Sometimes at the end of my tutoring sessions, I will work with my students to write a poem about a random topic, or any topic that interests them, or about the current season or holiday. The other day, Miraya and I came up with the following poem about spring. She was delighted today when I [...]
Can you see fractals in the treetops? A pattern that knows itself, like the laughing Buddha Meditating under the Bodhi tree. Branch by twig, and twig by branch, Spinning, whirling, multiplying – Writing into the sky. Count the spirals on a pinecone: Eight, thirteen, or twenty-one; Knowingly, they turn to the centre, while Fibonacci’s rabbits [...]
I The soft sheets, the warmth of the morning light, Grateful for another day. Remnants of dreams swim through my mind – He asked if I wanted to board the train with him, and I had refused. Glared at him. But why did I do that? I think, and then Poof, the image disappears, his [...]
His words fly out like wounded birds. I catch them gently in my hands -- Wrap them, clothe them, find a place for them. And memorize their names. I practice how not to recoil -- How not to cry, and plead, and fix. How not to leave, but to come again. How to be very, [...]
