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Buddha made of wood

by John G.Hall 

Posted: 04 April 2004
Word Count: 56
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Buddha made of wood

Buddha made of wood
curled inside the grain,
a head asleep in hands
cupped around a brain.

A folded origami frog
bent back on himself,
polished by my palm
to a cedar prayer-ball.

Counted by fingers once
a single rosary's decade,
an ancient abacus asked
to solve an infinite sum.



John G.Hall(C)2004






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Nell at 13:40 on 04 April 2004  Report this post
John, once again, beautiful. I love these buddas. The first stanza felt like holding the smooth warm wood in my hand, yet the word warm wasn't mentioned. The whole poem is so tactile with a sense of the history of something polished over hundreds of years by the hands that caressed it.

Nell.

The Walrus at 20:42 on 04 April 2004  Report this post
Succinct, dense, every word chosen with infinite care.

Particularly liked:

'A folded origami frog'

Another good piece John.

The Walrus

Skeetr at 09:50 on 05 April 2004  Report this post
John G.,

As with all your 'Buddha made of' poems -- succinct, thoughtful, brilliant. I particularly was caught up with the 2nd stanza, but the entire piece is a joy.

Thanks,

Smith


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