Birdsong awakes me
Quantum field resonances
Calm amidst chaos
Copyright Francis 2020
Haiku: ‘Calm’
Category: poetry
Haibun: ‘Isabella’
The sea was writhing at Seahouses. Northumbria wild, voices calling on the wind blown from Hyperborean reaches.
And then you — your skin grey like a seal, matching your eyes, a lantern jaw jutting out like a promontory, unyielding.
So then why are you so kind? Because you are blind, like nature, the tempestuous oceans thrusting, reaching, for just one fleeting sight of your son.
Who brought me this far?
Providence cannot explain
Winter’s existence
Copyright Francis 2020
SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENED 57 YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 22, 1963 — slicethelife (Reblog)
November 22, 1963 was a dark day in history with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy- and with the assassination the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley received little attention at the time. One great thing did happen on this day though- The Beatles released their second album in the UK- With The […]
SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENED 57 YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 22, 1963 — slicethelife
Haiku: ‘Jack Frost’
A cold, crisp morning
Jack’s been busy overnight
So let’s stay in bed
Copyright Francis 2020
Being Tranquil and Having Wisdom, by Ajahn Chah — Buddhism now (Reblog)
With meditative stability and wisdom, tranquillity and insight, it’s like this. 2 minute read.
Being Tranquil and Having Wisdom, by Ajahn Chah — Buddhism now
