The air is warm this morning
Unseasonably warm for October
My windows are open
And Kitty is talking about rabbits
In the quiet morning
Beneath the cool blue sky
The sun still below the horizon
As Venus fades quickly in the light
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Showing posts with label Cool. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2020
Observation - October 5th, 2020, Monday
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Observation - September 5th, 2020, Saturday
The long September sunlight
reflects off the sandstone and red brick of the building across the street, filtering
back through the green leaves of the maple outside my window.
The window is open; there is
traffic on Bryant and a rhythm to the sound of tires on pavement, as car after
car rolls by; Kitty is sleeping on the ledge by the sill, curled up on her
side.
I see patches of blue sky through
the limbs of the tree.
The air in the apartment is cool.
There scent of cinnamon and cloves
lingers in the air, I made eggrolls.
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Observation - July 5th, 2020, Saturday
It is late
in the afternoon
In the condo
all the shades are drawn down
The unwelcome
sun is beating
Hard on the
bricks and brownstone
The air conditioner
fills the empty space
Cool air and
ambient noise
Kitty is curled
up and sleeping
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Observation - August 4th, 2019, Sunday
Observation
There is soft
light coming through the windows
Cool air
after an evening of rain
Sparrows chatter
in elms
Kitty looks
out the window and day dreams
A motorcycle
rumbles down Bryant
The news is
filled with tragedies
It is of angry
white-men murdering dozens of people
Terrorism in
Texas and Ohio
It the two
hundred and sixteenth day of the year
Two hundred
and fifty mass-shooting
With no end
in sight
Twenty-nine
dead and dozens hurt
Each shooting
took a matter of seconds
The world
turns, the light in Minnesota is soft the air is cool
Sparrows
chatter in the elms
Kitty
listens and watches the morning traffic on the avenue
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Observation - July 1st, 2016, Friday
Observation
I can hear the wet-clinging strokes of the paint roller.
The back and forth, the up down; I can hear the spreading of
the new white, covering the old white, yellowed with age.
She is painting the bedroom, while I listen to news, and
write, and prepare for work.
My cat is watching the city from atop the couch; in the
picture window.
Sunlight brushes the lilies in the boulevard.
A cool wind is blowing through the peonies, the dark green leaves
are just bushes now; having dropped the soft petals, from their pendulous flowers.
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
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