{"id":1087,"date":"2018-03-31T21:39:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/wordpress_marcus\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:32:57","slug":"poem-of-the-month-april-2018-pasen-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the Month, April 2018: Pasen (Easter)"},"content":{"rendered":"

PASEN<\/strong>
\n31 Mars 1918<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

KADOO – a weekend
\nwith absolutely nothing
\non the agenda.<\/p>\n

Every morning
\nis the Resurrection
\nof this exhausted traveller
\nback from MARS.<\/p>\n

‘The miracle of LIFE’
\nfrom a million miles away
\nI get here every day.<\/p>\n

Dispel the gloom
\nand darkness in my heart,
\nO Lord of Infinite Light!<\/p>\n

Words from Amida –
\n‘IT’S ALL RIGHT, MARCUS!’
\nGood Friday morning.
\nFeeling fuzzy in the head
\nafter a long deep slumber
\nin distant universes.<\/p>\n

Life is too complicated.
\nI choose to remain UNBORN
\nthis time round.<\/p>\n

All battles are lost.
\nThere is only the Self
\nto overcome- in time.<\/p>\n

Rules are for fools.
\nToday I don’t take part.
\nA one day strike of the heart.<\/p>\n

WATER is the food of the gods.
\nDrink MORE, you miserable sods!<\/p>\n

THE GREEKS –
\nTheir gods did not save them.
\nThey were conquered.
\nTemples fell into ruin.
\nThis park bench might be the place
\nto start a new religion.<\/p>\n

AMBLING TO VOLDEN
\n‘Namo Amida Butsu’
\nthe two things that matter.<\/p>\n

DAILY REFLECTIONS
\nZorba watches the Old Man
\nplanting a tree.
\nIt could be You and Me.<\/p>\n

Life in its human form
\nis utterly absurd.
\nI’d rather be a bird.<\/p>\n

MY ANGEL
\nEvery second spent without you
\nis a sheer and utter waste of time.<\/p>\n

How can one tell
\nwhen angels become gods?
\nGoddesses, I mean, of course.<\/p>\n

No-one is saved
\nuntil
\nEveryone is saved.<\/p>\n

DOWN AND OUT<\/p>\n

‘I will pay you back a billion times
\nfor publishing your silly rhymes.’<\/p>\n

God is everywhere
\nand in everything.
\nAMO says that numberplate.<\/p>\n

Some women
\nshow everything they can.
\nMost men
\nonly show what they want.<\/p>\n

BELGIANS ABROAD
\nPigs CAN fly.
\nHaven’t you seen them
\nin the sky
\nflocking to Benidorm?<\/p>\n

The ones She thinks of
\nin the shower –
\nthose are the ones
\nto watch out for.<\/p>\n

Easter Saturday, Noen.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Nothing matters in the least.
\nThis Easter is just another
\nNembutsu feast.<\/p>\n

Life is what you make of it.
\nThe ball is in your court.
\nThe goal is wide open.<\/p>\n

Marcus Zuishin Cumberlege<\/em>
\nBRUGES FREE CITY POET<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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