Poetry Revolution

Hello! I just wanted to share this poem I wrote. It is called 'Nichiren'

Nichiren There's a sun in my heart Nichiren, Nichiren theres a sun in my heart as I seek for you. and declare my vow mother wisdom, mother heart of sincerity soaring into the sky, the true aspect ...

Started by Ali Carter Aug 31.

BUDDHISM from Non-Buddhists

"LIFE'S SPLENDOR forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If yo...

Tagged: King, Jr., Einstein, Luther, Martin

Started by Bruce Jewett Jun 11.

May 24, 2008 Poem 5 Replies

So scared, so tired running along hearing only the sound of my footsteps through lone corridors the loneliness, the loneliness. when a friend's dream dies it crushes to my heart when a mother pas...

Tagged: struggle to keep faith, poetry, buddhist

Started by Kiemlan. Last reply by Kiemlan Jun 6.

Journey To Myself

Journey To Myself The biggest adventure of my life is the journey to my own soul. Of the many paths I’ve walked and struggled, they have, in the end, only led me to me. Some were labyrinths with t...

Started by BB BERG May 5.

To save the world (Buddhist poem by Kiemlan, 2008) 1 Reply

To save the world one's got to have a great heart in one's chest the focus of a Batman and the timing of a Superman in one's head to race a few times around the world to support whoever's falling ...

Tagged: kiemlan, poem, 2008, savetheworld, buddhist

Started by Kiemlan. Last reply by Kiemlan Apr 29.

Clarity

Clarity I DREAM OF CLEAR BLUE SKIES AND EQUATE IT WITH MY MIND. THE CRYSTALLINE LIGHT OF MY THOUGHTS ALLOWS ME TO SEE THE TRUTH,AS PAINFUL AS IT IS AT TIMES. I PERCIEVE THIS TRUTH AND MUSTER COU...

Started by BB BERG Apr 26.

about love 2 Replies

I felt to write this. Hope you like it and I ll be waiting your opinion. :) Most part of our life we try to reach to things. One is happiness and the other is love. They seem to be part of an illu...

Started by Gaby Las Heras * Hada Apr 21.

A BUDDHIST LITURGY 3 Replies

My enlightenment is this: Life makes Life a simple gift, wraps in parable and myth a thing not so large it cannot fit into a single lotus seed; not so small it couldn't bulge and expand the cosmos...

Tagged: liturgy, buddhist

Started by Bruce Jewett. Last reply by Bruce Jewett Apr 17.

The Invincible Summer/Albert Camus

In the midst of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible Summer --Albert Camus

Tagged: camus, invincible, winter, summer

Started by Noriann Apr 17.

THE LAST DAYS

Ants stop their rhythmic foraging to fret about mortality, the grace of their tiny souls; what's to become of all we've labored for? Mandibles and antennae flail; will the earth roast or freeze? O...

Tagged: last, poem, days

Started by Bruce Jewett Apr 5.

Buddha of Quantum

We die, you say, we turn to nothing. And I say, no thing can be nothing; no space is barren, nor empty; even one cubic inch of cold vacuum brims, teems with lush immensities of light, time and mat...

Tagged: bruce, quantum, poem, jewett, of

Started by Bruce Jewett Mar 27.

Ralph speaks

Nothing divine dies. All good is eternally reproductive. The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind, and not for barren contemplation, but for new creation. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tagged: death, life, creation, emerson

Started by Bruce Jewett Mar 26.

Poem from Joe

An apple blossom Floats to the Earth, a promise, Orchards of apples. J. Knab-1966

Tagged: joe, blossom, knab, apple, haiku

Started by Bruce Jewett Mar 24.