"Resting, they are empty"
Levertov, Metzger, Chuang Tzu, Gibson, Dickinson, Coltrane
Denise Levertov:
Elizabeth Metzger:
Chuang Tzu (tr. from Chinese by Thomas Merton):
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Dobby Gibson:
Emily Dickinson:
Of ultimately / Ourselves we / do inter with / sweet derision / The channel of / the dust who / once achieves / Invalidates the Balm / of that religion / That doubts as / fervently as it believes. Emily.
John Coltrane, “Attaining,” rec. 1965:
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I appreciate the insights on the underside of achievement and attainment. I love "from emptiness comes the unconditioned" because the speaker's self awareness of the conditioned and the unconditioned self. Beautiful set of poems.
These are wonderfully refreshing - thank you!