Thích Nhất Hạnh is a world renown poet, peace activist and Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Monk. He is one of our heroes and this is a favorite poem. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967, and is the author of many books , including the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness, An Introduction to the Practice of Mindfulness. His Amazon page is HERE.
Poet and writer, I was once columnist and associate editor of a regional employment publication. I currently run this site, The Poet by Day, an information hub for poets and writers. I am the managing editor of The BeZine published by The Bardo Group Beguines (originally The Bardo Group), a virtual arts collective I founded. I am a weekly contributor to Beguine Again, a site showcasing spiritual writers. My work is featured in a variety of publications and on sites, including: Levure littéraure, Ramingo’s Porch, Vita Brevis Literature,Compass Rose, Connotation Press, The Bar None Group, Salamander Cove, Second Light, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Meta / Phor(e) /Play, and California Woman. My poetry was recently read byNorthern California actor Richard Lingua for Poetry Woodshed, Belfast Community Radio. I was featured in a lengthy interview on the Creative Nexus Radio Show where I was dubbed “Poetry Champion.”
“What if our religion was each other. If our practice was our life. If prayer, our words. What if the temple was the Earth. If forests were our church. If holy water–the rivers, lakes, and ocean. What if meditation was our relationships. If the teacher was life. If wisdom was self-knowledge. If love was the center of our being.” Ganga White, teacher and exponent of Yoga and founder of White Lotus, a Yoga center and retreat house in Santa Barbara, CA
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Respected Jamie Dedes Thank you for sharing the poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh…I am sharing some lines inspired by the poets expressions on Joy Peace and Truth, as he compares life to ‘clouds and the flowing river..
.I think as I walk by the River , My thoughts lament
O River Gracious thou glideth at your own
sweet will, in faithful obeisance, cautiously
caressing banks, bestowing joyful growth,
flowing eternally, to embrace the oceans;
O ancient deity, ancestral, inseparable, my
Spirit is with thee connected, naturally,
Forgive the reckless use, I pray, I lament
As Acheron grieves, please save our identity’
and then a shadow covers my spirit
and I see a patch of cloud covering me
O River Gracious flow, flow on to the sea
I know I am forgiven, a cloud now covers me
Anjum Wasim Dar Copyright CER 2019
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Respected Jamie Dedes Thank you for sharing the poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh…I am sharing some lines inspired by the poets expressions on Joy Peace and Truth, as he compares life to ‘clouds and the flowing river..
.I think as I walk by the River , My thoughts lament
O River Gracious thou glideth at your own
sweet will, in faithful obeisance, cautiously
caressing banks, bestowing joyful growth,
flowing eternally, to embrace the oceans;
O ancient deity, ancestral, inseparable, my
Spirit is with thee connected, naturally,
Forgive the reckless use, I pray, I lament
As Acheron grieves, please save our identity’
and then a shadow covers my spirit
and I see a patch of cloud covering me
O River Gracious flow, flow on to the sea
I know I am forgiven, a cloud now covers me
Anjum Wasim Dar Copyright CER 2019
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Anjum ji, much appreciate the sentiment and lyrical quality of your poem. Appeals to heart, mind and spirit. Nicely done, dear friend. 👍♥️🌹
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