 |
| Andrey Zharov |
Cycle of leaf and fruit
The tree of life has countless branches
And only one is yours
James Lee Jobe
"All know the Way, but few actually walk it."
- Bodhidharma
A snow-melt stream high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Clean, pure. To put my face in that water feels so fine. Is my heart still clean? Still pure? I listen to it beat and it sounds to me like coyotes that are far away, running.
James Lee Jobe
"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."
- Pablo Neruda
the 1970s san francisco
mission st between 2nd st & 16th
walking distance from both greyhound and trailways buses
run-down diners
2 egg breakfasts with no meat for $1.25 or so
i could a rent the saddest room in the city for $25 a week
messenger companies hiring
cheap pot cheap wine
goodwill and salvation army 1 block over on howard
1 dollar movies on market 1 block the other way
except for work I could go for days without conversation
weekends a 25 cent streetcar ride to ocean beach
and poetry readings somewhere almost every night
sit in the back and scribble in my notebook
smoking pot openly on the street never a problem
or spend all day in the stacks at the library
reading forgotten poets from 1910 or 1920
i had no past no future lived day to day
lucky strikes
street vendor hot dogs
jack spicer poems
that summertime layer of fog across the city
and the bay
James Lee Jobe
"Work out your own salvation with diligence."
– The Buddha's last words
If you enjoy this blog, and I hope that you do, please consider making a donation through the BUY ME A COFFEE button below. Not every time you come here, just maybe once in awhile. Thanks!
James
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please be polite.