Sunday, May 29, 2022
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (69)
WHEN I DO MATH
When I do math in my head
I do it on the chalkboard there,
the old monk admitted.
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OUT AT THE FARTHEST STARS
Out at the farthest stars,
there at the very edge,
they don't ponder the question
what is beyond us,
the old monk said.
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YOU MAY SPEAK
You may speak
to the spirits above
and the spirits below,
but they might not
speak to you,
the old monk said.
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SOMETIMES YOU MAKE THE JOURNEY
Sometimes you make the journey
and sometimes the wind takes you,
the old monk said.
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NEBRASKA GOES
Nebraska goes
where the wind has been,
the old monk noticed.
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GRAVITY IS
Gravity is
another
kind of time,
the old monk said.
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YOU HONOR
You honor
all gods when
you honor
your God,
the old monk said.
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IT IS MUSIC
It is music
which calls
the gods in
and poetry
which carries
our prayers,
the old monk said.
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OTHER THAN
Other than
this moment,
nothing,
the old monk said.
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ONE SILENCE
One silence
is this moment.
The other is
the great emptiness
beyond us,
the old monk said.
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