Sunday, June 19, 2022
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (72)
SOMETIMES
Sometimes
I have to
look at it
upside down
to get it,
the old monk
admitted.
~
MAKING LOVE
Making love
is not always
about love,
the old monk said.
~
FRICTION IS
Friction is how you get started,
the old monk told the married couple.
~
THE MONK WHO CAN FLY
The monk who can fly --
you find him,
you keep him on speed-dial,
the old monk said.
~
TEN THOUSAND IS
Ten thousand is
hardly a start,
the old monk said
about counting stars.
~
IT'S LIKE STICKING
It's like sticking
the landing,
coming down
out of a poem
without a wobble,
the old monk told
the poet.
~
YOU SURE SPEND
You sure spend
a lot of time
thinking about poetry
when you should be
thinking about God,
the master told
the old monk.
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YOU CAN'T SHARE
You can't share loneliness,
the old monk said.
~
ITS SHARPEST EDGE
Its sharpest edge
even cuts light,
the old monk said
about his knife.
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SAY IT
Say it
and say it again --
it's no longer
silence,
the old monk said.
~
