Best Eightfold Poems

"a long walk to reach my destination. 
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catapulted by a magic trampoline I pass the gates of heaven

          no border control

                     free passage

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"Sitting with Koans" 

Zazen sits zafu'd in the zendo
with the poetic monkey minds
echoing the sound of two hands clapping
producing sound bites bitten like Botticelli reprising
polishing red apples for eating the shining

listen to the sound of one
sea shell borne leonine 
Venus swallowing the ocean
sugar and spice...

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Holding unaware worlds close to discover
as a child finds a newfound secret land.
Take the noble path to touch the other
go through cosmic cracks to let life expand.

Minds swirl and spin in and out of control.
See where bigotry and injustice lives
peer deeply within seeking one's own...

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Simple Prayer

God whoever you are and wherever you may seem to be hiding
in times situations and places when confusion reigns and I fail to
see please grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot
change the Courage to change the things I can and the...

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I see you hipsters in rustic coffee shops with pictures of Marlyn Monroe and contemporary art, 
the girl in all black with a black beret to make her look more avant-garde and red colored hair that was obviously bought from a drugstore. Strolling through the...

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It’s evolution and for sure we’ve come some automatic way since
		
               Darwin marvelled at volcanoes in Galapagos and still
		
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Siddharta worked hard for the middle way to appear in silent meditation

Above him a lotus flower shone pure radiance from an indigo moon

Ebb and flow levitated cast in nothingness and droplets of wild motion

Antecedent prologues merged with moments of reflection and hindsight


Waters had risen and...

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Octopus

Ink flows from the pen when sorrow grips hold 
                               squeezes through tight places of...

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Journey Journal Page
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
By Leon Enriquez



Joy to the World

Start with your heart to know love’s art:
String well each part as joy imparts;
Faith knows deep peace as hope greets cheer,
Love anchors lease with all things dear.



Day #1: The Christ

Christ is the true reason
For the...

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Tim was a poet but lost for words as he pondered the meaning of the cross

Sat by the road side of his inner world and wondered which way to proceed

His bones were weary his skin was parched the soul spired in lost ground

He was confused...

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Noble Eightfold path
leads way to understanding
all life’s suffering
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The games people play are dangerous indeed, 
To toy with emotions is a villainous breed. 
Karma's response will be vengeful eightfold, 
Those receiving it will not be so bold....

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When does phenomenal moment of existence occur...?

Otherwise titled: Regaling eldest sibling
delineating her sixty third successful orbit
around the sun December first 2021.

About consciousness who can tell
After haploid gametes
able, eager, and ready
to yield eukaryotic (diploid) cell?

What triggers instantaneous
biological, ideological, ontological process,
when microscopic entity
housing protoplasmic substance
future offspring features...

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Two sets of footprints merge on the beach

	Earth wind fire and water

Chariots of passion as lips lubricate desire

	Body mind spirit and soul

An Eightfold Noble Path squared in heaven

	Love peace desire and lust

Drift wood applauds high and low waters

	Corals caress chorus crescendo

A fog horn sounds hope...

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