Alber

Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member

Alber

89/M/Chicago/Hyde Park
Spent 40 years at Argonne National Laboratory doing engineering research in Nuclear Energy and Battery research. Favorite poets are Billy Collins, William Marr, and Mary Oliver.
18 followers / 410 words

Message Block

Alber Jul 2017

An Enlightened Lotus

She beguiled
A Lotus to bloom
From an ancient seed

Was the Lotus there
When the Buddha smiled
In an enlightened way

Alber Jul 2017

Evening Meditation

Sitting on my balcony
As the dark envelops the lake
Drinking a glass of wine
I forgive everyone their sins.

— The End —