Gaia Community: Shodo's Blog

Splendid Isolation

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:05:49 GMT

"I wanna live all alone in the desert

I wanna be like Georgia O'Keeffe" - Warren Zevon

Tags: Abiquiu, New Mexico, Georgia O'Keeffe, Warren Zevon, Lone Monk

For Paloma and Vincent

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:32:37 GMT

don't be angry don't get mad

don't be too happy or sad

make your Mother proud

know what isn't allowed

don't push too hard

the world may reject you

listen to Johnny Cash

if I go soon turn to ash

do what you can to be true

when I was born I was blue

may you be blessed by Jesus,

Allah, Buddha, Krishna,

the Great Spirit,

and Abraham,

if they ask you tell

them that's where I am

religion comforts the living

the devil deals with the dead

I recite my prayers

to whomever hears them

not quite sure

no one knows

angels along the highway

walk penance to the

Church of Chimayo

pace yourself when

on pilgrimage

watch the water fall

Tags: poetry, Chimayo, New Mexico. Easter

Kachina Highway

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:31:07 GMT

Guided by the Yei

we pray we will

be guided to safety

go in beauty

Tags: art, poetry, travel, New Mexico, Arizona, Southwest, maps

My stack of Tony Hillerman books

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:18:08 GMT

His words live on...

Tags: writing, reading, Tony Hillerman

Mudhead Kachina

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:28:04 GMT

Navajo Mudhead Clan Kachina

brought at Richardson's

Trading Post

Gallup, N.M.

Tags: kachinas, Navajo

Navajo Arrowhead Necklace

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:31:06 GMT

helps against arthritis and back pain

I just think it's beautiful

Tags: Navajo jewelry

Motor Monk 40 East

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:57:20 GMT

watching using

peripheral vision

driving back home

from Prescott Valley

visiting family where

we may be even

able to own a home

a mountain view

need somewhere new

with our South American

real relatives con mucho

amor y espiritu bonito

Tags: poetry, travel. Arizona, road tripping, Lone Monk

Prescott Sunset

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:47:49 GMT

view from what will hopefully be our new community

living simply surrounded by my South American family

Tags: poetry, travel. Arizona, sunsets.

Jerome Shalom

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:08:58 GMT

holy holy holy

Tags: poetry, Arizona, travel

Prescott Prophecy

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:10:05 GMT

It may be time to move this Monastery to another mountain.

I have yet to receive the exact coordinates,

but it will be in Prescott- where I shall be shot.

selah

monje de los montanas

P.S.- ask for Jesus from Jerome

Tags: poetry, travel. Arizona

R.I.P. Anthony G. Hillerman

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:21:15 GMT

Last resting place of the great American writer.

A true hero and patriot. We will miss

his Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery.

Santa Fe Veteran's Memorial Cemetery.

Tags: writing, New Mexico, Tony Hillerman

Going to See the Rebbe at Red Rocks

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:15:28 GMT

Leonard Jikan Cohen

the greatest living poet

I am very psyched

it will be like Moses

on Mount Sinai

singing the

Song of Songs

which is Solomon's

Tags: music, poetry, Leonard Cohen, Jikan

New Mexico Rail Runner

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:12:30 GMT

rode the Rail Runner today

all the way down to Belen

met an old man from Brooklyn

hooked up to his oxygen tank and

wearing a "Show Me Your Tits" pin

he was on his way to the Santa

Ana Casino to commit some sin

Tags: poetry, trains, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Prayer/Oracion

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:34:29 GMT

Dame paciencia por favor Senor

I vow to be your servant

Tags: poetry, prayer, photography, Peru, Valle Sagrada

Shell Shocked

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:44:03 GMT

in order to enjoy pleasure

we must endure pain

plain and simple

Sicily awaits me

life is so ugly and beautiful

like a fighter jet

graceful yet deadly

bullets and bombs fall

from the sky just

like a stork dropping babies

"a dog took my place"

think I have rabies

foaming at the mouth

roaming Roman heading South

we must erect an amphitheater

here and have art under the stars

we stare up at them from our cars

moon roof boon goof

today stay in bed w/

bandana on my head

banana, bread and coffee

is all I am fed here

in this cage of my

own making taking

it easy the devil

has a hold on me

no rhyme or reason

time of the season

Tags: poetry

A Sailor In The Sand

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:44:45 GMT

One must always consider the priorities and predilections personal preference point of reference landmark decision dropping rhymes w/ precision word up to the Motherland we hung around Times Square in the early A.M. when it was the World's Capitol of seediness like Burroughs and Huncke at the Automat now we are out here among the Sangre de Cristo range become a Park Ranger return to civil service all I want is a white pick-up truck, a shotgun, and a Smokey the Bear hat.

Tags: poetry, New Mexico, New York City

Luz de Lux

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:10:00 GMT

riding through the

traditional town

around the block

from our condo

el mondo mundo

ultra mod super hip

cranking the Cramps

Lux Interior is gone

Daddy Gone

goo goo muck

good luck in

the next realm

rock and roll

mofo movin' on

"I can't find my mind."

Tags: poetry, New Mexico, music, photography

Half A Haiku

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:26:59 GMT

the crows fly

outside my window

they await me

Tags: poetry

Is there a Doctor in the House?

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:58:51 GMT

Praise be the Prophets

the martyrs that did not fall

as I sit upon my zafu

staring at the wall

an American Street Freak

unafraid to speak out

quite sure what I'm about

I miss Hunter S.

what would he have to

say about where

we are today

in this mess

hoping for

progress

Tags: poetry, politics, writing

Progress and Pride

http://Shodo.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:07:37 GMT

once we have gone black

there is no turning back

you thought the white

might always rule

that's just not cool

next a Navajo

Princess for President

Tags: poetry, politics