FOR ALL WHO NO LONGER CLING

A POEM

In retrospect, all events and turnings in one lifetime involved choice.

Choice meant something was lost I say in my aging voice.

which has lowered it's timbre a decibel

to speak-up now for the ineffable

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THREE VISUAL PROMPTS

A screen image taken while listening to the full hour plus video of the Dalai Llama talking to teens about ethics and compassion.

An image from my current environs which shines this illuminated message to be ready for disaster at all who pass East twenty third and third.  New this year.

 A mysterious truck-'Hylan Datacom and Electrical' from Staten Island-digging up cables on East 23rd between 2nd and 3rd, Manhattan.  Never saw one in the neighborhood before.  I'm just sayin' it might be a good story.

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ZEN

PETER MATTHIESEN
He who no longer clings

I rephotographed from the screen this astonishing

Photo by Damon Winter that accompanied the article

The New York Times Magazine published an extensive look at Matthiessen’s life entitled
'Homegoing'

I wasn't able to lift the link off The Rumpus Magazine which I get through blogger, but it's worth a search if you are a fan.

  

"Lying back against these ancient rocks of Africa, I am content."  "The great stillness in these landscapes that once made me restless seeps into me day by day, and with it the unreasonable feeling that I have found what I was searching for without ever having discovered what it was."
from
-The Tree Where Man Was Born-

"In the longing that starts one on the path is a kind of homesickness, and some way, on this journey, I have started home. Homegoing is the purpose of my practice."
from
-The Snow Leopard-
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HOME VIDEO

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NIGHTFALL
That's All