thanks that is joyful

 

life from the air in each breath joyful
life from the fire that gives warmth joyful
life from the light from the sun joyful
life from the water that falls and flows joyful
life from the fruit of the earth joyful
life from the love within us joyful
let my thanks be joyful also

james lee jobe 

"Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming."

Dōgen Zenji

It's spring and baseball is back. 

A wet winter followed by a warm spring. 

chancing a rare peek outside 

I see that baby oak trees are sticking up 

all over the yard. Dozens of them. 

My wife says to go out and pull them all up, 

but I don't think so. I see an opportunity here. 

I could grow my own suburban forest 

while watching baseball on TV. 

A hermit who always knows the score.

james lee jobe

Bob Kaufman, 1926-1986 CE

Believe, Believe

Believe in this. Young apple seeds,

In blue skies, radiating young breast,

Not in blue-suited insects,

Infesting society’s garments.

 

Believe in the swinging sounds of jazz,

Tearing the night into intricate shreds,

Putting it back together again,

In cool logical patterns,

Not in the sick controllers,

Who created only the Bomb.

 

Let the voices of dead poets

Ring louder in your ears

Than the screechings mouthed

In mildewed editorials.

Listen to the music of centuries,

Rising above the mushroom time.

Bob Kaufman 

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

Mother Teresa 

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jlj