Two permeable poems
A poem by Susan Crozier... drawn from sharings in my "Out of Nowhere" online program...and a recent Dharma talk on an online retreat where I offered this poem by Kobayashi Issa (Transl. Jane Hirshfield): On a branch floating downriver a cricket, singing.

(Photo by my dear friend Kumari Ellis in Australia.) 1 April 2020 By Susan Crozier
Cricket – branch - singing What we’ve all been
practicing for
and the sweetness field where we feel the havoc
so permeable
more skin needed a chance to see the map of the heart
tenderness - warmth relief - sigh
body happiness
tiny directions labour strength dropping time tricks noticing - recovering
sneaky branch singing river safety flowing
latch alarm unlatches carried momentum
space ground space river
sneaky trick feel space time “more tricky than the trick”
“more friendly than that friend”
gentleness flood softness wave
momentum turning lay down
shimmering turning unlatching
sweetness noticing white faced herons
noticing bright yellow
legs sweet triggers freak out zip wall
love gifts soft electricity