Category Archives: writing

Trail post reassurance

I’m lost, I say to the trail postNot to me, the trail post replies – Meisaan Chan

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Window meditation

Morning sunjewel in the skybird in flight © Meisaan Chan

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The sun still rises

Still, the sun rises.Even if I were to write no poems and fall mutethe sun, still, would rise.That is both infuriating and comforting.Things are not that bad to stop the turning of the earthand the swirling of the cosmos;the power … Continue reading

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The wisdom of strawberries

The strawberries are tart and hard,but it is April in a pandemicso all is welcome to its extent.Just as I find sleep to be elusive,my mind distracted and inefficientbut it is April in a pandemicso all is welcome to its … Continue reading

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Pandemics and imperfection

How much more do I desire perfection in a pandemic!The pendulum swings to extremesand I, unseeing, am not aware that this need for perfectionsimply pushes it harder © Meisaan Chan

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When the externals change

When the externals changego deeper into the eternal unchanging © Meisaan Chan

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In the unknown

You need obedience more than you need a plan, says the Lord;one can accept the unknownthe other not © Meisaan Chan

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I take care of you

It snowed last night, wind howls nowand still the duck sits on her nestenfleshing the promise © Meisaan Chan

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Wisdom of the duck

Mama duck has stopped her life to sit on nestthrough windstorms, snowstorms, boredom –her quiet presence knowsthat a different presence will comethat a different need will emergeshe will need to change again © Meisaan Chan

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Wisdom of baby birds

Baby birds blindmouths gaping opentrusting the source © Meisaan Chan

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