Poetry for the Inner Ear

  “ The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically. ”   haiku about inner peace and freedom from mind’s ceaseless chatter     soul truthful and believing expecting the least: miracle will happen fussing, fretting all day chattering monkey mind: buddha won’t walk with us

  “ If thou cast away one  cross , without doubt thou shalt find another and perchance a  heavier” haiku about turning our step to harbor of salvation with no fear of gulf and abyss   almighty god well aware our trials our tribulation: things will certainly get better believe and receive truth safe from frosty storm receiving tender showers of   his mercy

  soul truthful and believing expecting the least: miracle will happen

    " Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. " haiku about   nonviolence, the chariot of   truth and light   to achieve peace send prophet, father   reveal sacred way to ignorant planet for see bloodthirsty devil appears again wandering perpetually keeping holy truths in mind finding shanti at the center of rose   shanti: sanskrit word means peace

  “Fire storm and black rain and shadows in concret e” haiku about fear of atomic war and love for glorious light of poetry   mournful monk haunted by hiroshima and nagasaki bombing broken heart striving for peace battle of somme and verdun repeated again stability of peace is an illusion poetry alone will survive

  haiku about unfailing rule to find the sphere nearest to god thy true beauty appears in all its glory as I meditate by myself: free from shadow of death buddha tells me be crystal clear in your prayer and you will hear my footsteps the daring   magic faithful to guru’s feet   savior and buddha

  I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.  Henry David Thoreau haiku about   saving environment and earth planting more trees creating more music mother earth happy place to breathe in imitating nature to practice  patience lord, help to save the planet from human greed

  haiku about living spirit, light of   lights and zen monastery   here where people are awed I pray to altar of   nameless isle: quest of nocturnal shade not yet achieved retreating to mountain monastery searching boundless kindness: ultimate reality

 haiku about peace and zen mind chaos cast my hopes away escaping to green pastures of peace where devil will never push nuke button just sitting empty divine fullness the way of zen mind

haiku about safety from devil's dungeon and haiku 2 about spontaneous rhymes  safe from darkness discards disdain and pride: buddha hears music of spheres song in every breeze aware of the present moment: artless rhymes

haiku about higher summit of light, immortal and everlasting world of  charity and self-sacrifice  banishes all pride kindly welcomes bodhi tree with gratitude: this happened in happy time of old sudden enlightenment love found in charity: a rare thing now

 " A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part." safe from vale of sorrow faith in god's mercy our armor an angel spreads light makes my courage rise: yoga and tai chi mitigate pains of life

 haiku about divine spirit's efforts to defeat diabolic pandemic.  quest of  little peaceful heaven and home devil causing terrible upheaval: god's invisible power will destroy pandemic satan intoxicated with darkness but earth's glory and light return again angels all in motion cure ailing planet

  haiku about avoiding unreasonable arrogance and perfect fruit of kindness leading to enlightenment this is not weakness this is true strength: compassion to all beings most sacred religion advise one another to kindness: buddha’s journey to enlightenment

  haiku about person of understanding and wisdom For never, never, wicked man was wise. Homer we have lost light of paradise   and honor king of darkness truth escapes us and we follow falsehood wise person devotes all life discovering divine and   higher truth: sharing this vision with all people

 haiku about dwelling place of  our creator quiet musings inspire search home nearest to god: darkness and death flee from the dwelling I searched all day and night proper mansion for lord I found it in thick cloud near holy mountain

  Auswitz holocaust reminded me the following best lines by Shakespeare: thou'lt come no more, never, never, never, never, never! extermination camps chaos and suffering mass killings senseless concentration centers death factory enormity of the crime

 haiku about ancient India's emperor Ashok who  laid down his weapons of violence and accepted   tolerance and nonviolence, based on buddhism buddha is my abode here I find my true self sacred space I come again and again breathing in earth’s beauty no more I pollute the divine planet in communion with ultimate reality

rare new life of  hope beauty growing in stature; easter dawn sublime mana created life in us our creator saw hope: we drop to our knees  

  escaping from carnal luxury contemplating in silence searching bodhisattva or guru high monastery hill I meditate seeking light and truth: my sorrows are over

 "glorious is the crown of  him that brought salvation down by meekness, called thy son"  mary's ceaseless weeping two angels white and healing: the blessed virgin