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One Line Poem
by Marie Bortolotto
yellow leaves raining down empty swings
The Meaning of Existence (2002)
by Les Murray
Everything except language
knows the meaning of existence.
Trees, planets, rivers, time
know nothing else. They express it
moment by moment as the universe.
Even this fool of a body
lives it in part, and would
have full dignity within it
but for the ignorant freedom
of my talking mind.
1/
You are not a separate being.
You
belong to the living body of Earth.
You are the Earth, looking up at the
stars.
You are the Earth, becoming conscious of itself.”
2/
To see all life as holy rescues us
from loneliness
and the sense of futility that comes with isolation.
The
sacred becomes part of every encounter when
you open to it and let it
receive your full attention.
I don’t have to go to Chartres Cathedral to
be in
the presence of the Divine. It is right here. This
understanding
is essential for facing collapse and
living in this time. This means
that our sorrow is sacred, too.
Within us all is grief for what is
happening to our world…
That’s because I belong. That’s because I am part
of the
sacred living body of Earth.
– Joanna Macy (1929 - 2025)
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Haiku Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto
300 Zen-Inspired One-Line Poems to Liberate the Imaginal Heart
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A few excerpts from Haiku Utterances:
pinned to the sidewalk white paper butterfly
have you stopped to say hello little sparrow
fragrance of emptiness in her hand a tiny flower
all frogs on the tree stump gone! except one
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