Tuesday
Poetry Space Fall 2020
Fall is upon us, though the earth still burns. Such a confusing and groundless time for us all.
For this edition, we’re delighted to bring you two poets new to Poetry Space, and two poems that we think travel well together. Please enjoy, and send us your new work!
—Jeff Fink, Coordinator of Poetry Space
Granting Gold
I kneel
beg for a poem.
A Haiku will do
counting syllables
five lily pads in pond
seven chirping crickets
five chanting monks in temple.
I also taste Tanka
full of sorrow.
Grape tomatoes
I toss in my mouth
one at a time. They burst.
I miss them.
A pleasure in ancient treasures
lit candles, water bowls
at a white altar. Ten fingers
come together in prayer
resting in center
of chest
I Am
Poem.
— Jerrice J. Baptiste is the author of eight books and has been published in numerous journals. In 2019, she was the recipient of a residency for The Women’s Leadership Program at the Omega Institute in NY. Continue…
Entries filed under Arts and Poetry
Clara’s Booger
I arrived in Shambhala 12 years ago when the Santiago Shambhala Center was a very small and ghostly apartment and when it was necessary to “ask for a date” in order to receive initial meditation instruction. I wanted the instruction to help me sleep better because ... continuePosted March 19, 2009 by
Dharma Music Blooms in America – HIGHLIGHT
Buddhism has been intertwined with song from its beginnings. Some of the earliest female and male disciples of the Buddha wrote songs and poems about their experiences as new renunciants. As in the Homeric tradition, these songs and poems were sung or recited, memorized and passed ... continuePosted March 7, 2009 by Ravenna
Royal Wedding Celebration in Orissa, India
In the fall of 2006 I found myself talking with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche about his upcoming wedding in Orissa, India, at the seat of his father-in-law’s lineage in India. The Sakyong asked if I was going; at the time I didn’t think that I would. I asked ... continuePosted February 22, 2009 by Marvin Ross
The Milarepa Children’s Chorus – HIGHLIGHT
Sometime in the mid-1980’s Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche was brought to the Kalapa Court in Boulder, Colorado for a brief informal meeting with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. When Khenpo Rinpoche left, Trungpa Rinpoche remarked to his kusung, “A scholar and a yogi!” The Kusung asked, “Is that ... continuePosted February 21, 2009 by
The Five Wisdoms Institute
By Irini Rockwell The Five Wisdoms Institute was founded in 2002 after the publication of my book The Five Wisdom Energies, a Buddhist Way of Understanding Personalities, Emotions and Relationships. continuePosted February 15, 2009 by Irini Rockwell
International Shambhala Arts Day Festival
“A work of art is created because there is basic sacredness, independent of the artist’s particular religious faith or trust. Sacredness from that point of view is the discovery of goodness, which is independent of personal, social, or physical restrictions.” Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche continuePosted February 14, 2009 by
Shining – Brillance
By/de Nathalie-Pascale Alexandra Boisseau I am told that the magpies like to steal and accumulate shiny and precious objects. This evening in one nest, I found a mirror, And unbearable sadness. Sadness, what are you? As I struggle to console you, to fix you, to understand you, to control you, You ask ... continuePosted February 1, 2009 by nataliepascal-boisseau
RSS feed for the Arts and Poetry category
View all posts from authors in Arts and Poetry: Jeffrey_Fink
