Perishing of the Twain

Feelings of helplessness
Darken shadow of sickness,
Uneasy death in a solitude
Of distress

Sudden, fall jarring firmament,
Fields swollen, indifferent
Mounds envelop all, thought, bones and scourge,
Souls absent

Consummation of worms,
Weariness of revision, terms
Of life, thorns and thistles forsaken,
Affirm

Rainbow through broken dirge, despair,
Archipelago of hope, care
Flowering, kindness of strangers, grace mends where
Twain converge

                                                           The Hermitage, Joan Miro

A thatched hut buffeted by high winds--who would dare come near?
Blows of wind and shouts of moon keep away the mist and clouds.
Solemnly, I lift up my alms bowl toward the empty heavens;
My unseasoned rice and minced yellow pickle will soon be ready!
                                                                     Xinggang, Buddhist Nun

                                           Landscape with Rabbit and Flower, Joan Miro

Understand the ordinary mind, and realize one is naturally complete,
Ask urgently who you were before your father and mother were born.
When you have seen through the method that underlies them all,
The mountain blossoms and flowing streams will rejoice with you.
                                                                      Xinggang, Buddhist Nun

                                                     Beaucoup De Monde, Joan Miro

On this paper flower
Ladybug meandering
In spots of lovely ink

Quivering the branch
Unperched
Birdsong

Kudzu
Pines
Katsu

Vines of mountain rose
Freedom from want
Bee inside petals

World--
Spider
On a string

                                                                     

                                                                    Deliverance

                    In stillness

                    Things become clear

                    I know not

                    Lord have mercy

                    Walk bold karumi

                    Love tender

                    Through unearned grace

                    All compassion

                    Seek pardon give thanks

                    Time being

                    Will to love

                    Work to praise

                    Joy secured

                    Live in peace

                    Fear not robbers