(Written by Maeve O’Sullivan on the month long retreat with Donal Creedon and Ringu Tulku Rinpoche at the Bodhicharya Retreat Centre, January 2017)
January sunshine…
leaves still falling
roses in bloom
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humming a tune…
I haven’t played a guitar
since Kathmandu
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‘Meditate on the sun’:
his words on page 99
awash with sunlight
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teaching on emptiness –
the wind fills a curtain
for a short while
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evening meditation howling jackals break our silence
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change in the weather –
three pairs of stripey socks
in the yoga room
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3am thunderstorm its eerily quiet aftermath
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morning silence –
inside, pans clattering
outside, the thrush’s song
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the day after
Rinpoche’s departure –
cloudy and cool
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breakfast outside:
would you like some scrambled egg
little green spider?
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chanting from a Hindu temple St. Bridget’s Day
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last day of retreat:
gusts of wind release leaves
onto the newly-swept path
Dubliner Maeve O’Sullivan’s work has been widely published and anthologised for twenty years. Her collections poetry (Vocal Chords, 2014), are from Alba Publishing. www.twitter.com/maeveos
Maeve O’Sullivan’s new collection of haiku poetry, A Train Hurtles West, is available from the publisher, Alba Publishing (info@albapublishing.com). 30% of profits go to Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s charity Rigul Trust (www.rigultrust.org). You can find Maeve on Twitter (@maeveos). Her blog post Why Haiku? is available here: bogmanscannon
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