Poets' Corner

Karan O'Neill (Tz'u Shiou) holds a degree in theatre arts administration from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and her principle interests include writing as meditation and art as spirituality. Karan established and moderates the Maretate Adults' Room online writer's community and is co-owner and web master of the Kokoro Institute web site, where much of her writing appears as daily dharma and directed meditations. Karan's myokonin-style poem 'Namo Amida Butsu' was recently selected for publication by the Famous Poet's Society. Her other interests include creating calligraphy cards with her husband, Ken O'Neill, Kyoshi, and fostering dogs for a no-kill animal rescue group in Tucson, Arizona.

Karan's Poems

Gregg Heathcote's poems are already well-known to members and friends of the Hongwanji Buddhist Mission of Australia and we are pleased to be able to present his poems for the first time to a wider readership.

Gregg lives in the Australian city of Newcastle with his wife Tiffany and works in the library at Newcastle University. He has been a prominent member of Hongwanji Buddhist Mission of Australia since its inception.

 

Gregg's poems.

Gregg.Heathcote@newcastle.edu.au

Jerry Bolick

Jerry Bolick is not a new poet but he is new to nembutsu.info's Poet's Corner and we are pleased to have him as a contributor.

Jerry has been a nembutsu follower for some twenty-five years or so, closely connected with the San Francisco Buddhist Temple most of that time. The late Rev. Ken Yamaguchi took him on as his unofficial assistant many years ago and opened the door to many wonderful experiences that the average lay follower would not have. He has, for most of that time, and continues now, to be an active lay speaker, mostly in the small Shinsu temple in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge - from time to time, he speaks at other temples.'

Jerry's poems.

JerryBolick@aol.com

 

Extra Poems

Poems from occasional contributors.