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Tag Archives: earth spirituality
The takers
Your mere existence takes resources, says the earth,and then you continue to takeand take and take and take and take –and then you pray for yet more things! –when really, you ought to be praying for your conversion © Meisaan … Continue reading
A cardinal’s call stabs at the air
A cardinal’s call stabs at the airblue shining skywind blows right through © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, contemplation, Earth poetry, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged beauty, earth spirituality, impermanence, interbeing, nonbeing
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Before the winter solstice
The dark has arrived again, my early winter guest;unprepared, I run to make a bed for her.Lovingly, she unpacks her bags,not in any hurry © Meisaan Chan
Wind storm
Maple tree, full crown of dry leavestossed wildly throughout the nightand even when sun comes, the wild tossing doesn’t stop– so weary, so weary! © Meisaan Chan
Companions
All the earth needs a companion:the horizon to the skythe trees to the windthe hawk to the cliffthe bee to the flowerme to you:sacredness © Meisaan Chan
Thunder flesh
Thunder crashed throughout the nightenergy from the sky shook my bedflesh felt energy’s tangible power © Meisaan Chan
Posted in contemplation, Earth poetry, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged Earth poetry, earth spirituality, praise, prayer
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What the birds know
The rain slows, then stopsbirds start singingworld wet, needs music Clouds thick, then thinthen finally break. No matter:Birds do not need sun to sing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Earth poetry, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Rumi, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged compassion, coronavirus, earth spirituality, hope, love, spirituality
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Maple tree lesson
You can look at realitybut there is a reality within the reality –do you see? Do you see the deeper reality within the maple tree?Within everything? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in anxiety, contemplation, Earth poetry, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged earth spirituality, maple tree, sight, vision
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The spirituality of weeding
No gardener has ever said, “I weeded really well today, so now they’re gone forever.” © Meisaan Chan
Darkness of Michigan
Rain slashes, taps, drenches released from the sky O dark darkness of Michigan © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Earth poetry, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged earth, earth spirituality, Michigan, peace, rain, union, wilderness
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