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Uplifting Spring Poem

Uplifting Spring Poem

This inspiring poem by the American Buddhist poet Jim Harrison invites us to slow down and deeply enter in to the spirit of the season. It becomes a short but uplifting meditation on the nature of spring.

Experience it here:

Dogen’s Dream
by Jim Harrison

What happens when the god of spring
meets spring? He thinks for a moment
of great whales traveling from the bottom
to the top of the earth, the day the voyage
began seven million years ago
when spring last changed its season.
He enters himself, emptiness
desiring emptiness. He sleeps
and his sleep is the dance of all the birds
on earth flying north.

Read more: Spirit, Inspiration

Adapted from Beneath a Single Moon, edited by Kent Johnson and Craig Paulenich (Shambhala, 1991). Copyright (c) 1991 by Johnson and Paulenich. Reprinted by permission of Shambhala.
Adapted from Beneath a Single Moon, edited by Kent Johnson and Craig Paulenich (Shambhala, 1991).

Annie B. Bond

Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).

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58 comments

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Brenda Towers Brenda T.
7:46AM PDT on May 12, 2012

Spring is a season full of hope.

Tanja Z. Tanja Z.
1:58AM PDT on May 12, 2012

wow

Sam Richardson Samantha R.
2:40PM PDT on Apr 28, 2012

I will definitely be sharing this with my girlfriend. She loves Wales more than anything, and I couldn't help but think of her when I read this :)

yana dimitrova yana d.
3:11AM PDT on Apr 21, 2012

Thank you.

Gustavo Tomas Gustavo T.
8:32AM PDT on Apr 18, 2012

thanks

Magdalena Hydzinska Magdalena H.
11:11AM PDT on Apr 17, 2012

That's a nice poem,thanks for sharing :)

yana dimitrova yana d.
9:20AM PDT on Apr 16, 2012

Happy Easter

Nora Hetrick Nora H.
7:48PM PDT on Apr 4, 2012

nice poem..

Kashara M. Kashara M.
9:59AM PDT on Apr 4, 2012

thank you.

Ailsa Porter Ailsa P.
9:58AM PDT on Apr 4, 2012

Thanks!

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