Friday, August 16, 2013

John Bennett: 2 Poems - Small Press Friday



Hunting & Gathering
           ~ John Bennett

Time to
go berry
picking &
hang the
scalps from
this week's
kill up
to dry.


John Bennett is the periodic reminder I need to pay attention in a very different way than my hippie-ass mentality 'normally' does.


Shaping Up for Enlightenment
                         ~ John Bennett

     It's important
     not only
     to have
     no expectations
     it's important
     to steer
     clear of
     things that
     are the
     result of
     expectations.

 


Right brain, left brain, no brain - let's cover the waterfront


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sneaking in a 3rd poem


frost kills the grass
the coaxing voice
of a crow 
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue




best,
Don   

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2 comments:

Mary Frederick Ahearn said...

First impression of the first photo was that it was of Jizo statues - then I saw it was skulls. Talk about expectations, brain hemispheres, and covering the waterfront - it all comes down to much the same, perhaps.
I'll need to read these poems over a bit more, I think.
Mary

Issa's Untidy Hut said...

Mary:

Charlie Mehrhoff mentioned that the skull racks are know as Tzompantli - this talks more about it.

Don