Cosmic Harmony: A Poetry Anthology

By Avatar X

The poetry is styled in a Zen fashion. The verses act as windows through which one may see the
world in a fresh thoughtful light. Quotations are carefully sprinkled in to add additional texture
and flavour to the literary dish.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728329062

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/27/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-2907-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-2906-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019915022

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This book is dedicated

to Camellia S.

Contents

Book I

A MILLION STARS WITHIN

Not much to offer you;

Just a lotus flower floating

In a small glass of water.

Ryōkan

In the boundless ocean of my Being,

the ship of the universe

wanders here

and there…

Ashtavakra Gita

Banquet Verses

Early fall—

a tinge of sadness

amidst the beauty of leaves.

A handful of fireflies

speckling the sky,

appear bigger than the stars.

Memories of monarchy,

like celestial butterflies,

make my mind at ease.

A flurry of golden metallic grapes

amidst the tinkling of cubes—

gone too soon.

From the spider

of divine imagination,

the web of Creation is drawn forth,

and back into the spider,

it all returns.

Every little thing you say is magic,

so go on speaking—

a captive audience is listening.

Many years have gone by—

books unwritten,

become crystallized.

A thread of fear

had infiltrated the system.

i pluck it out with love.

In another dimension we hold hands,

immune to the troubles and travails

of this worldly mirage.

Easily i rise,

unfettered and unbound—

a new day is here.

I instantly know bliss—

an inner nature, unstained.

Step outside the influence of illusion.

Be still,

here and now.

How can there be confusion?

Post-Temporal Musings

Shambhala sunrise—

a hardness within, softens…

Light pervades the system.

Life is a dream—

a magnificent mirage…

geese