Latest Blog Posts — Page 7

a brief stay at
a mountain cabin
restful sleep

―Issa

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alone, secluded
behind a waterfall
summer retreat begins

―Basho

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Reversal

The caravans had no food, and yet food was dropping
all about them. If anyone had said,
‘Look! Over here!’
they would have thought him insane, or drunk.

How can this happen? Or am I dreaming?
I walk up to the trees. I eat the fruit.
I might as well believe.

―Rumi

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avoid
being like me
a melon split into two

―Basho

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Pessimist Redux

When the crushing of hopes is
pervasive a feeling of doom results.

Neurosis and Human Growth, Karen Horney

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