Nothing is perfect, and isn’t that perfect?

stephenie paige

february    above this farmland 

a cold sunrise stripes the sky 

a heron slips through the reeds

in the green swift creek 

"who am I?"   I ask the new sun 

"only you know"   comes the answer

james lee jobe

You can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk  differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step. 

Thich Nhat Hanh

bastard 

I am sick of listening to your voice 

I must find a way to muffle 

the sound of you 

your god damned voice 

your nonsense 

it is silence that I want 

don't have 

don’t deserve 

and likely will never possess 

your suggestions are tedious 

your tonality is a long drone 

bastard

even when I close my eyes 

you remain 

in my mind's eye 

in my thoughts 

torturing me 

a torment 

and age is catching up with me 

if my time grows short 

let it be time without you

I am trying to block you out  

you bastard  

you son of a bitch 

and this time father 

when I walk away from your grave 

I am never coming back 

james lee jobe 

You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.

 Lama Surya Das

Everyday you bicycle down perfect streets, past perfect houses where perfect people lead perfect lives. And you? Are you perfect, too? The LSD of your mind whispers of chaos and the non-conformist freedom that makes up the whole of you and your differences, and you are thankful for that. You can count the reasons for this gratitude on your fingers and toes, and on the spinning spokes of your bicycle wheels. Nothing is perfect, and isn’t that perfect?

james lee jobe 

Sometimes I think of poems as language with a little bit of luck in it.

William Stafford

the land mirrors the memory of the footsteps

and the lives that came before 

heartbeat and breath    life and death 

every root   every insect   all are a part

of the whole   even us

james lee jobe 

Where there are humans, 

You'll find flies, 

And Buddhas. 

 Kobayashi Issa

samuel palmer

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james