BC18. Does God see us?
Creation runs downriver,
waves of vision
endlessly rolling
galaxies and charm
quarks, sun and grass,
Adam and Spider Woman...
We’re sitting on the riverbank,
abstracted,
building castles
in the sediment
—when tripping, falling in
the stream, we see
the sight of owls,
or some such prophecy.
~Son Rivers 2005
PLOP!
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Though the verse is out of season, a reader asked me how to explain Bashō’s
“Old Pond” hokku to others. First, I suggested telling them to go find an
old p...
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