Drifting Awake http://www.richardfarrell.com aphorisms, haiku, poetic musings by Richard Farrell Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 hopeless romantic http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/hopeless-romantic/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/hopeless-romantic/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:00:53 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3224 hopeless –
a romantic till the end –
a look, a smile, a lilting voice and dreams arise

I tell myself, “you’re too old,
too bald, too fat…”
no matter, dreams arise

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/hopeless-romantic/feed/ dilapidated birdbath http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/dilapidated-birdbath/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/dilapidated-birdbath/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:00:39 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3213 dilapidated birdbath
a flash, a splash —
a bird

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/dilapidated-birdbath/feed/ spiritual frustration… http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/spiritual-frustration/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/spiritual-frustration/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:48 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3193 spiritual frustration increases with the strength of the desire to know the unknowable

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/spiritual-frustration/feed/ possibility of ease 2 http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/possibility-of-ease-2/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/possibility-of-ease-2/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:28 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3181 at some moment, perhaps, we stop protesting the wayness of things

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/possibility-of-ease-2/feed/ All Idleness… http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/all-idleness/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/all-idleness/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:49 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3160 All idleness in the back patio,
away from the world for a while,
poetry, a cigar, a pot of tea.

As one moment empties into the next,
it’s clear that the Protestant Ethic
has somehow left this life.

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/07/all-idleness/feed/ Note to Friends and Visitors http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/note-to-friends-and-visitors/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/note-to-friends-and-visitors/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:08 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3152 Drifting Awake is on vacation until July 1st. I’ll start posting again then.

Best,
Richard

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/note-to-friends-and-visitors/feed/ the peace that… http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/the-peace-that/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/the-peace-that/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:00:51 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3144 the peace that passeth understanding can’t be understood

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/the-peace-that/feed/ a recovery of sorts http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/a-recovery-of-sorts/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/a-recovery-of-sorts/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:00:11 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3130 the sooner that lust for position passes, the longer for delight in loving the world

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/a-recovery-of-sorts/feed/ right and wrong… http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/right-and-wrong/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/right-and-wrong/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:00:42 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3115 right and wrong are not part of the Way; they arise with the conversations that make us human

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/right-and-wrong/feed/ tiny grasshopper http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/tiny-grasshopper/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/tiny-grasshopper/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:25 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3103 tiny grasshopper, green as the leaf it eats,
lives to eat another leaf, and not because of its color

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/tiny-grasshopper/feed/ gardening in interesting times… http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/gardening-in-interesting-times/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/gardening-in-interesting-times/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:33 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3096 gardening in interesting times: cultivating heart-mind trust in the world

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/gardening-in-interesting-times/feed/ cawing out http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/cawing-out/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/cawing-out/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:18 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3092 everyday pine-top crow
takes the high ground
caws out to the world

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/cawing-out/feed/ at ease with emotions http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/at-ease-with-emotions/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/at-ease-with-emotions/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:00:50 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3082 as emotions lose transcendent import, we can relax:
sadness is just sadness, joy just joy,
no avoiding one, no clinging to the other,
they come and go as they will — as do all the rest

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/at-ease-with-emotions/feed/ heartfelt http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/heartfel/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/heartfel/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:00:55 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3035 without One, how does one
bear being without
some one in one’s life?

]]> http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/heartfel/feed/ the shortness of life http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/the-shortness-of-life/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2009/06/the-shortness-of-life/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:00:12 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3069 it’s not only that life is short, but that it’s ever shorter

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