‘Yu Stew

Modern senryus¹ for seekers

Photo by Faye Cornish on Unsplash

Imagine how much
trust there would be if people
would only speak truth

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Is there enough sense
for consensus among us?
Polls set us apart

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This notion of “ours”
versus “theirs” has gone too far
Land and life are let

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A topknot does not
make ought of enlightenment
Be more than a ‘do

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Sensemaking asks us
to bottle jarring concepts
in our craniums

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Words give directions
Preface and about-face are
forewords and back-words

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Takes less energy
to go fully fossil free
than fricking fracking

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Some terms set limits
to our growth and awareness
Mindroll,² not mindset

1. Senryu (SEHN-ree-you) is a haiku-like poem traditionally focused on cynical or satirical musings about human nature
2. Mindrolling (MIN-drolling) or “ripening liberation,” alludes to where your mind is, and the practice of cultivating its transformation. From the Tibetan Buddhist Mindrolling lineage. A beautiful explanation of mindrolling by H.E. Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche can be found here: www.lotusgardens.org/news/emw-what-is-mindrolling/
   (Mindrise and Mindstream were also top candidates here)