Category: Poetry
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Go Forth, New Grasshoppers!
As it happened, on a rather glorious day a young man was tending to his garden and enjoying the radiance of creatures he encountered, both great and small. Suddenly two young grasshoppers appeared to him upon a divine mirror of Creation. They bore such a splendid emerald green-gold color. Though not the most pleasant looking…
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O, Brother Spider
I’ve left my home, brother spider. Don’t spin your web and block the way.For I’m going to my beloved, and distractions tempt me go astray. Small yet frightening you are,and are you poisonous too?Please don’t block the way brother;come, let me go through.I broke your web on accident, oh no: I am sorry if I…
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A prayer of combustion
Praise be to you, my Lord, through Brother Fire. He illuminates the night with joy;his beauty is robust and strong. I see embers on wood combust into fireby breath and wind of life. Divine Master,have mercy on me. I see embers of my heart combust into fireby breath and wind of prayer. Divine Master, have…
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