Category Archives: Literature
Wind Riders, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Evening,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Summer Swim, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Midday,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Music, Fire, Creativity, and Candlelight
Creativity is a delicate matter. Love and adventure transpiring in and through the self must be respected and cultivated in the act. A creative product which doesn’t reflect back to its creator the fires of creation within his or her … Continue reading
Pacific View, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Afternoon,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Falling Leaves, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Morning,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Breathtaking Height, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Dawn,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Moon and Mischief, A Poem from my Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Night,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Nectar Hours, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “PreDawn,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Limestone Sleeps, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Dusk,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Gathering Cloud, A poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Evening,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Lonely, A Poem from My Book, “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Midday,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Ch’atlich, from My Book “Between the Hours”
This poem is from the section “Morning,” in my book “Between the Hours.” See here for further information on it, and look at this article for an explanation why I’m putting up a series of poems from my book. Thank … Continue reading
Dawn, A Poem from My book “Between the Hours”
For the next little while, I intend to showcase here a poem-a-day from my recent book, “Between the Hours” (Please click here for more information). Below is the first in this series. Please enjoy these! The book is divided into … Continue reading
Stretching Out
How lovely, Through the torn paper window The Milky Way. -Issa (Blyth)
Brother Bat
The bat Lives hidden Under the broken umbrella. -Buson (Blyth)
Fellowship of Life
A drop of rain! The frog wiped his forehead with his wrist. -Issa (Nobuyuki Uyasa)
Love
A drowsy breeze sighs and the sky’s dry shell is filled with the voice of pines -Onitsura (tr. H. Behn)
Ineffable Beauty
A hair as white as the snow That a swan has flown over. -Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
Beginnings Abide in Ends
Dusk… Stars shining already between shores of cloud. -J.R.R. Tolkien, LOTR
Consciousness
To have the sun and the moon in one’s sleeve; To hold the universe in the palm of one’s hand. -Zenrinkushu (tr. R. H. Blyth) To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild … Continue reading