #zen

Dec 2018 · 618

Haiku 24

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 24

Volumes on silence…
You could fill a library;
Then what has been said?

#haiku #zen #tao #silence #kensho #satori #knowledge #books #reading #enlightenment

Dec 2018 · 474

Haiku 23

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 23

Everybody knows
But we all feign a defect
And that is our role

#haiku #zen #tao #nature #mask #role #ego #self

Dec 2018 · 642

Haiku 22

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 22

Persuasive noises —
But when you offered your ears
Then I was convinced

#haiku #zen #tao #listening #love #kindness #compassion #quiet #rhetoric #relationship

Dec 2018 · 577

Haiku 21

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 21

Set your bundle down
Satori in an instant
Pick your bundle up

#haiku #zen #koan #life #love #wuwei #satori #enlightenment #stress #nothingness

Dec 2018 · 440

Haiku 20

ZenOfferings Dec 2018

Haiku 20

I went for a skate
Down to the grocery store
I forgot my shoes

#haiku #zen #inline #skating #rollerblading #life #travel #forgetful #accident #awkward

Nov 2018 · 939

Haiku 19

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 19

The shade of the tree
Kills the acorn at its base —
What's an injustice?

#haiku #zen #morality #wuwei #yinyang #acceptance #love #death #truth #justice

Nov 2018 · 394

Haiku 18

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 18

But which way is which?
A cardinal direction
Is an empty dream

#haiku #zen #thoughts #yin #yang #life #truth #nature #direction

Nov 2018 · 634

Haiku 17

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 17

When the sun rises
It calls not for attention
But it sure does shine!

#haiku #zen #wuwei #peace #patience #trust #bliss #nature #sun

Nov 2018 · 568

Haiku 16

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 16

The cell phone rings once
But the ringing in my head…
...The sound of your voice

#haiku #zen #relationship #clinging #samsara #past #love

Nov 2018 · 598

Haiku 15

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 15

The steam yields as so
I slurp and gurgle my tea
Oh, jasmine blossom!

#haiku #zen #tea #nirvana #awakening #patience #suchness #god #universe

Nov 2018 · 426

Haiku 14

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 14

Why do you see death?
Winter is but the absence;
The mother of life

#haiku #zen #tao #eternal #void #death #life #harmony #winter #seasons

Nov 2018 · 534

Haiku 13

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 13

The great orator
With open ears I listen
For the wind speaks not

#haiku #zen #rhetoric #nature #wind #listening #speaking #compassion #wuwei #koan

Nov 2018 · 496

Haiku 12

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 12

Little thistledown
As anxious as you and I
But never ill-judged

#haiku #zen #wuwei #anxiety #effort #judgement #acceptance #harmony #peace #society

Nov 2018 · 293

Haiku 11

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 11

Picking apart nests
Does the cactus wren make friends
Some success you have

#haiku #zen #friendship #love #life #kindness #wuwei #listening #patience

Nov 2018 · 442

Haiku 10

ZenOfferings Nov 2018

Haiku 10

Blind men have few friends
See you with their heart…scary
Your mask won’t work here

#haiku #zen #friendship #deceit #lie #trust #power #insight #heart #life

Oct 2018 · 555

Haiku 9

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 9

Purest of water
No longer has room for fish
Let life be fishy!

#haiku #zen #proverb #nature #self #love #life #funny

Oct 2018 · 254

Haiku 8

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 8

There’s one thing I know
That I’ve never been told, ‘cuz
It’s nothing to say

#haiku #zen #tao #void #life #death #god #love #peace

Oct 2018 · 547

Haiku 7

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 7

Wherever there's rocks
Watch out; eventually...
Those rocks come alive

#haiku #zen #spiritual #philosophy #power #growth #time #energy #life

Oct 2018 · 1.9k

Haiku 6

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 6

Benevolent bee
Buzzes to death for his queen
Somehow…not enough

#haiku #zen #love #breakup #relationship #sacrifice #selfless #humble #loss #death

Oct 2018 · 1.1k

Haiku 5

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 5

Humble king’s castle
Heart of the just dominion
Gone with the high tide

#haiku #zen #nature #beach #temporal #power #time #growth #decay #destruction

Oct 2018 · 390

Haiku 4

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 4

Chimp's lost son dangles
Mighty effort to hold life
Found when she drops him

#haiku #zen #life #death #tao #sad #loss #growth #relationship

Oct 2018 · 737

Haiku 3

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 3

Thoughts disconnected
All you remember is one
Feeling you’re left with

#haiku #zen #love #breakup #sad #relationship #life

Oct 2018 · 1.2k

Haiku 2

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 2

See — the ant has learned
To pierce the silence fully
Still I try to speak

#haiku #zen #nature #power #silence #humanity

Oct 2018 · 1.2k

Haiku 1

ZenOfferings Oct 2018

Haiku 1

Man sits with himself
Flower falls under his shade
Reminds him — look up

#haiku #zen #love #breakup #wuwei #inspirational #nature #yinyang

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