In the Chinese tradition
You can get the Masters Degree
In a monastery
But if you want the PhD in spirituality
You have to go live alone in the mountains.

Shamans are wounded healers
I see them in my dreams
Nobody important
I play for my team

Once I was a point guard
Mike, Steve, and Hutch
Buddhist meditation
Silences and such

I lay on my bed
Dreaming of the Deep
Good things come to those who wait
Those who wake and sleep

One Dark Knight
Chicago in travail
3 prayers for the Divinity School
Does true love prevail?

                           Sail!

Just to do the best I can
With the little time I have left
Take care of my sons
Children are a gift

America goes down
All empires fall
Took the train from London
River Eden, Wetheral

I like books and movies
I've been to monasteries
In Dublin meant to be
Heard the tales of Irish fairies

Won ton soup tonight
Gracias xie xie
Daoists in the mountains
Silent is the Way

blooming, buzzing diversity
is this world an illusion?
try to find some peace
amidst all the confusion

haven't been to India yet
but India came to me
celebrated Holi in Charlotte
my neighbors joyfully

California Coast
walk along the beach
silent obscurity
no longer do I teach

marriage didn't work
so I live alone
all these little poems
on my little black cell phone

                   Rome!