'Reality' (a reflective moment of Zen)

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Open Poetry #49

'Reality' (a reflective moment of Zen)

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2014-04-26 08:10 PM

          'Reality'

although the moon
is wide and ancient
it’s image dances
in the smallest,
most transient
drop of dew;
the boundless sky
floats in the tiniest
puddle or a mirage;
every grain of sand
was once a mountain;
the ocean lives in each
   raindrop;
we are made of
recycled stardust.
Which is more real
the dew, the rain,
the sand, the ocean,
the moon, the sky, us,
or our finest dreams?

               --- b. e. adams (4/26/2014)

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (04-26-2014 08:45 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-04-26 08:24 PM

Bruce, this is one of the best poems of yours, in my opinion, that I have ever ever read. I was going to say the first six lines were absolutely stunning, but the rest of the poem was just as stunning. THIS is poetry!

~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2014-04-27 01:49 PM

You have expressed your thoughts about what is real in a very beautiful, remarkably effective way, dear Bruce.

Yes, you have outdone yourself with this one.

Margherita

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

3 posted 2014-04-29 07:58 AM

you wove together quite wonderfully the circle of life, and our interconnection
to nature

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