There are always trees
but a white Buddha riding is not so usual
a slow ride too after much fasting
pale and thin from long hours in Banyan shade
red bull and gold fragmented light - spirit traveller
on the one way trip to Bliss

29 thoughts on “White Buddha”

1. Oh I love the idea of a one way trip to bliss….I feel like a spirit traveler these days…fabulous image!

   1. yes evidently still in enlightenment mode Donna – this wasone of those times when the poem followed the photoart

2. “red bull and gold fragmented light ” Really loved to see this line. A zen vibe all over the poem beginning from the title.

   1. thank you Sumana – easier said than done though!

3. Your description really resonates. I so enjoyed the read.

   1. Guessed you to be a seeker as there is a quality of mystique in your poems Kerry

4. There is such a palpable sense of ‘not worrying about things that you cannot change’ in your poem. Beautifully penned.

   1. Thank you for this observation – I only know it tripped onto the page

5. I agree with Sumana–there is a Zenlike quality about this–the Buddha in each of us on a quest for nirvana/bliss.

   1. Reassuring to think this mad world is illusion!

6. I liked the idea of bliss being a “one way trip”.

   1. Seemingly no turning back Frank 😉

7. I like your take on Bjorn’s prompt for the quadrille. This appeals to the “Buddha” or “god” in all of us.

   1. I always enjoy the quadrilles and Björn’s bliss was the icing on the cake

      1. I enjoyed it as well. This was an excellent poem. I enjoyed it even more on the third reading.

         1. especially pleased that you took the time – many thanks

            1. Always a pleasure!

8. I really like this.. a one way ticket to bliss… if we can find the road, that should be the way to walk.

   1. If is a mighty word – and thank you for this prompt Björn

9. “white Buddha riding” — evocative image!

   1. it was the image that rode in first too 🙂

10. We all see bliss differently but I am glad that contentment thinking, praying and doing no harm is a good yardstick to go by.

    1. according to the Tradition Bliss goes hand in hand with emptiness – I’m still to full of myself!

11. a one way trip… i haven’t mastered that yet!

    1. no can still see all the sliproads Margaret 🙂

12. A delight to read.

    1. thank you Rosemary- that is important for the poem!

13. Very apt way to illustrate the notion that bliss is both journey and destination — showered with light.

    1. nicely seen Brendan

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