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on an evening walk

Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

I think it was,      "I feel that full feeling, again," that Coleman said. Like a flowering of a thousand birds, letters - kisses each curving vowel - Neruda. Yesterday evening you saw the swallows... More »

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blind men and the Elephant

Posted on Dec 5th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

blind, I touch the Elephant here and still know nothing of the Grand Beast tell me, who is God?

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from Rumi's " A Thirsty Fish"

Posted on Oct 4th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

All this fantasy and grief. Let my house be drowned in the wave that rose last night out of the courtyard hidden in the center of my chest. Joseph fell like the moon into my... More »

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A Work In Progress

Posted on Aug 17th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

In the restaurant, verde sauce, cold shredded cheese that she pretends is warm and stringing long from her fork. She loves it when it does that. August afternoon sun through the window and the sudden... More »

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a weak smile

Posted on Aug 16th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

I would go back to that moment of pain - the lightning in my back. That time before dawn and the hot tea spilt in my morning lap. I would carry the book with the... More »

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In the presence of the Divine

Posted on Aug 15th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

I love chanting/ kirtan.  I love sitting alone in my room chanting, chanting as I chop vegetables, spontaneously chanting with my children, or sitting with a group gathered more formally.  For those of you who are not... More »

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