this winter, so slow
the ivy’s coming in
above
fifteen pancakes
heating in my stove
and
this love
written on our walls,
this love
flowing like we all are about to die
forgiving everyone
ever present
under a blue sky
You welcomed me with closed eyes
On the last evening of September.
When I lit a fire you got warm inside
rousing two flies,
now and then
hovering close to the flames
like sleepy old winos.
Undemanding and quiet
you made me settle down.
I fetched a log for the fireplace
and fell towards eternity
listening to the waves
interrupted by small sounds
from your drying wood.
No speedboats [...]
Alan Larus
“I live in Norway and work with database programming. When I have the time I walk in the mountains, forests and along the sea. I also listen to music and read and write a little poetry and take pictures.”
Prints of the paintings can be bought at Shawn Hair’s website, TropicalHawaiianArt.com.
Shawn Hair
“I Needed the sun… the light is incredible here.” Shawn Hair recently moved to the Big Island of Hawaii from the Seattle area. In a hideaway made of glass panes and ohia trees Shawn spends his days painting, surrounded by a forest of [...]
surface still
the ocean reflects
light only
the perfect mirror
reflects but itself
Jan Barendrect
Jan Barendrecht is a long time contributor to both the HarshaSatsangh and the Nonduality Salon. He originally hails from Holland, but is now living in the bliss-inducing Canary Isles of Southern Europe. He is also an active proponent of fruitarianism, the ahimsa [...]
