21 thoughts on “Your comments here!

  1. great – seems we’re beginning to get the hang of how to do this blog – thanks for the contributions – this is such a lovely way of sharing..

  2. Ok, here we go.

    I wrote this poem when I was a monk while on a long solitary retreat in the woods at Chithurst (I think it was during the vassa in 1994). I don’t remember much about it – I was probably using death as a reflection and must have reached some pretty deep, dark areas of my mind. But I do remember the image on a shaft of light coming through an open window into a dark underground room which looked like a crypt, hence the title.

    • Dear Dhammiko,
      I think I managed to post your poem and explanatory comments on the Home page! Yay! Henceforth, we are asking everyone to send their posts, as they want them to appear, to dharmapoets2@gmail.com. Hopefully this posting process will go smoothly. Thank you and everyone for your patience.
      ♥ Gayle

  3. Thanks Thanissara. I am still puzzled though as how to post poems in the right section, together with the other posted poems. Any ideas?

    • at the moment, i think we could copy and paste from here as admin – though Gayle has an email address for submissions – which she will post a notice about – meanwhile – do you feel OK to say a few words about yourself and how the poem emerged – (no worries if you’d rather not at all) to post with your poem on the Home page?

  4. Hi there, a very good idea & good stuff! I just signed in and have been trying to post a poem, but I don’t seem to be able to. How does one do it? Thanks! Dhammiko

    • Hi Dhammiko,
      You’re an “approved” contributor now, so you should be able to post. Go ahead and do it, though it may have to go through some posting process,and may not post immediately. Try! And let’s see what happens. We’re all still learning. Welcome to Dharma Road. Gayle

      • Ok Gayle, here it is. I am not sure if this is the right place to post is but I can’t see any other way to do it. I hope it works. Thanks. Dhammiko

        §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§

        the quietude of the sepulchre

        to explore
        the labyrinthine
        cavern
        of the mind
        is an awesome
        thing

        but
        to come
        face to face
        with
        the demon
        that
        resides
        within the
        innermost
        chamber
        and
        contemplate
        one’s own death
        is terrifying

        until
        the discovery
        is made
        that
        all the demon
        wants is
        release
        and fear
        of death
        is nothing
        more than
        fear
        of life

        then
        diaphanous light
        shines through
        the quietude
        of the sepulchre

  5. Ah, the fruits of the Dhamma–expansion of minds, hearts, spirits
    neither here nor there–everywhere/nowhere
    landing on this blog site.
    Thank you for creating/naming/holding this space for Dharma Road travelers!

  6. Hi Sati, Thanissara and I are in the process of learning to administrate our new blog. Were you not able to see and read the MacDiarmid poem? We received your comment and posted it here. If you submit a poem we will be able to post it for you. There might be a few hour delay, as we are not on here all the time, but hopefully it will all work out, and we’ll get some interesting poetry and comments/conversation going here. Thanks for your interest!
    ♥ Gayle

  7. Hi T- this looks great! I am probably being really dense- but how do I get to read the poetry and to leave contributions? It’s a fantastic idea- Dhamma seems to flow easily as poetry, rather than articles…a brilliant medium for exchange! Am really enthused by this idea- thanks so much for putting the site together.
    Love, Sati xxxxx

    • hi Sati – i think you can just post them here – it’d be great to share your contributions and poems – i look forward to it…!

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