Thursday, January 13, 2011

Monastery Rounds

i.

tired monk
heaves himself up
sighs      rounds to do
late night monastery check:

fire stoked
tea poured
temple dogs snore
temple cat  bored
all is well

rounds done

ii.

unhinge battered guitar case
for battered guitar
tune
capo
pick
strum

deep in post rounds meditation

4 comments:

  1. So glad you found that old guitar. They can be a wonderful form of active meditation.

    Elizabeth

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh I love it, the rounds, the temple dog, the temple cat, the strumming.........so many days I wish I lived in a monastery:)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Great one OO. Instead of a robe, a down jacket...instead of sandals, steel toed work boots...instead of a meditation stick, a hockey stick.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I've been caught between space and time. Pages of a book. Sometimes short. Sometimes long. But never been caught between the melodies of song.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for helping with the development of Olsonomics.