Thursday, November 4, 2010

Startled Mind


Like clapping
under a tree
full of birds,
I can startle
my mind
into silence.

But I cannot
startle my mind
into stillness.

2 comments:

  1. Star Maps


    We make too much of the mind
    It’s just another muscle
    To exercise the body

    Always in moderation
    Or it might shut down from
    Information overload

    The challenge is balance
    Study those birds in the trees
    Before they scatter for winter

    [Disposable Poem October 5, 2010]
    Dr. Mike

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  2. Any poem worth anything
    is disposable.

    The mind is a muscle?
    I see it as a problem-solving tool.
    But we generally use it to create problems.

    Become the birds themselves, if you dare. Go with them and stay as well.

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