Jim
12March 2014
Before and After Silence
sirens : sell
sirens pass outside
louder LOUDER FADE Fade fade
my moods come and go
sit
entertaining thoughts
sell themselves to me all day
watch them come and go
louder LOUDER FADE Fade fade
my moods come and go
sit
entertaining thoughts
sell themselves to me all day
watch them come and go
toys obscured by Zoë
Jim
10March 2014
rigamarole : inevitability
my old companion
depression returned again
same rigamarole
sit
as if before a
tidal wave's inevitability
i sit i sit now
depression returned again
same rigamarole
sit
as if before a
tidal wave's inevitability
i sit i sit now
angles, angels by Zoë
Jim
6March 2014
phantom : electricity
my daughter awake
searching for a phantom toy
escaped from her dream
sit
electricity
intermittently ascends
presenting as thought
searching for a phantom toy
escaped from her dream
sit
electricity
intermittently ascends
presenting as thought
dada obscured #2 by Zoë
Jim
5March 2014
reason : perceiver
i have no reason
to be happy but i am
happy unhappy
sit
heavy lidded eye
perceiver of the pure light
of thought awakens
to be happy but i am
happy unhappy
sit
heavy lidded eye
perceiver of the pure light
of thought awakens
mama #23 by Zoë
Jim
4March 2014
body : dreams
as i take my seat
my body remembers it
and the mind settles
sit
when i am sleeping
i wind the blankets around me
a cocoon of dreams
my body remembers it
and the mind settles
sit
when i am sleeping
i wind the blankets around me
a cocoon of dreams
Self Portrait #56 by Zoë
Jim
3March 2014
black : hopeless
mood so black
I cannot bother to count the beats
a deep dark fear
sit
sitting and crying
hopeless and tired and scared
I can face the day
I cannot bother to count the beats
a deep dark fear
sit
sitting and crying
hopeless and tired and scared
I can face the day
covered over #3 by Zoë
Jim
28February 2014
away : spring
I have been busy
and away from my cushion
now i must wake up
sit
meditation is
like a clear cold mountain spring
you have to taste it
and away from my cushion
now i must wake up
sit
meditation is
like a clear cold mountain spring
you have to taste it
Walking walking by Zoë
Jim
26February 2014
swarm : steam
a swarm of activity
night and day without rest
tired and awake
sit
the sky is light blue
a metal steam stack rises
part way into it
night and day without rest
tired and awake
sit
the sky is light blue
a metal steam stack rises
part way into it
wagon wheel by Zoë
Jim
25February 2014
stillness : timer
sometimes i perceive
a stillness under all things
i hope in me too
sit
my iphone timer
has chimed in silence again
open ended time
a stillness under all things
i hope in me too
sit
my iphone timer
has chimed in silence again
open ended time
Lateral movement study #87 by Zoë
Jim
24February 2014
friends : returning
visiting some friends
I remember gratitude
and humility
sit
returning to sit
after time away from here
a welcome embrace
I remember gratitude
and humility
sit
returning to sit
after time away from here
a welcome embrace
step up #4 by Zoë
Jim
18February 2014
love : duck
my daughter Zoë
cannot say the word "love," I think
so she says "I you"
sit
Gray rug, wooden duck
spider plant sending out shoots
a man sitting down
cannot say the word "love," I think
so she says "I you"
sit
Gray rug, wooden duck
spider plant sending out shoots
a man sitting down
bright kitchen by Zoë
Jim
17February 2014
restless : stillness
Another restless
night spent wide awake in
self examination
sit
my mind won't settle
even this is workable
chaos and stillness
night spent wide awake in
self examination
sit
my mind won't settle
even this is workable
chaos and stillness
Sister and Dada by Zoë