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Filial piety
for the duration
that my father lay dying
I sat with thighs clenched
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teasel_vente
16w
Read More(after Yamazaki Sōkan)
#senryu #Confucian #poetry #haikuchallenge
Sōkan's original poem caused a Confucian 'haiku-storm' back in the day:
even at the time
when my father lay dying
I still kept farting
His senyru was considered to violate the Confucian ethic of respect for one's parents7 0
teasel_vente
18w
Read MoreUnfortunately, the current state of British politics is such that not only the Prime Minister but also the Government's usually nameless, faceless civil servants and political aides are household names. If Taoist and Confucian thought was properly employed by the British Government, these people would be unheard of.
#portrait #wod #haiku #politics #Tao #Taoist #Confucius #Confucian @Miraquill @writersnetworkBoris Johnson
With good governance
the names of court officials
remain mysteries.
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teasel_vente
18w
All is connected: flow mindfully
From a special place high on the beach
I can throw perfectly rounded stones into
the sea, the estuary, the river, and the old creek
From this special place high on the beach
In a silent, still sunset of silhouette
I prefer to linger, meditate and contemplate
where any one of these perfect things
ends and the other begins, these beautiful things
They all flow as one, mindfully, from the Mother source
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teasel_vente
19w
Read More#Buddhism #Buddhist #communityofpoets #Confucius #Confucian #environment #haiku #meditate #meditation #meditations #micropoetry #mirakee #miraquill #mypoem #nature #naturalworld #poems #poemsoftheday #poetry #poeticthoughts #poetrycommunity #poetsofmirakee #poetsofmiraquill #presence #quote #quotes #readwriteunite #shortpoem #stories #spilledink #Taoism #Taoist #weather #wildlife #wordart #words #writer #writers #writerscommunity #writersnetwork #writersofmirakee #writerssociety #writersunite #writing #writingcommunity #WuWei #yourquote
Climate Action Now!
If we can't take a step forward
without falling on our faces,
or stop talking because it's awkward
that we've used up all our aces,
then we need to learn anew
to live our lives a different way
so our beautiful pale blue dot
gets to live another day.
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teasel_vente
19w
Read More#Buddhism #Buddhist
#communityofpoets #Confucius #Confucian
#environment
#haiku
#meditate #meditation #meditations #micropoetry #mirakee #miraquill #mypoem
#nature #naturalworld
#poems #poemsoftheday #poetry #poeticthoughts #poetrycommunity #poetsofmirakee #poetsofmiraquill #presence
#quote #quotes
#readwriteunite
#shortpoem #stories #spilledink
#Taoism #Taoist
#weather #wildlife #wordart #words #writer #writers #writerscommunity #writersnetwork #writersofmirakee #writerssociety #writersunite #writing #writingcommunity #WuWei
#yourquote
Follow my writings on www.miraquill.com/teasel_vente #miraquill #mirakeeA peacetime army,
the Local Authority
imbibes rest, not work.
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teasel_vente
19w
Read More#Buddhism #Buddhist
#communityofpoets #Confucius #Confucian
#environment
#haiku
#meditate #meditation #meditations #micropoetry #mirakee #miraquill #mypoem
#nature #naturalworld
#poems #poemsoftheday #poetry #poeticthoughts #poetrycommunity #poetsofmirakee #poetsofmiraquill #presence
#quote #quotes
#readwriteunite
#shortpoem #stories #spilledink
#Taoism #Taoist
#weather #wildlife #wordart #words #writer #writers #writerscommunity #writersnetwork #writersofmirakee #writerssociety #writersunite #writing #writingcommunity #WuWei
#yourquoteEphemeral quartz
winks like a cold, starry sky:
Sunlit frosty ground.
Frost
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