Category: The Arts

  • Quartz by Madeline Schreiber

    Smell that wet sand, breathe it in This sand is mostly ground up quartz Ground for millions upon millions of years Quartz is the stuff of old time radios Quartz crystals dangle in sunny windows Quartz is the support of gold Gold grows on quartz, covering it like skin                   There is rose quartz strewn…

  • Painting by Andrew McConnach

    Please see www.andrewmcconnachart.com for more of Andrew’s work.

  • Broken Heart Poem by Heidi Trondsen

    My heart got so broken Like a delicate glass shattered into pieces and the life water spilled to the ground I became so dry But as time went by I found the love-glue and glued it back together Now I enjoy the real heart wine that can only be drunk from a broken glass

  • Electronic Consorts by Madeline Schreiber

    This is very very fine Top o’ the line Top o’ the line Talk to my friends any time Day or night, any time Hang together vajra lovers Hang together, don’t let go Turbulences always happen Don’t let go, don’t let go There never was There never is This path of ours is joy It…

  • Lifetimes by Madeline Schreiber

    Lifetimes after lifetimes It could look like that Rolling by like mala beads Death and birth Birth and death One before the other Then another after Now one leads Now one follows All in their appointed orders Good karma, bad karma Leading and following Ticking past time One and the same Pleasing sounds of clicking…

  • Sadhu by Tim Barrow

    Old sadhu of Kathmandu Where few stop to know him Man of wisdom there amongst His braided locks that melted into Never ending worn out beard. Old sadhu follows in footsteps Of those who dwelt before him To continue where no disciples tread Or anyone to point toward His outward simplistic raggedness. Old sadhu seated…

  • Traveller by Shelagh Gardiner

    Morning curls over the crow calls. The blueing sky unlocks The navigation markers of the spirit. A man rests, softly breathing, His heart leaning into a voice That haunts deep, sweet, healing registers, Embracing all nature. Aware of the time of gifts Whose light imparts a sacred harmony, Briefly, bravely captured In the noetic signature…

  • Art From America

     A Bird in the Hand but Nothing for the Soul By Milissa Burkart Tulsa, Oklahoma: Storybird Studio, 2007. One-of-a-Kind. From Bodhicharya Oklahoma Buddhist Sangha Tulsa,Oklahoma 74137   USA Sangha Member Milissa Burkart;   artist 85.5 x 4.5 x 4″ closed. Covered wire. Stained glass. Gouache on binders board with found objects. Composed of two pieces:…

  • From the Heart: poetry corner

        When our hearts meet, there is no need for words, nor songs or poems, no need for theory or dogma or prayers. We are together, just one heart beating, when our hearts meet. By Margaret Ford ————————————————————— In the beginning of my pre-Copernican solarsystem     Did not admit rays of Dharma. But…