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November 2012
 
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Rolf Jacobsen was a Norwegian poet who passed on in 1994 at the age of 87. His poetry will continue to speak to us for generations.

 The Silence Afterwards
 Rolf Jacobsen

Try to be done now
with deliberately provocative actions and sales statistics,
brunches and gas ovens,
be done with fashion shows and horoscopes,
military parades, architectural contests,
and the rows of triple traffic lights.
Come through all that and be through
with getting ready for parties and eight possibilities
of winning on numbers,
cost of living indexes and stock market analyses,
because it is too late,
it is way too late,
get through with and come home
to the silence afterwards
that meets you like warm blood hitting your forehead
and like thunder on the way
and like the sound of great clocks striking
that make the eardrums quiver,
because words don't exist any longer,
there are no more words,
from now on all talk will take place
with the voices stones and trees have.


The silence that lives in the grass
on the underside of every blade
and in the blue spaces between the stones.
The silence
that follows shots and birdsong.
The silence
that pulls a blanket over the dead body
and waits in the stairs until everyone is gone.
The silence
that lies like a small bird between your hands,
the only friend you have.

From The Winged Energy of Delight, pp204-205
Robert Bly, trans.


 


 Kali's Bazaar penned by Kalidas
 Yoga International Review

Kali's Bazaar cover Kali's Bazaar is poetry in the ecstatic tradition of Hafiz, Rumi, and Kabir. This type of poem isn't cultivated or tidy; it's devotional and raw. The fundamental drive and message of Kalidas's poems are eternally important-they speak of love, fearlessness, and joy, and they speak about all of these things in a large voice. The style of the poems departs from the more refined voice of traditional poetry, which might not appeal to every ear. But because of their driving intent to realize and "see through," the poems in Kali's Bazaar are worth a look for anyone trying to do the same.

-Keith Belcher
Yoga International Magazine


 


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With all my appreciation and love,
I thank you all.

May all beings realize complete freedom from suffering and may all our actions reflect only wisdom, compassion, patience and love.

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Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.
Founder and Director
The Anam Cara Foundation

Lawrence at the Anam Cara Foundation
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