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Poets Corner
The song, the hum
and murmur of living,
named by Buddha
so that we recognize
that which we hear
and delight in our hearing
of that which is our very own
living and dying,
alone and together,
resonating in the air
that is our existence,
a hum across the vastness
of time and space,
a murmur
in the individual heart,
spoken in every voice
as one voice;
a Name heard,
a heart warmed,
life given
and life received:
Namuamidabutsu.
( Copyright © Jerry Bolick, 17 January 2003 )