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in darkness it is most bright
hongzhi zhengjue - song of silent illumination dans ma main seulement la cendre des tendresses ou le sel de l'amour - main d'oeuvre / pierre reverdy since ancient times this loneliness of hope we attend to you save you how from dispair bebārid fardāhāye bi makāni heavy rainfalls where tomorrow i know not what tomorrow will bring take refuge its shimmers on cloud lit waters are traces we follow nomads for all our moving dunes the unattainable way places its fortune in us what
hamid ebadi
24 hours ago1 min read


with eyes of grief we see
pantai pulau merah, java timur, 2025 but down in the depths there is a jewel - dogen, eihei koruku, vol.9, hōgo 13 depths of earth depths of water in whereleswhere this jewel a book of bleached shores dweller of broken shells its words wild algae sweeping sea beds bu ke ze gheybi ruzi yābam dorr-e maknun ra may i one day from the unseen find that hidden pearl from stuttering pearl may oblivion return brightness darkness to limpid azure de seuil en seuil tu nous déplaces deui
hamid ebadi
3 days ago1 min read


gātha closes in on us
kedungu, bali, august 2026 so should you view this fleeting world -diamond sutra - this floating world looks looks in the pond wonders to what to what shall i compare you a scattering of colors bougainvillea bracts caught in ripples of light breeze unpetalled
hamid ebadi
5 days ago1 min read


how things are named
kedungu, bali, august 2026 late night sleep dripping away to be quit of writing continue writing such verses as who writes who who frees who you inexhaustible who words thin chirping of insects scattered barking around the village temple aircon droning on nothing holds them back they learned to look past your mirrors words it's morning can't say days follow unfollowing is flow why a sage once said the sound of the valley never dies
hamid ebadi
5 days ago1 min read


mu
does a dog have buddha nature no mind circles around the kōan the dog takes a book from the shelf rips it apart you are battered and bruised now david chadwick's dedica intact on the verso from me to you your hand still trembles in the graph on the half title page these words zen is right now
hamid ebadi
Sep 101 min read


joglo goodbye
' all the rafters are broken, the ridgepole destroyed; the mind, gone to the unconstructed' - buddha, the dhammapada, verses 153-154 what first comes to mind seeing molts flake down from high rafters onto the bed cover gecko must be at work munching roach flesh spitting out the shell despite years living under the same roof we barely know you true adept of not picking and choosing you devour your guest whole flash of an encounter no time for guest and host to converse no-mind
hamid ebadi
Sep 91 min read


sutra in passage
kenninji temple, kyoto, july 2026 sutra chapters heard in the wind mostly known by heart forgotten parts are what wind invents on the go late into night pine needles transcribe on unlit beds of sand words still in echo mind abides nowhere gone we are what the wind may still remember
hamid ebadi
Sep 61 min read


tapanahoni
à olivier devèze gradually she felt her lips moving imagine her lips moving poems find their way back through the many not lost forgotten years shut in a shoe box we can not see whitewaters as such still we can hear rapids imagine fury rapids slapping the bark as it runs amid the rocks at diitabiki hear granman of granboli pass on words to us strangers switi kon not welcome sweet coming imagine can't stop the stream sweet coming switi kon
hamid ebadi
Sep 21 min read


anis étoilé
afloat in hot water you a broken star and your kin marred beyond recognition still you count in the counts of the broken with us all brokenness our gateway to fragrancy swimming in still waters glints of ceiling light glittering on your arms you are a star inside a star constelling our night je suis de race inférieure de toute éternité drop limiting views you are a no one a nothing self is the world quietly brewing in a cup
hamid ebadi
Aug 311 min read


une saison de flammes
jadis si je me souviens bien sitting in a circle watching a bonfire where is the gaze going turned outward returning inward inward to better see outward to illumine the effacer of traces gaze blazes on as fire burns the divide sparks fall into the sky vanishing drop back into the heart remembrance's heartbeat we are on time for the full moon of ashes tonight on time for the morning of embers she can speak now with her soft glow i can hold you within me keep you though i canno
hamid ebadi
Aug 291 min read


les aventures de h
bornes parties en voyage are you a hermit homeless perhaps a vowel a consonant who are you letter awaiting a reader shibboleth pronounced here unpronounced there rappelles-toi bien de ceci tu es devenu désormais muet stranger is what mispronounce means h bless us in you hunger lifts up hunger home is rummaging of leafage you this hand that opens
hamid ebadi
Aug 281 min read


sepideh
payangan, august 2026 beginning may well be our only map moving forwards backwards our map of relief on the coffee table a diary a humble thing 26 inscribed on its cover it knows something is missing what it doesn't know is what we don't know millennia have forgotten missing has forgotten has the unforgivable rising sun chorus of waking birds not to mention pigs' squealing it's feeding time it's the time of measures where are you untraced what flies with these pages
hamid ebadi
Aug 281 min read


aube sans lendemain
when name appears you appear you disappear and who appears not who as in there is a shadow i feel it weigh on me who as dawn is the time of elsewhere disappears drifting eastward of sleep she unpacks dream bundles for us what are we seeing here shimmering skies and waters fish swirling in the pond someone is sweeping the lawn dew forgetting dew you becoming you who
hamid ebadi
Aug 271 min read


l'obscur parle
you have waited long enough to know enough long is never long enough something for tapering roads to keep in mind as night and time exchange colors ahead meaning stands alone beached boat on a shore asks stars random questions such as this dazzling
hamid ebadi
Aug 261 min read


what sutras won't tell you
left behind poem unclear how to retrace our way back to you other than here there words attributed to you the never appeared disappeared on closer look this deciphered verse the point is to meet the breeze in person where are your whereabouts now warbling in open fields beasts napping waves of heat this afternoon
hamid ebadi
Aug 251 min read


in the trenches
m'illumino d'immenso decades mattina has spread itself before you palms placed together gratitude for all travels pitfalls and gravels a step at a time roads learn to toddle take a step at a time blue sky pale deep refuge to kites threads of life humming in the wind with the ten thousand things dilluminated #ungaretti #dogen
hamid ebadi
Aug 241 min read


buddha's body :
reflect on this you write words to give voice to changing things words don't obstruct the morning from stumbling along not that things change words change words beyond words trees know it clouds know it buddhas we are told glaring light on pasture a dog keeps barking at what is far and near can't you hear green barking back at white
hamid ebadi
Aug 241 min read


keep it for now
from vanished diaries an entry survives date illegible how could you neglect drifting weed do they not too wander from shore to shore in their wake carrying mountains and clouds sending you this for safekeeping
hamid ebadi
Aug 231 min read


heart scrolls
konchi-in temple, kyoto heart scrolls homage to all misspoken words as never and ever intention is pure can we reach to what is beyond speaking and scroll as the heart heart ache scroll unrolls words keep dropping petals falling away seasons of the wind abloom
hamid ebadi
Aug 221 min read


single word
tokufu-ji temple, kyoto, july 2026 become a home leaver you keep telling the homeless your voice fainter in chiming bells leaving returning are not what home not where home is someone is unlearning the difference dew and morning grass a single word beaming silence single word
hamid ebadi
Aug 221 min read
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