Written and read by Rene J. Navarro From the author’s collection, Ascension and Return: Poems of a Village Daoist Longhushan Idyll Doing Tai Chi Chuan outside In mid-Autumn: a deer is watching me from the edge of the woods as it is sniffing the wind descending from the west. A full moon above the pines […]
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Written and read by Rene J. Navarro From the author’s collection, Ascension and Return: Poems of a Village Daoist In West Lake, After Bai Juyi I look at my image in the water at Xihu: in the mirror of the lake I see an old man, bearded, hair thinning and grey, face marked with deep
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This collection of heartfelt and insightful poems and a few prose poems was written over a 45-year period as the author traveled the world: from Egypt to Bali, from Thailand to Istanbul. It features the poet’s involvement with Daoist transcendent practices and earthly engagement that transforms experiences into dream-like and ecstatic meditation.
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