she’s as playful as spray
and as prayerful spume
in peace
and in turmoil
drumming the shore
persistent in her
giving and taking
free of any filters
as wild and dangerous
as any old woman
who says what she thinks
© 2015, poem, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved; photo, Caribbean Sea view from Bodden Town, Grand Caymen by Lhb1239 under GNU General License
the heat and humidity
the day oppressed by the sun
the night sky is overcrowded
the pitted moon superfluous
i’d rather be cool
a blue lotus, floating
on a shimmering pond
a soulful thing,
solitary by day, and
in the cool night
eyes relieved of
the unremitting sun
© 2015, poem and photograph, Jamie Dedes, All right reserved
the autumn world, turning brown
like cascades of wild ivy
living rough, by winter’s door
© 2014, poem and photograph, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved
sangha
you are here
you people of the cosmic soup
you mindful, you Bodhisattvas
you Buddhas
you Arahant
lotus petals unfolding
meditation
the tumbling mind returns
no longer empty
… and yet
© 2015, poems and photograph, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved
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