Three short ones


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Three short ones
by Rosie T.
16-Jan-2008
 

i. oh silent day
We will all be released

when we embrace both the captive and the captor

and comfort them.

 

My friend Matthew says when you are in prison

you have to wash your clothing in the toilet

because if you send it to the laundry

you will never get it back.

 

and Heraklitus says

the way up is the way down

 

and Rumi says

there is up and down

and back and forth

and left and right

 

and yet there is only one direction

and that is the way of Eshgh.

 

oh silent day

oh when he washed

 

ii the holy land
the holy land is all around you

it is everywhere

above you inside you

 

the voices of your fathers

are not your voice

their horror too

this now can be silent

 

open your eyes o children of israel

it is time

 

surrender the ghost

 

iii Tree
Some seek truth by soaring the heights,

there where they would become one with the Boundless.

Others seek it plumbing the depths,

there where they would surrender and be Bounded.

And both of these ways are good for a time.

But the Boundless one soon becomes prisoner of his freedom

while the Bounded one in bondage knows little release.

 

Although I have somewhat preferred the second, I myself have tried both ways.

And I find myself thinking about the Sages of China.

They continually, patiently remind us

that there is no path and there is no way,

and that is both Path and Way.

 

We, they say. join heaven with earth.

 

But my roots still reach for the waters of the deep

while my leaves crave every fluctuation of the wind.

It is hard for me to embrace the paradox

that in contemplation of this very tension may lie peace.

Perhaps I am afraid to solve the koan.

 

So all I can do is continue to stand here

 

and trust that like a tree

 

I grow.

 


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Nadias

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by Nadias on Thu Jan 17, 2008 08:53 AM PST

Ancient Pines

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlyQbS347mE

 

Just like trees, humans are unique. We all grow in different directions due to the environment we grow up in.

 

solh va doosti

Nadia


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Musica !

by Z-Plane (not verified) on Thu Jan 17, 2008 05:23 AM PST

The tree poem is not bad.
I would not have guessed but you do have music in you.


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Rosie T.

i don't think Harry really would be so appreciative of the tree

by Rosie T. on Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:51 PM PST

as to reward you for it; he seems to have an antipathy toward trunks and roots.  The tree would have to be thrust upon him as indeed greatness has been and I doubt he'd wave his wand for you and give you any goals.  He's more of a...frond type...he'd reward you for...fronds...or moss..or grass....something less...substantial...Nonetheless, reward or no reward, I heartily encourage you to divvy him out a tree.  You'll just have to take care of your kneecaps without his wandering wand. G'luck with the soccer. I'll be rooting for you (no pun intended...really...)

Mazzie, you somehow manage to make everything seem....so... secular....

PS If all else fails, he might go for a bonzai.


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Mazloom

Rosie

by Mazloom on Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:35 PM PST

Actually, I am very fond of Joshua trees. One of my grandsons name is Joshua. I have seen the Joshua Tree National Park in San Bernardino County, California several times.  Yet, I did not remember that they were gigantic water lilies at one time. But I must tell you from what I remember they are easier to be axed than those other trees.

Either way, I am glad you are getting a sturdy pair of kneecaps.  I wish I could get some of those myself. I need them to play soccer tomorrow, which is very hard on my knees. Maybe if I divvy out one of those trees to Harry Potter he might magically help me with my knees or help me score some goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooals.


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To Kouroush Sassanian

by CuriousNancy (not verified) on Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:00 PM PST

Do you happen to be from Mazandaran?


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To KS for his issues with

by doost (not verified) on Wed Jan 16, 2008 09:10 PM PST

Kouroush: you said when you were little Jewish people were nice to you! Did you understand what you just said? You referenced people by their creeds rather than pointing at them as just people or good human being. People may hurts you or love you and it has nothing to do with their religion.!
Hate is a negative energy and it will tear down your health eventfully. So, just be nice to people whether they are Zoroastrianism or not. The nice people who you met at your childhood, used the positive thoughts and did not mind your creeds.

Raftar neek, pendar neek, koftar neek.


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Rosie T.

Goldust

by Rosie T. on Wed Jan 16, 2008 07:55 PM PST

I am not waiting any longer.

My name is Roxane.  Roushan.

 Motshakeram.


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Its all Grace!

by Dust (not verified) on Wed Jan 16, 2008 07:50 PM PST

No direction its all Grace,
atom of light should you not haste
though dust i am made
in the ocean of light
i live and wade
atom of light how come you wait?
!!!!!!!!!!


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Shaer

Rosie

by Shaer on Wed Jan 16, 2008 05:47 PM PST

Nice Touch :)

Good Luck With Everything  ..


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Nice Rosie

by XerXes (not verified) on Wed Jan 16, 2008 05:10 PM PST

I really like the poem


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Rosie T.

Trees...well...

by Rosie T. on Wed Jan 16, 2008 05:05 PM PST

Mazzie, offhand I'd say why don't you guys divvy out the four trees amongst yourselves and the one left over give to Harry Potter, he sorely could use one.  I myself prefer to be a JOSHUA TREE.  They are also among the oldest but they aren't really TREES, see, they're gigantic WATER LILIES, and they prove that the Mojave thousands of years ago was actually under water...and I like...paradox..and complexity...because once you accept that EVERYTHING is very complex, it all becomes SO simple... don't worry about nokneecaps, I'm working on getting a sturdy pair of my own, a good tree (or giant water lily) DEFINITELY needs a good set of kneecaps....

And again I had the ur-spiritual experience I wrote about on Rashidian's last blog after a meditation retreat at Joshua Tree three years ago, actually, right after I wrote the Leila poem, first Joshua, then Leila, then....Light...and after that a process which led to the third poem..from fanaa to a kind of, well, questioning of it all...so many experiences, so many experiences, so many different colors, grades shades...

 Weeping willow...well, soldusty...I think we should keep the weeping willow for EVERYONE...bends in adversity, strength in grace and sorrow....let's keep the weeping willow as public property....

As for Shabbos (spoken like a true Ashkenaz), well, I'm making fesenjoon a la najes, what else would I be making?  ;p  I'll invite grandma....


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Nadias

As always

by Nadias on Wed Jan 16, 2008 04:24 PM PST

excellent poem. Great depth and meaning conveyed.

 

Mazloom Ast you forgot the weeping willow tree, very popular in parts of Texas.

 

solh va doosti

Nadia

 

PS: I finished reposting my old simple poems. :o)


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Mazloom

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by Mazloom on Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:45 PM PST

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Kouroush Sassanian

Hey Cuz!

by Kouroush Sassanian on Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:38 AM PST

Thanks for the poems! I use SCUBA!

Now, what are you making for shabat?


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