Thursday, March 17, 2011

a tired monk vigil

climb the temple tower
a high window vigil

observe

like an ol'fire watcher
on desolation peak

observe

long lonely hours
looking for hope

18 comments:

  1. A wonderful vigil indeed Ollie...hope is always worth looking for. Happy St. Patrick's day to you! :-)

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  2. Oh Ollie, this is beautiful. I am looking for it too, in the face of such events as we are watching on the news. Beautifully expressed.

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  3. Old Ollie,
    I am happy to place my hope, in the hopes of the tired monk.

    Happy St Patrick's day to you and Yours, inc tired monk!
    Best wishes, Eileen

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  4. :-/

    An amazing poem....wow, so small...yet, so expansive...now that I re-read it over....an over...yes...great post! Check out my post on the prompt if you can.

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  5. long lonely hours looking for hope.......
    beautiful...

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  6. "hope"... that you'll find a fire you're able to fight? i could use a few of those.

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  7. Nice. Gary Snyder would understand.

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  8. I wish we all could find it when we need it most!~
    I love your creative use of this prompt~Well Done!

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  9. I like to think of the 'ol'firewatcher'.

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  10. indeed the temple towers are busy surveying ruin
    nicely expressed

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  11. do you find, ollie, that you are better at looking than doing? i find that sometimes. i'm not sure that is such a great way to be.

    xo
    erin

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  12. (or is looking actually a form of doing? huh. just occurred to me.)

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  13. A beautifully expressed piece in so few words.
    That is what I love about your poetry, Ollie.
    A true gift.

    Pamela

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  14. Though elusive, it can be found! Somewhere........

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  15. Oh, whew, powerful, for what can we do with hope, but hold a vigil of hope...and in a fire tower sometimes hope is the only ally, though I think this poem is not about going to the tower to spot for fires, except figuratively.

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  16. short but indeed very intriguing, hope…

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  17. "long lonely hours
    looking for hope" -

    looking for it it's hard to find.

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