Thursday, August 4, 2011

monk's market

early morning, market opens
old tired monk
wanders stall to stall
basket brims:
peppers, carrots, ginger...
one last stop
fish
to fill this one bowl

13 comments:

  1. yes yes! how about some maple syrup while you're there? some fresh basil? hmmmm.

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  2. pepper and salt please? LOL!

    JJRod'z

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  3. Your monk bowl must be the size of a wok! This poem creates a wonderful image for me.

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  4. I love the image that arrives; I see a bowl of soup pleasing to the eye and touching the soul~
    Old Monk knows.... ;D

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  5. Mmmm...wonderfully evocative.I can alreading hear the fish and vegetable sizzling!

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  6. ollie, even that last line can become many things. at first i thought, oh, a fish for a bowl, a pet. and then i thought, holy shit, ollie's eating him. and then i noted the enough.

    oh. i think i need help, ollie.

    xo
    erin

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  7. Must be a huge bowl if he's already so tired in the morning.

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  8. Old Ollie,

    It is good to know that the old tired monk, does go shopping at times.
    I'm quite sure he also tends a kitchen garden?

    Eileen

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  9. Handing out bowl after bowl of a fresh fish soup is something a bodhisattva would do.

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  10. Goldie #1 met up with the toilet bowl, did he?

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