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Living in the Age of Awesome
Poem: Living in the Age of Awesome I should be so experienced No need for warm up Just take right off No need for prayer So awake No...
davidsmith208
Apr 25, 20181 min read
Emergency SOS
Poem: Emergency SOS If you tap five times quickly On your right side It sends an emergency SOS To your guru You shouldn’t forget the...
davidsmith208
Apr 24, 20181 min read
Haiku Poem
While in tai chi class See volleyball master on right Tai chi gets crooked DS Poem April 24, 2018 Haiku poem
davidsmith208
Apr 24, 20181 min read
Meditation is like processing
Poem: Meditation is like processing You sit and wait While the light flashes It feels good But are you allowed To have an it Or to...
davidsmith208
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Spiritual Master comes at three
Poem: Spiritual master comes at three Tai chi master comes at nine Volleyball master at ten Three amigos DS poem Haiku April 23, 2018
davidsmith208
Apr 23, 20181 min read
The Earth has Music for those who will listen
Poem Santayana or Shakespeare? Also “The earth has music for those who will listen,” “The earth has its music for those who listen,” and...
davidsmith208
Apr 22, 20182 min read
Dedicate
Poem Dedicate Or meditate Or medicate Do I have choices? Long time Long time period Meditator DS Poem April 19, 2018
davidsmith208
Apr 21, 20181 min read
Poem
Woulda coulda shoulda Is someone else Not me DS Poem April 20, 2018
davidsmith208
Apr 21, 20181 min read
Extreme Activist
Poem: Today I was an extreme activist First I opened the window Then I ran around Then I planted some flowers Then I separated paper from...
davidsmith208
Apr 21, 20181 min read
Entering the Great Unknown -Poem
Entering the great unknown I offer extremely long time period meditation class but everything about the class is unknown! When is the...
davidsmith208
Apr 21, 20181 min read
More Whiteness
Onitsura another great Japanese haiku poet uses the theme of “whiteness” The book: The Classic Tradition of Haiku says: In buddhism,...
davidsmith208
Apr 19, 20181 min read
This poem is a weed
The weeds grow back I've decided to share that which has not been developed Meaning there is no prior thinking to these ideas-...
davidsmith208
Apr 19, 20182 min read
The Cool Rad California experience
It was cool listening to Kirpal Singh talking in California 1955. He would have been only 61 years old. He sounds younger and coughs less...
davidsmith208
Apr 19, 20181 min read
Fermented Turmeric
Fermented Turmeric I thought I could post myself in heaven and eat my way out of the great depression. The internet has brain washed me...
davidsmith208
Apr 18, 20181 min read
The wild ducks cries are faintly white
Basho poem:
David Smith
Apr 18, 20181 min read
The Exhilarating Finish of Saigyo
#Saigyō #サイゴー 94 (1979) Yami harete Kokoro no sora ni Sumu tsuki wa Nishi no yamabe ya Chikaku naruran The pure moon Which has cleared...
davidsmith208
Apr 17, 20181 min read
The Exhilarating Finish of Saigyo
#Saigyō #サイゴー 94 (1979) Yami harete Kokoro no sora ni Sumu tsuki wa Nishi no yamabe ya Chikaku naruran The pure moon Which has cleared...
davidsmith208
Apr 17, 20181 min read
Cherry Blossom Season
We did a reading of Saigyo’s poetry to celebrate the season: Saigyo on youtube The Journey Itself Home: Saigyo’s way of Impermanence...
davidsmith208
Apr 16, 20181 min read
The Purpose of Coffee
Poem: A coffee injection Should be for resurrection Use your prop To achieve something Other than photoshop Achievements of the floating...
davidsmith208
Apr 16, 20181 min read
Saigyo Poetry Reading
We read Saigyo to celebrate the cherry blossom season. Reading from A Study of Saigyo with translations of his poems in the Shinkokinsu...
davidsmith208
Apr 15, 20181 min read
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