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Buddha Day

10 Sunday May 2015

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Buddha mind

Burning bright

Searing serenity

Luminous light.

 

Buddha eyes

Warrior’s way

Diamond depth

Gentle gaze.

 

Buddha nature

Human heart

Sangha sings

Compassionate.

 

 

© Buddha Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Picture credit:https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/417920040393395405/

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The Big Buddha House

30 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Humour, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist retreat, Dharma, enlightenment, humour, meditation, poetry, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet

Raven, with her hood down, meditating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day eight in the Big Buddha House,

and all is well.

There’s jam on my toast,

and my drink is swell;

and even the rota,

says I’m free ‘til the bell.

 

Sat on the cushion,

meditation’s not pushin’

my buttons today,

all is calm for a change,

Mental weather is clement,

and nothing to lament,

in the Big Buddha House today.

 

Prostration – not frustratin’

and the bruise on my knee,

nearly gone thankfully,

and the muscles in my tum’

no longer undone;

I can launch with abandon,

then horizontal to standin’ –

not bad for an old bird like me!

 

Then the talks – they inspire,

and my mind is on fire,

with ideas and with thoughts,

with a passion they course,

and my heart it does swell,

and I’m leaning as well,

Yes! These things they call ethics,

are quite deep and complex,

let’s leave it at that, just for now…

 

Oh – the food is sublime,

as I sit down to dine.

Delia is surpassed!

Skilful cooks make repast,

and the smells in the steam,

am I sensing Tajine,

in the Big Buddha House today?

 

And then there’s our dorm,

floor two, number one,

where sisters in Dharma,

sleep safe, warm, and calm;

and I have to confess

though my bed is a mess,

and my corner’s a state,

we three, are good mates,

in our cosy warm dorm –

floor two, number one.

 

Day eight in the Big Buddha House,

and all is well.

There’s jam on my toast,

and my drink is swell;

and even the rota,

says I’m free ‘til the bell.

 

© The Big Buddha House 22.11.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Raven, with her hood down, meditating. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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The Perfect Breakfast

30 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Humour, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddhism, enlightenment, habits, humour, meditation, poetry, tea, UK poet, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet

English: I took this picture. Grilled cheese s...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My tea is too hot,

my tea is too cold,

my tea is too sweet,

the milk is too old.

 

The toast is too burnt,

it’s not brown enough,

I wanted white bread,

Oh no… not the crust!

 

I can’t find my jam,

the banana’s got spots,

there is no fruit knife,

the apple’s got rot!

 

The porridge is lumpy,

I can taste tahini,

I’ve added some milk,

and now it’s too creamy!

 

I’ve lost my spot,

someone else is sat there,

I wanted to sit,

in my favourite chair.

 

I’m trapped in a corner,

I’m sat in a draft,

I’m too near the door,

Oh! All this is daft!

 

I should just be grateful,

that I’m here today,

living and breathing,

the middle way.

 

it’s ten twenty four,

we meditate in a bit,

I stand at the door,

now where shall I sit?

 

This cushion’s too high,

this cushion’s too low,

this cushion’s too lumpy,

and on it goes…

 

© The Perfect Breakfast 24.11.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: I took this picture. Grilled cheese sandwich with white bread, American cheese, and tomato soup. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Change

30 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddha, Buddhism, change, enlightenment, ethics, meditation, poetry, UK poet, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet

Gerber Daisy With Raindrops

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will I be changed when I go home?

 

Physiologically within my anatomy,

the square root of all, as follicles fall,

and even my skin, the body I’m in,

will all have aged, showing signs of decay,

the reminders that say, time is passing away.

 

And what of my mind, what will I find,

when I peer inside, mental chatter subsided?

Still waters run deep, has the ethical seeped,

within my being, all knowing all seeing?

Will the sky like mind be more refined?

 

And what of my words, will they be kindly heard?

Will they help and caress, not causing me stress?

No longer frivolous, talking of trivial stuff,

but gentle with harmony, causin’ no harm today,

encouraging and pure, where less is more.

 

Will I be changed when I go? I sincerely hope so.

All these ethics abound, turned my brain upside down,

which connects to my heart, from which I can start,

more subtle and deeper, universal teacher.

