9-14-09 - Two poems by Beverly Armstrong

Sudden Rain for Kobun Chino

Outage

6-24-09 - Back in June, Beverly Armstrong sent this poem in memory of Annapurna.

5-31-09 - thanks to Linda Anderson for sending this to Katrinka

Buddha, at his birth, walked seven steps firmly;
Looked to each one of the 4 quarters of earth;
Declaring both freedom and independence for man.
He said, "Above the heavens, beneath the earth,
I alone am the World-Honored One."
Ever since then, the wise recognize each man
as Master of the universe.
While the unenlightened judge persons by the color of their faces.
Enlightenmt has no concern w/color, race or wealth.
How long will mankind ignore the words of the baby Buddha,
and fight shamelessly over the yellow metal and selfish power?

Hey!

Nyogen Senzaki

April 1940

5/01/09 - Spring Poems by Jerry Bolick

3-21-09 - Jerry Bolick's poems now on his blog. Jerry ran the Buddhist Churches of America's (Jodo Shinshu) Buddhist Bookstore on Octavia Street off Bush for years and was a friend of Ananda Claude Dalenberg's. Today the Buddhist Bookstore is no longer small, is in Berkeley and online. The bookstore was founded I believe in 1959 and was for years, as far as I know, the only Buddhist bookstore in America. It was around the corner from the old Sokoji where the SF Zen Center began. I'll try to get more on it and everything from Jerry. - dc