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Poets Corner

Gregg Heathcote

His faith frank: Infinity gone fishing

The truth of tariki
Believe it or not
Plays the catchiest line
Now, wherever baited bonno's sinking
Angling compassion's causeway whitely luring
Here hearing's drawbridge rightly lying

Of suchness is life's moment
When shinjin's star has shot
Dark mirror-mindful rivers tracking
Light sounds, Lord Shan-tao
Just so I go
On reflexion reeled across

Na man da bu
My Oya's passant portage listing
Na man da bu
Splendour's span o'er silence trawling
Na man da bu
Purity's landing is candidly calling

(© Copyright Gregg Heathcote, 24 January 1996)

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