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Monthly Archives: June 2012
AH, SUNFLOWER! WEARY OF TIME….
Midsummer’s Day – The Summer Solstice — “Summer Sunstead” — the longest day of the year. Today I will briefly (it does not take more than that) discuss a poem by the visionary British poet William Blake: Ah, Sunflower! weary … Continue reading
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BEYOND BELIEF
The problem with religion — any religion — is not in whatever spirituality, if any, it might contain; the problem is dogma. Look for the root of any religious controversy, or of religious controversy that has escalated into violence, and … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, belief, blasphemy laws, creationism, dogma, evolution, freedom of speech, Quakers, religion, Society of Friends, spirituality
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A LEAKY ROOF
A pleasant spring hokku by Bashō: Spring rain; A roof leak trickles Down the wasps’ nest. This reminds me of Blyth’s remark that to write hokku one should live in a house which either has a leaky roof or one with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashô, hokku, poetry, R. H. Blyth, spirituality, spring, spring hokku, writing
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