Completed Poems
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Poems composed here, in reverse order of completion. Choose any one you would like to see.
Number; First line; Date completed.
50: The places we visit reflect those who we have loved
--May. 20, 1999
49: Sin begets guilt, without guilt, there is no sin
--Jul. 28, 1999
48: In the lonely mountain hut a fly doth buzz about..
--Apr. 15, 1999
47: within death there is life, for that which subsides like rolling tides to its shore, promises to cascade again
--Apr. 4, 1999
46: The falling petals of the cherry tree blossom
--Apr. 27, 1999
45: Middle ground is safe
--Feb. 17, 1999
44: Thinking! Thinking? Thinking...
--Feb. 17, 1999
43: WRITING THINGS DOWN IS NOT MY FORTE'
--Feb. 17, 1999
42: Little duck your life
--Nov. 17, 1998
41: I wake and find I've been sleeping in the forest
--Nov. 3, 1998
40: waves crashing on the seashore
--Dec. 9, 1998
39: small green butterfly
--Nov. 3, 1998
38: tentative cricket
--Oct. 1, 1998
37: Another weary springtime
--Oct. 31, 1998
36: Swollen member, growing from my brain. Who do you think you are?
--Oct. 31, 1998
35: It's a new feast
--Sep. 4, 1998
34: dissapearing fears and feelings round my mind
--May. 3, 1998
33: Now then, if you have pencil and paper ready,
--Aug. 20, 1998
32: raven pecks at dry winter grass, searching
--Aug. 20, 1998
31: Sun rises at its own pace.
--May. 31, 1998
30: baked dry sand at my back, white sky and I am searching
--May. 2, 1998
29: If we weren't bored, would bread
--Jan. 26, 1998
28: Shunyata is both I and thou
--Nov. 23, 1997
27: auspicious coincidence- at the beginning
--Nov. 24, 1997
26: The sunshine seems to be a perfect child of my tears
--Nov. 24, 1997
25: The mystic Tree of Life
--Oct. 30, 1997
24: What do you want? And do you want it?
--Oct. 23, 1997
23: I see a fire beyond the rocks
--Sep. 27, 1997
22: Sweaty Atlas, under a heavy load
--Sep. 21, 1997
21: Freedom...
--Sep. 9, 1997
20: sweating in exhaustion in front of a key
--Aug. 12, 1997
19: A flock of crows, shouting, talking
--Jul. 27, 1997
18: Look, people, at the little hairs on your computer screen.
--Jul. 23, 1997
17: Sun rises through rustling leaves
--Jul. 24, 1997
16: Another bright day; is the summer endless?
--Jun. 30, 1997
15: Impression of a tunnel with a squared-off ceiling but no true physical location, belief be believed as quickly as is indicated
--Jun. 3, 1997
14: Thoughts! Thoughts!
--Jun. 3, 1997
13: laughing down the web
--May. 15, 1997
12: Warrior come forward and show me your smile,
--Jun. 3, 1997
11: Look! A page, waiting to discover words...
--May. 6, 1997
10: Struggling with the tired light of this computer
--May. 2, 1997
9: My broken heart yearns for the Mountains
--May. 1, 1997
8: Usually if your heart is full of despair and you look close enough you can see what you could have done better.
--May. 1, 1997
7: To be at peace with one's self is to achieve the greatest freedom.
--Apr. 8, 1997
6: first day of fire ox-- sun rises
--Mar. 15, 1997
5: year of the fire ox
--Mar. 15, 1997
4: Why do we live?
--Jan. 31, 1997
3: The dignified warrior discovers his own heart
--Jan. 1, 1997
2: En cet homme une paix monte, né de la colère de tous
--Nov. 29, 1996
1: Mahayana sangha, meek tiger with sharp claws
--Oct. 18, 1996
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