Monasteries Poems

Holiday Greenery

...The Cloisters is a special place,
Medieval and austere,
Assembled from five monasteries
Brought from France to here.*

Within its walls are gardens,
All meticulous and neat
And to celebrate th...

Moon

...
You’re the Moon that shone light onto the stable.
You’re the Moon that saw the meteor come.
You’re the Moon who puzzled the minds of pharaohs.
You’re the Moon who Columbus relied upon.
You’re t...

LIVE FOR TODAY

...~~~ Live in the present, live for today for it is
          a precious gift to savor for its uniqueness,
            so enjoy the moment and do not worry 
                about tomorrow or the fut...

Love is all that remains within me

...Love is all that remains within me,
A lonely torch burning in the crypt of oblivion,
A heart mocking the times, a soul at war with silences,
Lost in a canvas of shattered illusions,
Poor love, yo...

Deep within our cosmic fabric hides

...Deep within our cosmic fabric hides
The magical, mystical thought that carves the world into waves.
The scarf of the evening pulls over the flight of winds,
Like the celestial dawn that envelopes ...

In the mirror, one day, the stranger will stand and you will gaze long

...In the mirror, one day, the stranger will stand and you will gaze long,
The shadow of what was, shall fade into the unknown to be.
You allowed others to be the carriers of self, and they misdirecte...

Silent Scenes

...The calm, composed Coconut Beach of Cambodia
Or the Galápagos Islands of sublime sereneness
Boats of quietude sail through the seas of Utopia.
Stream, brook, sunrise, sunset—nature's flowery flori...

Elegy To the Uyghur Khaganate

...O Glorious and Wise Empire of the East 
Slaughtered by cold winter’s wrath and the azure dragon 
For this world had no place to lay your gentle head 
Your monasteries of light now some mists of bl...

Monasteries of Old

...Rooms of self-imprisonment
Against Spiritual Impairment;
Castles like centuries-soaked Mountain,
To a type of knowledge The Fountain. 
One a bit crazy to look at them long
Or on their account as...

The Silence of Time

...The silence of time



If the world knew the silence within your love ..
Like the night ..
Did the rain disappear when you were ready to leave ..
The serene silence of the sea of ??loneliness
...

No 'Munkin' Around

...Thelonious switched monasteries
  ~ Out of the frying pan into the friar...

I Spoke To a Christian

...I spoke to a Christian
who told me, that's not in the bible 
"you're going to hell"
what ever happened 

"To judge not that you be not judged"
Refusing to hear, what I had to say
yet what I ha...

Sacred

...i invite within serenity
hum the sutra mantra
beckon sacred sanskrit roots
poised for chant and ritual
begin esoteric yoga
the soulful breathing in 
of precious silence
awareness of universal ...

No Part of the World

...NO PART OF THE WORLD (Part 1)


Have you read Jesus words at John 17:16?

Referring to his disciples he said
"They are no part of THE WORLD, just as I am no part of THE WORLD"

What could he ...

Nestorius

...Once upon a time in Persia there was a monk,
in the monasteries of Euprepius eloquent.

To become Bishop of Constantinople in 428,
extirpating heretics of every sort - to abate.

Nestorius cons...

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