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Poets Corner

Gregg Heathcote

Traipsing tariki - homecoming abroad in peregrine practice

'Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance of spirit and humility.'

[ From 'The Practice of the Wild' (p18) by Gary Snyder.]

Vagrant tramp
Void motive on the ground
Placing foot before foot
Falling forward
Ever towards and tangential
To turning earth's centre
My own
And Amida's...

Thus borne none but neighbours known
Namo Amida Butsu !

( © Copyright Gregg Heathcote, 15 April 2004 )

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