Buddha's Death-day (after Basho)

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Buddha's Death-day (after Basho)

Post by deadpoet » March 1st, 2017, 10:33 am

No god but no god

Inspired despair of prayer

The breeze is empty


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Re: Buddha's Death-day (after Basho)

Post by The ghost » March 1st, 2017, 6:34 pm

There's a stillness in this piece that feels void - of hope,of faith - such finality.
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Re: Buddha's Death-day (after Basho)

Post by godsplat » March 2nd, 2017, 4:15 am

This feels kind of sad to me


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Re: Buddha's Death-day (after Basho)

Post by entwife » March 2nd, 2017, 11:28 am

love the last line


"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance" e.e. cummings
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