Writing - a department of cuke-The-arts
Poems by Beverly (Horowtiz) Armstrong
Beverly's Suzuki Stories - Beverly's cuke page
Beverly's response to the August 2021 cuke message featuring Mike Dixon's portrait of Shunryu Suzuki
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I
actually started a drawing of this image many years ago. Will see if i
can find it (lol).This image, Roshi's face, also resides at the center
of my desktop (macbook), where i can practice with him at any time. Also
like how in opening and closing, his face and the too much i have
(particularly now) on the screen appear and disappear, a number of
times, the one and all the myriad things.
Goodnight Mr. Emptiness
Goodnight Mr. Emptiness
i said to the photo of my teacher
that appeared at the center
of my laptop’s desktop.
Goodnight. May i always
meet you, one human attachment
to another. Wear the brown
robe, so we’ll know. Hover
in my ear like those hummingbirds
in the agastache, a dusty
purple licorice mint. Revive
me after whatever sleep, mobile
face of an infant, trust beyond
reason, viscous squirms meet
in the fields of lifestreams,
ordinary subtle intimate handhold.
When breath undoes its tether,
say goodnight through the end pains.
Meet me there, Mr. Emptiness. Wake me
in tangled skies like the unfolding moon.