LCS-033 transfixed

Morro Rock must have been an illusion,
an impossible peak
self-contained by the shore.
I know I never could have seen it.
I was transfixed.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-032 amusing

Passing by the amusement park in Santa Cruz,
I didn’t stop.
It seemed so less amusing
than all the sights and
sounds we had seen so far.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-031 lights

Before the Pigeon Point
Lighthouse is
a field of wildflowers.
Both lights point the way.
No way!





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-030 tantamount

On the plane to Portland,
my seatmate, Mr. Hunt,
told me of a monastery high above Big Sur.
It seemed tantamount
I pursue passing by to LA.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-029 our existence

Why do we gather at Elk Prairie
to watch and take pictures of
a herd of elk?
They are merely grazing, insensible to our existence.
Ah!





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-028 LA dealing

Mulholland Drive hugs
a ridge above LA dealing
views of the rich & famous teetering
in their hillside
abodes. This construction is faithful.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-027 likely mythological creatures

There are likely mythological creatures
petrified in the seastacks
on the Oregon coast.
They’re likely to populate my dream
with likenesses.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-026 the White City

From Sausalito,
San Francisco rises
across the bay like the White City.
It costs $6 to cross the Golden Gate to get there tho.
Cheap dharma.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-025 the resurrection of our wine

Vineyards in Sonoma Valley
look like crucifixions
as far as the eye can see.
Beyond that lies the resurrection of our wine.
A votre sante.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

LCS-024 that unknowable knowing

Sitting by the road at New Camoldi
high above Big Sur,
I see I’m the bubble,
and Spirit, that unknowable knowing
nothing without no, enters.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)