All This Is That

I have a selfish reason for posting these indexes every six months or so. . .it's the way I keep track of all these poems and save them...

An index of poems by Jack published here over the last three years, from November, 2004-July, 2007. Except: the 64 poems all based on the B...

I first started these poems on March 19, 2006. At first, it was hard not to write the other poems. And then it became an obsession. Thir...

click to enlarge The transition from disorder to order Is not yet complete— You walk with the caution of a fox Over rotten ice, Ears tuned t...

1 The transition from confusion to order is completed And everything is in its proper place. Even in particulars —When perfect equilibrium h...

Small things may be done Great things should not be done The flying bird brings the message It is well to remain below Great good fortune A ...

1 The wind blows over the lake. The water's surface ripples as the visible Effects of the invisible appear. 2 Pigs and fishes are the le...

A lake is hemmed in. When more water floods in it overflows. If we live economically in normal times We are prepared for times of want. It ...

T he wind blows over water, Dissolving it into foam and mist. The king approaches his temple. The sacred music And splendor of the ceremonie...

1 There will be progress At the end of the line. There will be good fortune if you have inward harmony. Occasions for repentance will disapp...

1 The wind that scatters the gathered clouds leaves the sky clear and serene a penetrating clarity of judgment thwarts the dark and hidden m...

1 थे मौन्तैं स्तान्ड्स स्टील अबोवे इत फायर रिसेस उप — स्त्रंगे लंड्स एंड सेपरेशन अरे थे वान्देरेर'एस लोट व्हें होम इस थे रोड़ कुशन एंड रि...

1 The mountain stands still Above it fire rises up— Strange lands and separation Are the wanderer's lot When home is the road Caution an...

Plots and intrigue shade us Like a solar eclipse. Darkness is on the wane As humanity coalesces, Marching to civilization. Just when things ...