distant cricket chirps: from the next hill, I wonder? now, one at my feet.
Autumn Crickets [Haiku]
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Author Archives: B Gourley
DAILY PHOTO: Bangalore Wetlands
PROMPT: Oldest Possession
What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?
I think that would be a compass that I got thirty-some years ago.
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PROMPT: Favorite Moment
Describe one of your favorite moments.
I refuse to play favorites. It’s bad parenting.
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Diamond Glimmer [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Urban Pastoral
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Feel the Breeze [Free Verse]
Feel the breeze upon your face.
Let it be all you know.
Don't ponder atmospheric lows.
Just feel the breeze upon your face,
and know:
There is a breeze.
(Though it may not be
what you think it is.)
You have a face.
(Though it may not be
what you think it is.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Balinese Cliffs
Low Pond Pathos [Haiku]
the pond 's drying up. the fish look sad, and I feel sad.
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Five Wise Lines from Chōmei’s Hōjōki
drawing by Kikuchi Yōsai
On flows the river ceaselessly, nor does its water ever stay the same.
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki
No one owns a splendid view, so nothing prevents the heart’s delight in it.
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki
Knowing what the world holds and its ways, I desire nothing from it, nor chase after its prizes. My one craving is to be at peace; my one pleasure is to live free from troubles.
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki
These days, I divide myself into two uses — these hands are my servants, these feet my transport.
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki
When I chance to go down to the capital, I am ashamed of my lowly beggar status, but once back here again I pity those who chase after the sordid rewards of the world.
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki
Reference: Saigyō Hōshi, Kamo no Chōmei, Yoshida Kenkō. 2021. Three Japanese Buddhist Monks. New York: Penguin Books. 112pp.
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