[Buddha-l] Spring --2 dharma poems

[jkirk]

At the risk of falling flat on my face--oh well, it's only a
face........ Joanna
  
this one got messed up layout-wsie
re-sending in hopes---J
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Temple banner from Chiang Mai

It's a fine white narrow plastic thing.
White lace in the middle
With gold borders,
Dotted with plastic
Blossoms, white and yellow.
A strip, divided
Into equal segments
Like gold metal banners
Hanging from temple crests-
Segments hinged,
So they cascade peacefully.

I saw it flying high in Chiang Mai
(Some rhymes irresistible as the wind.) 
Chinese stores sell them, 
So I was told by Thais.
Mine hangs on the screen porch
Here in Idaho.
It used to fall during high winds.
Using a twisty on a nail
I fixed it above the top three circles-
Buddha red
Dharma and Sangha blue.
Now it undulates in high wind
A lacy dragon beckoning
I can only see it through a front window When the wind blows.

Does its metal mimesis remind us
To follow the Great Example?
 

  


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