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Three Haikus for Elul

September 25, 2022 by DAVID M KATZ in Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah

The tight simplicity of its 5-7-5 syllable count of the English-language haiku made it a worthy tool to help me penetrate the darkness of my self-ignorance.

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September 25, 2022 /DAVID M KATZ
Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah
Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah
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How to Walk Through a Poem

August 01, 2022 by DAVID M KATZ in Zen, Shundo Aoyama Rōshi

While a walk in the Japanese alps doesn’t directly concern the reading of a poem, it can suggest by analogy how to walk through one, so to speak.

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August 01, 2022 /DAVID M KATZ
Zen, Shundo Aoyama Rōshi
Zen, Shundo Aoyama Rōshi
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