first droplets
of a Spring shower ripple
on the river.
First Drops [Haiku]
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Author Archives: B Gourley
DAILY PHOTO: Green Field
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“There is a finished feeling” (856) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Recording]
There is a finished feeling
Experienced at Graves—
A leisure of the Future—
A Wilderness of Size.
By Death’s bold Exhibition
Preciser what we are
And the Eternal function
Enabled to infer.
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PROMPT: Broken Bone
Have you ever broken a bone?
To the best of my knowledge, I have never broken a bone — neither mine nor anyone else’s.
But it’s not been for a lack of trying.
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Still River [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Ananuri Fortress
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Spring Stream [Haiku]
willow-lined stream
swells with a rush of
Spring white water.
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Quatrain 62 of the Rubaiyat of Rumi [w/ Audio]
If you desire the self, get out of the self.
Leave the shallow stream behind
And flow into the river deep and wide.
Don't be an ox pulling the wheel of the plow,
Turn with the stars that wheel above you.
As translated in: Helminski, Kabir (ed.). 2018. The Pocket Rumi. Boulder, CO: Shambhala South Asia Editions. p. 4; translators: Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, and Lida Saedian
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DAILY PHOTO: Wood Carving
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PROMPT: Sacrifices
What sacrifices have you made in life?
I’ve thrown coins in a fountain, and I once went to a pig roast where someone prayed out loud before we ate, but I’ve never pushed anyone into a volcano — if that’s what you’re getting at.
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