Thursday, January 17, 2008

Colin's Poem

Colin Gilbert, a friend from my Kilgore College days is an amazing poet. He posted this today... I dig it. www.freecolin.net

"Opposite of hate"

Opposite of hate

Hundreds of years ago Japanese haiku
master Basho would gaze upon a single
flower for an entire day in hopes one
of 17 characters of the poem would emerge.

68 times. An entire day for one word.
Imagine life as that flower. A poet sits
upon a grassy path beside you. He ponders
each word 9 hours. "Real poetry," said Basho,

"is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry
is better than to write it." 68 times. One word.
68 times I thought of you today. 68 times
I lived a life with you today. 68 times.

The word is love.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

yay
BASho is my favorite! =)