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 Morning. 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.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Observation - May 5th, 2020, Tuesday
It is a
bright morning
There is a
plane flying overhead, though the city is quiet
There is a
robin chirping in the tree outside my window
My lady is
working at loom, weaving on a hoop
Kitty is
begging for butter
Seventy thousand
Americans will have died
From complications
due to COVID-19
By the end
of today
The news is
increasingly grim
There are
politicians telling us to prepare
Be ready to
lose more
Americans
must be ready to sacrifice
Like they
did in World War II
This time we
march into the jaws of a faceless beast
To feed an economy,
that is hungry for our lives
As valuable
as kibble, scattered on the floor
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.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Observation - July 4th, 2019, Thursday
It is cool
in the morning, and sunny
People
walking by the lakeside, dogs alongside them
The air is
still
The face of
the water is smooth and glassy
Millfoil
breaking the surface near the fishing dock, by the shore
Listen to
the walleye jumping
The sound of
running shoes thumping
It is slow
on the street
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.
Friday, January 4, 2019
Observation - January 4th, 2019, Friday
Observation
My lady tells
me about her dreams
Playing
string with Kitty, pouncing
The smell of
coffee fills the house
In the dark morning,
dressing, typing
I am listening,
chatting with them
In the hour
before sunrise
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, October 3, 2018
Observation - October 3rd, 2018, Wednesday
Observation
It is 3:45
am, there are lights flashing outside my window
They are cherry
and berry blue, spinning fast on the bar
Of an
ambulance and a firetruck, chirping in the night
Small bursts
of noise blurting from their sirens
It is a
normal morning on Bryant, across from the home
Kitty jumps
down from the window where she had been
Perched on
the lookout for creatures moving of the night
The rabbits
and fox, and the bushy raccoon
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.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Observation - May 3rd, 2018, Thursday
Observation
Spring came and it is warm in the house
The hum of the fan mutes the sound of the TV
Of traffic, of Kitty purring, of my lady sleeping
Breathing, in the early morning, minutes from rising
The dark is just beginning to break outside the window
The faintest blue line is stretching across the horizon
Tree bud are popping, the Earth is respiring
Beneath a soft blanket of dew
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 2, 2017
Observation - July 2nd, 2017, Sunday
Observation
The light is soft in the morning.
The house is quiet…the city is quiet.
People have left town for the holiday that is coming.
It is Sunday morning, and there is parking available on the
street in front of my house.
The birds are talking to each other.
My lady is still asleep behind the closed door of the
bedroom.
Kitty is in the big window watching the wind blow through
wisteria.
The smell of gunpowder still lingers in the air,
The residue
of 2:00 am revelry.
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.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Observation - June 2nd, 2017, Friday
The morning sun is streaming in through my kitchen window
Reflecting off a stack of boxes against my book case
The morning sun is bright, and flashing
The day promises to be sunny hot
There is a for sign in the yard next to the sidewalk
It says for sale
I anticipate the footfall of strangers
Walking through my domicile
There are transition coming, I can see them
My cat is sleeping blissfully
Unaware
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.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Observation - September 1st, 2016, Thursday
Observation
The air is cool in the morning; now.
I hear the thrum and hum of crickets outside my kitchen
window.
Crickets strumming in the dark; in the dewy grass there are
rabbits.
The Angel's Trumpet is blooming in the boulevard.
The Angel's Trumpet is blooming in the boulevard.
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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