Twilight time is here.
Commuters make their way home –
asleep, not awake.
(October 24, 2018)
Copyright © 2018 Carmine DeMarco
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Category Archives: Poems
After the Carnival
Walking home at night,
smell of flowers in the air.
Hands and hearts are joined.
(June 10, 2017)
Copyright © 2017 Carmine DeMarco
The Self Still Rules (double haiku)
I’m meditating!
Then, after that, feeling proud.
The Self reigns supreme.
“Congratulate me!”
The Self rules even where it’s
not supposed to be.
(January 16, 2017)
Copyright © 2017 Carmine DeMarco
Meditation Attachment
Meditation goals!
Feeling proud of the self as
delusions strengthen.
(January 15, 2017)
Copyright © 2017 Carmine DeMarco
November Breeze
Gusting through the trees,
The breeze strips their branches bare.
Leaves blanket the earth.
(November 11, 2016)
Copyright © 2016 Carmine DeMarco
Close
My sleeping beauty.
Her head nestled on my chest,
While I hold her close.
(March 12, 2013)
Copyright © 2013 Carmine DeMarco
Power Outage Haiku #3
Lantern lovemaking
until the batteries die;
then it’s time for sleep.
(August 28, 2011)
Copyright © 2011 Carmine DeMarco
Power Outage Haiku #2
Zazen in the dark.
Children giggle in their beds
while I watch my breath.
(August 28, 2011)
Copyright © 2011 Carmine DeMarco
Soft
Our legs intertwined,
caressing her feet with mine.
Her soles are so soft.
(June 7, 2013)
Copyright © 2018 Carmine DeMarco
Divisiveness
Our divisiveness:
it blinds us to our one-ness,
spawning the world’s woes.
(11/9/16)
Copyright © 2016 Carmine DeMarco
Sesshin Dawn
Kinhin in the dark:
branching streams, shining brightly,
merge with the darkness.
(10/27/16)
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Practice
Polish that mirror!
Or choose the alternative:
You can stay asleep.
(10/24/16)
Copyright © 2016 Carmine DeMarco
(But Hui-neng: “Where can the dust collect?”)
Cogito ergo….
I think, therefore I
become what I THINK I am;
It’s not my true self.
(9/16/16)
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Impermanence
I’m falling apart
And so is the universe.
The way of all things.
(5/2/16)
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Church Bells
Church bells are ringing.
Churchgoers arriving find
there is no parking.
(August 30, 2015)
Copyright © 2015 Carmine DeMarco
After Dinner Chat
After dinner chat:
Gossiping about people
they don’t even know.
(May 25, 2015)
Copyright © 2015 Carmine DeMarco
Chirping Crickets
Noise inside my head.
Zazen brings the quiet mind
hearing crickets chirp.
(September 5, 2012)
Copyright © 2012 Carmine DeMarco
Monkey Mind Haiku
Monkey mind have I,
clutching at shiny baubles;
Wrapped in a skin bag.
(November 20, 2011)
Copyright © 2011 Carmine DeMarco
Power Outage Haiku #1
Along with crickets,
Generators in the night
are the only sounds.
(August 28, 2011)
Copyright © 2011 Carmine DeMarco
“Don’t Cook Tonight” Haiku
No kung-fu today.
Chicken Delight furnishes
no solace for me.
(March 27, 2004)
Copyright © 2004 Carmine DeMarco
Snowstorm Haiku #1
Six inches of snow.
Shoveling, while craving some
Callahan’s hot dogs.
(January 15, 2004)
Copyright © 2004 Carmine DeMarco
