The sky is powder blue
The sun, unnaturally bright
A silver disk of light
Melting the few remaining patches of dirty snow
There is a buzz in the air
And birdsong
The feeling of spring, and joy
At its early return.
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Saturday, March 6, 2021
Observation - March 6th, 2021, Saturday
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, February 6, 2021
Observation - February 6th, 2021, Saturday
It is cold outside, but the sun is shining
The sky is striped, blue and white
I can feel the cold coming, seeping through the windows
The sun’s light through wavey glass
Snow clings to the limbs of my tree
Each flake a tiny prism from which the sun light leaps
And there is hope, today in America…there is hope
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.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Observation - August 5th, 2020, Wednesday
The scent of
garlic and curry the apartment
I made a pot
of lentils
For the
first time in weeks the air conditioner is silent
The windows
are open for a cross breeze
A dappled
light comes in through the east windows
Filtered through
the green leaves
Kitty is
complaining about the taste of medicine in her food
The dry and
dusty chondroitin that helps her with her joints
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, January 5, 2020
Observation - January 5th, 2020, Sunday
The sky is
bright, light
Blueish-gray,
matted by clouds
Thin as wisps
of frost
There are a
few leaves
Dried things
that cling to the trees
Flutter in
the breeze
Outside my
window
Dark limbs
stretched across the pane
The old
glass cascades
It bends the
soft light
Waving in its
fluid state
Windows on
the world
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.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Observation - December 4th, 2019, Wednesday
Observation
The sun is
shining
The snow is
already melting in the light
It is warm this
December morning
Everything
is blurry outside my window
My eyes are
still adjusting to the surgery I had
I can hear
the spray from the tires of the cars passing by
Dirty-gray
slush and salt covering the street
There is ice
on the road and it is slippery
There is not
a cloud in the sky
Only jets
leaving contrails
And black-birds
in flight
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.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Observation - July 3rd, 2018, Tuesday
Observation
Kitty
stretches her front paw
A sparrow
cut across the plane of view from the front window
Cool clear
light bends through the wavy glass
It is quiet
in the morning
The cup
filled with coffee is warm in my hand
A breeze on
my neck from the black plastic fan
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, October 1, 2016
October 1st, 2016, Saturday
Observation
It is noon, the autumn sun is bright,
And silver.
My cat is sitting on her blanket in the window;
Soaking the soft light into her soft tawny fur.
The news talkers are chattering as I type;
Trump, trumpet, strumpet, hype.
I am tired; from three weeks straight of working.
My sweetheart is in the garden; weeding.
I hear her talking with neighbors as they stroll by.
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.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
March 1st, 2016, Tuesday - Observation
Observation
The snow is mostly gone.
The sky was lighting at six in the morning; when I left for
work.
There was a fresh dust of white on the ground, that
disappeared in the first few hours of morning.
The green is coming to my lawn, pushing past the pale yellow
blades, the gray and brown remnants of leaves, the twigs fallen from the apple
tree.
My cat followed the white tail of rabbit with her eyes; as
she rested on the couch, by the window bay, lucid, and dreaming of the hunt.
It is election day in Minnesota, caucus day, and there is a pensive
energy in the air.
I am for Hillary, but I think most of my town is for Bernie.
I think Minnesota will go hard left as well.
My cat does not care, she wants to share my chicken.
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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