Posted on March 26, 2013, in Poetry, Senryu, Writing and tagged Death, Enlightenment, Life, Longing, Love, Promise, Senryu. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
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ponderworthy ?
“You should stop words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will naturally fall away, and your original Buddha nature will appear.” – Dogen.
Now, where can I find . . . ?
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Stacked in the back room
Filed but not forgotten
Admissions of a structure junky
Stringy theories . . .
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Ben Naga 
Say that 5 times fast…
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I have enough trouble saying it slowly. 😉 (But I tried, just for you and, as I suspected, it not go well.)
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Saying it fast worked better than I first imagined. Hah! Still a wonderful senryu 🙂
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Actually, I kind of saw this “twister” being a mental rather than linguolabial challenge. 😉
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hah – no wonder. And here I thought I had become master of my own tongue.
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My fault for titling it in a misleading way. 😳
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da da da da ta da!
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I am still trying to wrap my mind around this one to figure out the tone you use for love (or longing).
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I am deliberately attempting to cover a number bases here. Imagine it as a ball of cut crystal you are turning in your fingers.
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ok this just got more complex…of maybe I’m just over thinking now….
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Just enjoy the journey. ::
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and also what the promise means in your tagging…I always find your choice of words n your tags as interesting as the art above it.
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Surely any longing always has an element of promise (unless it is a longing for the unattainable, which is of course a little foolish). And to pass to a place where is no longer a need for longing is sure a greater promise?
Ah! Words, words, words …
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I always think of longing as tortuous and painful, but I am also very inpatient so maybe that’s just my take on the word…wouldn’t longing mean being unattainable, either indefinitely or not?
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Surrendering to longing in the context of devotion, surprisingly, turns out to be blissful.
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