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Muso Soseki – At the Nachi Kan’non Hall
At the Nachi Kan’non Hall
by Muso Soseki
English version by W. S. Merwin
The Milky Way
pours waterfalls
over this human world
the cold
rushing tumbling sounds
echo through the blue sky
Veneration
to the Great Compassionate
Avilokiteshvara
How lucky I am
to have no trouble
hearing
— from Sun at Midnight: Muso Soseki – Poems and Ser
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“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself.”
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“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself.”
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“You can feel the North. It takes hold of you, marks you. No matter how far you move from its center of gravity, you are invariably drawn to it by an invisible current, like water droplets to the earth, like a needle to a magnet, like blood to blood, desire to desire.”
― Swift as Desire
― Swift as Desire
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