David

@wordingway
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hot water
straight from the wall
ON THE SECOND FLOOR

#Poetry #Senryu
#Stoicism #VanLife

Living in a van really makes you appreciate the amenities of a house.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Two Roads Diverged in The Woods, and the #AmericanPoet took the road less travelled by. You can buy the broadsheet from my brother-in-law for two shillings!

#TownCrierASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames #AmericanPoetry #RobertFrost #Poetry #AmericanLiterature #Literature #PoetryReading #Presentation #Art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3esjTgR2W2E

The Road not Taken by Robert Frost (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

YouTube

∴ journey begins slow—
beneath the frost, dreams stirring
seeds ready for sun ∴

#vss365
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poets

∴ harried—
razored mountains rise
clouds shaved clean ∴

#vss365 #harried #poem #haiku #poetry

@sunyata art is amazing with how it evokes different emotions in us all. this is always a personal choice and path. the answer was right for me and definitely a perspective that forever ebbs and flows depending on the experience. i am happy it resonated. sorry for the late reply.
@sunyata tough choice. raindrops feel cleansing, but hailstorm seems like possibility of growth.

endure thoughts
bombarding the mind
like hailstorm

or

embrace thoughts
besprinkling the mind
like raindrops

attachment or equanimity

#Poetry #Senryu
#Wisdom #Philosophy #Buddhism
#Mindfulness #Equanimity #Attachment

Easier said than done.
Beginner's mind becomes a lot more difficult after the first hit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshin

Shoshin - Wikipedia

∴ brushstrokes of midnight—
a canvas of storms and moon
paints my attribute ∴

#vss365 #attribute #haiku #poetry #poem

in introspection--
forgetting the outside world
ends in misery.

#Poetry #Senryu

if you can only be
at peace, when your mind is calm
you will be restless
until your enlightenment
which may never come

#Poetry #Tanka
#Wisdom #Philosophy #Buddhism
#Mindfulness