zenbananas | stories for the soul » Poetry http://zenbananas.com short stories and anecdotes for reflection and meditation Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:27:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Secret http://zenbananas.com/poetry/the-secret/ http://zenbananas.com/poetry/the-secret/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:38:17 +0000 topbanana http://www.zenbananas.com/?p=106

We dance around in a ring and suppose;

But the Secret sits in the middle, and knows.

– Robert Frost

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Others are revolted, I am unmoved.

Gripped by desires, I am unmoved.

Hearing the wisdom of sages, I am unmoved.

I move only in my own way.

– Lu Yu

]]> http://zenbananas.com/poetry/unmoved/feed/ 0 It Is You Who Give the Life http://zenbananas.com/poetry/it-is-you-who-give-the-life/ http://zenbananas.com/poetry/it-is-you-who-give-the-life/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:12 +0000 topbanana http://www.zenbananas.com/?p=26

We consider bibles and religions divine–
I do not say they are not divine,

I say they have all grown out of you,
and may grow out of you still,

It is not they who give the life,
it is you who give the life.

Leaves are no more shed from the trees,
or trees from the earth,
than they are shed out of you.

– Walt Whitman

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