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.
100: awAke
--Nov. 8, 2001
99: Leaving Nothing Behind
--Jul. 11, 2001
98: Tonight I re discovered silence
--May. 31, 2001
97: Laminated map of San Francisco on my desk
--May. 31, 2001
96: how strange to taste of a grounded life flowing endlessly
--Dec. 7, 2002
95: We have plunged into an Ocean where the elders remain standing
--Dec. 7, 2002
94: I'm alone now
--Mar. 23, 2002
93: Is this thing on?
--Aug. 11, 2002
92: What beauty is always there
--Dec. 15, 2001
91: when the teaching prevails
--Jul. 11, 2001
90: Oh wonder child, you precious one, my inner core, the rising son
--Mar. 23, 2002
89: ...taking a pause to stand in a moment in time
--Jun. 18, 2002
88: The difficulties are illusory, yet
--Jan. 20, 2001
87: qui est-ce que dans la nuit
--Dec. 24, 2001
86: one confused identity
--Nov. 28, 2000
85: Eyes open to the path's beckoning with wonderment, uneasy footsteps ponder with fragility
--Sep. 8, 2001
84: The river's lonly current swirls my eddied soul
--Dec. 24, 2001
83: Lawn in a cloister/grass flutters, dandelions/schoolgirl's lusty laugh
--Dec. 24, 2001
82: sweetened pane by tears of clouds that reign
--Sep. 8, 2001
81: i have come to add to love
--Dec. 24, 2001
80: the drums of life call to me to dance
--May. 29, 2000
79: And the moment slips on through the fingers like water, and still forever holds on
--Nov. 8, 2001
78: Do not worry, your life is planned for you, do not interfere too much...trust!
--Apr. 26, 2001
77: only one day
--Feb. 21, 2000
76: a new day
--Jan. 15, 2000
75: the mistletoe begs a kiss
--May. 29, 2000
74: your thoughts dance through the spark in your eyes
--Nov. 4, 2001
73: morning glory blue you kissed my waking eyes
--Apr. 29, 2001
72: a little house
--Oct. 21, 2000
71: ravens
--Dec. 1, 2000
70: Tawny leaf tips curl
--Sep. 8, 2001
69: laying in bed
--May. 13, 2000
68: touching the air
--Nov. 30, 2000
67: Newly married, a wonderful wife
--May. 10, 2000
66: Inner violet's
--Oct. 16, 1999
65: thinking
--Jul. 22, 1999
64: The schedule is clear, discipline. In a circle there is no escape. I pick-up the phone dialing nirvana, the Dharma doctor is/not in. I sit in a restaurant eating samsara, easy over.
--Sep. 5, 1999
63: raven spirals, deep into the void's blackness, is anything real, my new heart laughs resting in the chaos
--Jul. 27, 1999
62: This cup so warm in my hand
--Sep. 5, 1999
61: true depression comes when the worst demons in life come when one closes their eyes
--May. 2, 1999
60: Only a moment in time
--Mar. 18, 2000
59: Heart of gentleness overflowing with sadness
--Apr. 17, 2001
58: Awaking from a sleepless night
--Oct. 22, 1999
57: Transcending Love
--Oct. 10, 1999
56: To meet angels on clouds
--Nov. 23, 1999
55: The tree limb sparkles with absoulute beauty.
--Mar. 1, 2001
54: After the snow fall stops we step outdoors to hear the silence
--Dec. 6, 1999
53: Shambhala Day, celebrate the journey
--Feb. 21, 2000
52: Fireworks, in a million brilliant colors!
--Feb. 14, 2000
51: Little bunny year
--Jun. 1, 1999
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