Stephe Watson Poet Free verse

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From my recent series Mountainless Poetry (AKA Plain Poetry)  

Zuòwàng is the title of this piece. Here, too the full title cannot be offered.  Though this is a step closer.  The full title is as written here with diacritical marks but also including the ideographs in Chinese.

The formatting possibilities here on PS did not (readily?) allow this titling.

 

 

 

Zuowang

In the high valley
I make my Sit and Forget place.
(Truly, though my Chit and Regret place.)
     My cushion.
     My tea.
These pale wildflowers, 
and the hauntings of my heart.
The silhouetted geese,
and the tauntings of my mind.
(Truly, though the dauntings of my no-self.)



The winds blow up the
slopings.
The breeze pools, cool here,
in the dale.

Each Accomplished blade of grass,
each of the thousand million,
sways now South, now Easterly...
Opinionless, the sheaves of green
whither this, whither that;
all bending, all pointing
singly, as One...

I alone, in this high mountain valley,
somewhere above the clouds,
somewhere beneath the peaks,
am delighted by my opinions;
tormented by my opinions.

I sit...
Breezes...
I sit...
To wit:

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Stephe Watson June 26, 2017 at 6:32 PM Thank you so much. The yin yang of it all! Thank you

Frances Schiavina June 26, 2017 at 11:57 AM Nice contrast of peace and torment.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 4, 2017 at 4:41 PM Nice. 7 :) I am really liking your writing, will have to check out more! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 5, 2017 at 8:55 AM Please do! I will read :) and if you please, check out my "Skyward Long", I think you will appreciate; your meditation on grass reminded me of this. xomo Stephe Watson April 4, 2017 at 8:43 PM I feel duly honored. I truly appreciate the encouragement. I guess I should post more from this series? Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 4, 2017 at 4:43 PM Well! Looks like I have! Welcome to Poetry Soup :) xomo!