Tibet Poems - Poems about Tibet

She found a job near Annapurna and when she trekked around a turn It was like walking into a wall of beauty, awesome like a burn It sometimes stopped her cold; this display words could not surpass: Alpenglow on distant peaks, flags on a mountain pass. Her ancestors lived by Polish rivers, but none were like Dudh...

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NATURE OF HEART Dual curved carved crystalline earth pointed plasmic Oneness quantum wave particled allows Heart to heave Heal with white light eagles on Tibetan height nights continuously crafted ...

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(On the road to Kailash, Tibet, 2009) There and Back Again Pilgrimage An ideal place Seen through An ideal lens And so we go! The journey of all souls In endless procession To the top of the world Up above the highest heights Where the air is thin Light bright Mind clear Up where idealism Meets the rutted road As dust settles To be just this And then more of this Bad food Bad sleep Bad...

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(North face of Mt Kailash, Western Tibet, 2009) For Kailash Mind like the wind blew Away when I let it go The way of all things (7/2009, first published in my first book of poems THE HEART OF IT, 2015)...

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(Young Tibetan woman at a tea house in Saga, Western Tibet, 2009) With Light I walked through the market but there was nothing I wanted to buy, nothing I thought I needed, until the smile on the faces of a few gave me what can’t be bought, and in that moment I drained the full cup I’d been carefully holding and filled it anew with light. (2019)...

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(Upper slopes of Emeishan, China, 2017) Six Pilgrim Poems In the Park Belly full of chi sky with gentle rain waters dancers like flowers My Dzogchen Realization “Ah, Ah” says Raven in play, in jest, proclaiming primordial sound The Way Alone I wander. Too tired to climb the peaks I settle into the valley Following the way. Emeishan In the mountain clouds the peaks remain elusive while trees dance and breathe. On the...

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Master Longchenpa’s heart advice is simple yet profound; that everything we perceive is our mind’s projection, and thus delusion, that everything we experience is in flux, temporary and not solidly real, and thus illusion, and that the path forward is one of letting go, lightening up, being less heavy and serious, more easy come, easy go…about it ALL. This is the path...

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cold harsh desolate terrain where life to us seems hostile and cruel gardens painstakingly nurtured with minimal returns so much effort so little gain yet a most appreciative and spiritual people atop their mountains so close to God AP: Honorable Mention 2022 Posted on October 13, 2022...

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tibet's ahimsa calmly exudes its pulse of peace and non-violence AP: 3rd place 2022 Posted on October 6, 2022...

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Turbulent takeoff, tension thick Tongue-tied terror, toxic trip Tropical tornado tempestuous threat Timbuktu touchdown, tomorrow Tibet. Begin with a letter T is letter chosen Sponsored by: Angela Tune 02/07/2022...

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O’Great Nation of the Himalayas, Claim your rightful place on the earth, Prove to none, except yourself, what your worth, Hurdle the Dragon, that Serpent into the dearth, Stand affirm, fortress strong, War with Dragon, no matter how long, Do not dwindle, I firmly say, This I decree to you all the way, Women thou brave, whom wombs brought forth, Men and lion, into...

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A Man from Tibet There was a young man from Tibet Who had wanted to become a vet. ...

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If I weren't afraid I would join protesters in Tibet in freedom's fight for the return of the Dalai Lama exiled from his people and home in March 1959. If I weren't afraid I would fly high into blue skies and leap outside into a freefall skydive into the air currents to feel the freedom of a soaring bird. If...

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Two boys of Tibet There was a young boy of Tibet Liked Swimming, but not getting wet He said he would try To swim when it’s dry What a silly young boy of Tibet   Another young boy of Tibet Had a Snowman he kept as a pet That’s abominable said I Yeti, couldn’t see why Elusive was that Boy of Tibet...

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Tibetans, Burning, The flames everywhere. One, two, three....... Already self-immolated,23. How many sparks will be? Hundreds or thousands, Maybe even more.... Gunfire, Tibetans shot down, One after another. Now Twelve Tibetans lie down in the blood, Their bodies wrenched away Never back. Caught To the jail. An eagle snatching a sparrow. Never to be seen again Or seen crippled Handicapped, an invalid. Tibetans In invisible manacles, Surrounded by a metre wall. Even for one step, bound. Tibetans, Unseen...

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