I can put into practice, no delusion or malice,

all the things I have learned for which my heart yearns,

and Yes! – I am changing.

 

© Change 30.11.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

 

Gerber Daisy With Raindrops (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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The Feather Vajra

15 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddha, Buddhism, enlightenment, Feather and Down, gentleness, poetry, truth, UK poet, Uk poetry, Vajra, Vajrasattva, Yorkshire poet

Emblem of Bhutan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and in her hand she held a feather vajra,

at the core, a gentle beating heart,

around the heart, two eggshell lotus’s cupped,

intertwined like a mother’s hands.

Around a band of unicorns,

four magical, mystical, protectors,

and a vajra made of feathers.

 

© Feather Vajra 21.08.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Emblem of Bhutan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The vajra, a distinct symbol of Vajrayana

The vajra, a distinct symbol of Vajrayana (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Stillness

24 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Nature, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddhism, butterflies, contentment, enlightenment, poetry, simplicity, stillness, sun, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet

Der Schmetterlingsjäger (The butterfly hunter)...

just as the butterfly

settles on a flower

and spreads her wings

in reverence to the sun

so

let our minds

still, and feast

on the nectar

of this sublime

life

© Stillness 20.08.2013

                                               by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

 

 

 

Der Schmetterlingsjäger (The butterfly hunter) by Carl Spitzweg (1840), a depiction from the era of butterfly collection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Buddha Day

26 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddha, Buddhism, enlightenment, poetry, UK poet, Wesak, Yorkshire poet

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Buddha mind

Burning bright

Searing serenity

Luminous light.

 

Buddha eyes

Warrior’s way

Diamond depth

Gentle gaze.

 

Buddha nature

Human heart

Sangha sings

Compassionate.

 

 

© Buddha Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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Wake Up Call

14 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, awareness, Coffee, enlightenment, poetry, UK poet, Yorkshire poet

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Today’s prompt. —  The challenge – to write a persona poem — that is, a poem in the voice of a particular person who isn’t you. But choose a very particular kind of person. How about a poem in the voice of a superhero –

Well my choice is not that of a traditional superhero – but he is a superhero to me 🙂

See if you can guess who you think it may be 🙂

English: A photo of a cup of coffee. Esperanto...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wake up and smell the coffee!

Do nothing more

just smell

do not crave the coffee

do not drink the coffee

for the coffee cannot bring

everlasting peace

just release for a moment

and smell the coffee;

better still

just

wake up!

Oh – and please buy your fair trade coffee from an ethical outlet.

 

© Wake Up Call 14.04.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: A photo of a cup of coffee. Esperanto: Taso de kafo. Français : Photo d’une

tasse de caffé Español: Taza de café (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Enlightening Seeds

21 Thursday Mar 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Buddhism, Deep Stuff!, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Alice Oswald, breath, Buddhism, enlightenment, Germination, meditation, rebirth, Seed, spiritual death, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, transformation, UK poet, vision, Yorkshire poet

The penultimate piece was inspired by Alice Oswald‘s, ‘A Winged Seed’. The idea was to write a piece based on the idea of a seed, or a spore, travelling, or germinating.

A germinated seedling (Eranthis hyemalis) emer...

 

 

 

 

 

Enlightening Seeds

 

Sitting, just sitting…

waiting for illumination.

There is nothing

more that I can do,

other than…

sitting, sitting, waiting

for my head to crack open

in a cacophony of life,

shattered and broken,

to all that I am.

No longer

sitting,

but waiting,

waiting for that explosion of growth,

to rip forth and pull  me from mundanity,

and thrust me upon the world;

as what?

I know not,

so I will sit,

and wait,

upon this breath,

of fresh air.

 

© Enlightening Seeds 21.03.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

A germinated seedling (Eranthis hyemalis) emerges from the ground (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Ephemera

18 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, enlightenment, ephemera, poetry, rain, rainbow, transcend, Victory, Weather

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Rainbow flag transcendent,

commemorates the day,

sun emerges victor,

the rain is gone away.

 

© Ephemera 18.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

IMG_7268b_triple_rainbow (Photo credit: oaklandEarthGirl)

 

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