September 1 Day 244 FARMERS Plain country folk with rounded bodies, Skin turning to bronze in the valley heat. Why talk to them about Tao? They eat when they...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 1, 2011 12:36 pm
The five colors darken the eye; The five sounds will deaden the ear; The five flavors weary the taste; Chasing the beasts of the field Will drive a man mad. ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 2, 2011 8:31 am
September 2 Day 245 GARDEN Blinding heat divides day from night, Brands short shadows into fecund soil. Green tendrils, heavy with beans, Coil around rustic...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 3, 2011 10:20 am
September 3 Day 246 TREE Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limbs? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 4, 2011 9:36 am
September 4 Day 247 DOVE A dove got caught in the rafters last night. I had quite a time trying to get her out. She hit her head several times in panic. Only...
5863
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 5, 2011 9:55 am
September 5 Day 248 RECEPTIVITY I want to make myself an empty room: Quiet whitewashed walls with slant sunshine And a fresh breeze through open windows. Some...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 5, 2011 12:51 pm
"Favor, like disgrace Brings trouble with it; High rank, like self, Involves acute distress." What does that mean, to say That "favor, like disgrace Brings...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 6, 2011 8:19 am
September 6 Day 249 OUTLOOK Spawned from a mountain cataract, The long river surges to the sea. Its torrents savage its igneous bed, Yet one blade of rock...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 6, 2011 12:49 pm
They call it elusive, and say That one looks But it never appears. They say that indeed it is rare, Since one listens, But never a sound. Subtle, they call it,...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 7, 2011 9:38 am
September 7 Day 250 REVERENCE An ocean of ink in a single drop, Trembling at the tip of my brush, Poised above stark white paper, A universe waits for...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 7, 2011 12:44 pm
The excellent masters of old, Subtle, mysterious, mystic, acute, Were much too profound for their times. Since they were not then understood, It is better to...
5869
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 8, 2011 8:38 am
September 8 Day 251 VITALITY Snail, tiny spiral in calcified membrane; Inchworm, a hairpin dragon; Bumblebee, blob of velvet black and yellow; White butterfly,...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 8, 2011 12:59 pm
Touch ultimate emptiness, Hold steady and still. All things work together: I have watched them reverting, And have seen how they flourish And return again,...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 9, 2011 9:36 am
September 9 Day 252 DESERVING Prostrate before the altar. Are you worthy of your deity? Can you eliminate profanity, And strive for constant adoration? It is...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 9, 2011 12:39 pm
As for him who is highest, The people just know he is there. His deputy's cherished and praised; Of the third, they are frightened; The fourth, they despise...
5873
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 10, 2011 10:30 am
September 10 Day 253 PATIENCE This apple is like a jewel, With every shade of red and green And a perfect shape. What a miraculous fruit. The owner of an...
5874
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 11, 2011 8:53 am
September 11 Day 254 CONUNDRUM Which came first, Experience or meaning? When we were children, a favorite riddle used to be, "Which came first, the chicken or...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 12, 2011 8:35 am
September 12 Day 255 INDEFINITE Spring was a time of swaggering declarations. Reaching autumn, one finds few absolutes. Life is mystery and ambiguity, Toward...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 12, 2011 12:51 pm
The mighty Way declined among the folk And then came kindness and morality. When wisdom and intelligence appeared, They brought with them a great hypocrisy. ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 13, 2011 8:41 am
September 13 Day 256 ARBITRARY Meaning in life is arbitrary. Why ruin the universe with rigidity? Why do we make the choices we do? After all, we do not have ...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 13, 2011 12:43 pm
Get rid of the wise men! Put out the professors! Then people will profit A hundredfold over. Away with the kind ones; Those righteous men too! And let people...
5879
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 14, 2011 10:28 am
September 14 Day 257 Breakthrough In late summer, heaven's breath is damply hot. It smothers the earth with dullness. Suddenly, thick clouds gather : A wave of...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 14, 2011 12:38 pm
Be done with rote learning And its attendant vexations; For is there distinction Of a "yes" from a "yea" Comparable now to the gulf Between evil and good? ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 15, 2011 8:10 am
September 15 Day 258 CLEANSING Early autumn rain cleanses away smeared heat. A grateful traveler takes in crystal skies and crisp air. Distant mountains seem...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 16, 2011 9:09 am
September 16 Day 259 BRIDGE Dream arch shimmers in storm clouds: Bridge between heaven and earth. Its entrance is hard to find. In legends, they say that the...
5883
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 17, 2011 9:16 am
September 17 Day 260 STIMULATION Sex, coffee, liquor, and cigarettes Are the totems of today. Stimulation has replaced feeling. In today's world, these are the...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 18, 2011 9:29 am
September 18 Day 261 SILENCE Seek silence. Gladden in silence. Adore silence. As one progresses on the path, one seeks silence more and more. It will be a...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 19, 2011 8:24 am
September 19 Day 262 LONELINESS Loneliness need not be despair. It could be an opportunity. Why are people lonely? It is because they feel no contact with ...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Sep 19, 2011 12:37 pm
The omnipresent Virtue will take shape According only to the Way. The Way itself is like some thing Seen in a dream, elusive, evading one. In it are images,...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Sep 20, 2011 8:46 am
September 20 Day 263 COUNTERPOINT It is blazing hot today. Valley heat is drawn to meet the coast. The cool days of autumn dance with false summer. White...
