Sunday, August 01, 2021
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (26)
MOON IS TO
Moon is to
moonlight as
paper is to
poem,
the old monk said.
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HOW FAR
How far can you go
before you lose
the mountain,
before the mountain
loses you,
the old monk wondered.
~
WHAT SOMEONE OFFERS
What someone offers you
is not what they're offering,
the old monk says.
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WHAT IS THAT WAY
What is that way
seems that way,
the old monk says.
It can't be otherwise.
~
HURRY
Hurry
and you fall
farther behind,
the old monk says.
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IF I COULD
If I could play
basketball,
do you think
I'd be a monk,
the old monk
asked them.
~
HALF A DOZEN
Half a dozen
is a long way
to saying six,
the old monk says.
~
IF YOU KEEP
If you keep
listening,
the old monk said,
you will figure
it out, the
silence.
~
THE QUESTION IS
The question is,
the old monk says,
how much do you
have to want
before you have
enough?
~
