©2022 Michael Raven
my head on a plate
still chatting away
at the beheading feast
gunfire words
no one's innocent
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life of the…
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hazelnuts
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hazelnut pond
hazelnut tree
shapechange me
run river run
infuse spirit blood
transmogrify me
i am the breath
i am the stone
i am the blaze
i am the thorn -
mushin || day 177: unfortunate 不運な
©2022 Michael Raven
years lost to distraction but wisdom gained not wasted just a meandering path
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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black clouds rising
©2022 Michael Raven
shrieking and frenzy
sliding through
fogged shores
painted eyes kohl
eyes gone mad and
skin's writhing runes
black clouds rising
behind -
Into thin air.
©2022 Michael Raven
The Lady of Shadows holds in one hand a spear half as tall as she, and her shoulders are covered in jet feathers, opalescent and oily in the light of the mood, as if light is afraid to touch her mantle.
Her voice is like black velvet or dark chocolate. “The question is… are you here to die? Or are you here to fly?”
“This is one of those times where thinking hard before you speak might be worthwhile,” points out Raven.
“Shut up, carrion,” the Lady of Shadows says.
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beyond nine crests coming
©2022 Michael Raven
hunting under new moon ghost-wandering the tortoise shell understone you & me fractured by light beating boneheart while rending skies with spears her shadow song rides western winds
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mushin || day 176: cultivation 栽培
©2022 Michael Raven
building a bridge across the void to cultivate branches left abandoned
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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empty shell
©2022 Michael Raven
carve my bones & stain-ink dun burn noaidi drum soul thrum her earthbeat song over clatter trash bleached white wind & sun cairn me loosely so ravens come & carry me carry me home
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feast for crows
©2022 Michael Raven
of wave and smoke they come rising sunset razors slicing spilled star skies blackthorn sister shades gliding, riding the veil mantled in feather mouths crimson painted with their feast for crows
sceadugenga 
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