The Treasure
Mountains, a moment’s earth-waves rising and hollowing; the earth too’s an ephemerid; the stars – Short-lived as grass the stars …
Author Archives: Marie Taylor
Pax
All that matters is to be at one with the living God to be a creature win the house of …
Starry Night
Poem Ah, not to be cut off, not through the slightest partition shut out from the law of the stars. …
Two Kwakiutl Women’s Prayers
Prayer of a Woman in Charge of Berry Picking I come to you, The one to whom I now pray, …
The Bodhisattva
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not …
White Jasmine Lord
So long as this breath fills your nostrils, Why seek out fragrant flowers? Peaceful, compassionate, patient, already your own master, …
View of Spring
Another Spring White birds over the grey river. Scarlet flowers on the green hills. I watch the Spring go by …
The Cycle
Birth, old age, Sickness, and death: From the beginning, This is the way Things have always been. Any thought Of …
The Saint
He has completed his voyage; he has gone beyond sorrow. The fetters of life have fallen from him, and he …
Ashes to Ashes
Black hair and red cheeks: for how long? One moment, and the silver threads run through. Open the blinds: the …
Remembering the Sacred Self 