©2022 Michael Raven
left behind
after midnight
so many faces
i didn't know
i would need
so many
she straddled me
at the late cafe
smiling
and didn't spill
a drop of her
latte laughing
at my surprise
waiting
for the sun to rise
words | spirit | alchemy
©2022 Michael Raven
left behind
after midnight
so many faces
i didn't know
i would need
so many
she straddled me
at the late cafe
smiling
and didn't spill
a drop of her
latte laughing
at my surprise
waiting
for the sun to rise
©2022 Michael Raven
timeless that's where i think i'm from no time left to worry 'bout tomorrow no time to cry just me and this rock and this hard place running out of time
©2022 Michael Raven
river me -- tenebrous spinning pools under hazelnut trees & salmon slipping upstream
This series of writing explorations that I call mushin are an attempt to grasp the concept of mushin no shin (mind without mind, 無心の心, often shortened to mushin, or “no-mind”). I am using prompts from 365 Tao, largely because they are Zen and Tao themes for meditation (which suits this exploration), not as an endorsement for the book from which they are derived. The daily prompts can be found in this table. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome to do so, either post your own response to the prompt below or post a link to your response in the comments.
©2022 Michael Raven
beneath the earthen mound i slumber clenched teeth wickabee wickabee corbie dancing at my feet
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apprehending myriad names through umbral lenses darkly tumbling & born of liminal grey they slipped through fingers arthritic such a waste such a shame
©2022 Michael Raven
Here we are again. Sigh.
Longtime readers might recall that in late September of last year I had an unresolvable issue with Comcast/Xfinity. Essentially, after a weather event, my internet connection went wonky. I listened to the helpless desk at the ISP tell me that it was likely a modem issue and went right out and bought a new, top of the line modem. Which worked.
For about six hours.
(more…)©2022 Michael Raven
spinning axis worlds and worlds beyond the begin seeing again cycles upon cycles return
This series of writing explorations that I call mushin are an attempt to grasp the concept of mushin no shin (mind without mind, 無心の心, often shortened to mushin, or “no-mind”). I am using prompts from 365 Tao, largely because they are Zen and Tao themes for meditation (which suits this exploration), not as an endorsement for the book from which they are derived. The daily prompts can be found in this table. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome to do so, either post your own response to the prompt below or post a link to your response in the comments.
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