Twitterka: LCS-017: Disbelieving Oregon

Seastacks of the Oregon Coast
rise from waves
like thoughts of a continent.
If seeing is truly disbelieving,
then why does the sun set here?






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
reformatted from original twitter for twitterku

Twitterka: LCS-016: Cannery Consumption

Cannery Row
in Monterey is no longer the site
of sardine canning factories.
It conspicuously consumes America instead.
But where’s Charley?






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterka: LCS-015: Question 39

The sea lions at Pier 39
in SF posed
an interesting question to tourists last week.
No one answered with moos though.
And I nearly got sick.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterka: LCS-014: Venturing

Watching surfers ride
the waves at Hermosa Beach is like
watching folks in wetsuits meditating:
enlightenment is the wipe out,
not the ride.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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special link to the Ventures Live: Wipe Out

Twitterka: LCS-013: Bubbles and God

Sitting by the road
at the New Camaldoli Hermitage
high above the mountains and sea of Big Sur,
I realized something
about bubbles and God.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterka: LCS-012: Big Tree, Big Thought

There’s something
about a Redwood forest
no words or photos
will ever tell. Of course,
that’s the way it is.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterka: LCS-011: Like Hokusai

The roughs at Pebble Beach are like Zen
temples in Japan.
Beautiful but utilitarian.
I actually saw one golfer get out—
the waves, the waves!






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterka: LCS-010: A Lovely Tree

So what if I hugged
a tree in Oregon!
Clichés are just the dream-world
petrified. And besides,
it was a damned good-looking tree.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterku: LCS-009: Seattle Metaphysics

From the Space Needle in Seattle,
time is eliminated from the Continuum and
vertigo
is just another word
for Now.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterku: LCS-008: Rain Over Vineyards

Watching it rain
in Sonoma Valley
reveals the manifest meaning
of Christ’s First Miracle:
turning water into wine.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterku: LCS-007: Dizygotic Twin Peaks

From Portland,
the white summit of Mt Hood is
vision of the search for Truth;
the lost summit of Mt St Helens is
vision of that Truth found.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterku: LCS-006: The Hollywood Opening

Then I’m told to look
beneath the HOLLYWOOD sign.
I did; only found a tofu burrito
w/ organic beans & brown rice
in a whole wheat tortilla.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
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Twitterku: LCS-005: LA Truth

The ultimate truth is like L.A.
No matter how long you drive looking for it,
you’ll never find it.
And when you do find it,
it’s not there.

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers, reformatted from original twitter for twitterku)

Twitterku: The Left Coast Series: 004Visionary Essence

I always think of the truth
as something visionary
but I smelled it
in North Beach last week:
garlic!

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers, reformatted from original twitter for twitterku)

Twitterku: The Left Coast Series: 003

If you can’t describe ultimate reality
with words,
then why do so many try?
Answer found in Seattle last week:
the Public Market.

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers, reformatted from original twitter for twitterku)

Twitterku: The Left Coast Series: 002

Ten days away from the East Coast
driving down the West Coast
pondering the truth of No Coast
is quite the trip
indeed.

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers, reformatted from original twitter for twitterku)

Twitterku: The Left Coast Series: 001

Sitting in the airport
and wondering how I'll fly
while my body sits
and this consciousness goes
nowhere at all.

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers, reformatted from original twitter for twitterku)