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Dismantling

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Dale Hobson

If you have watched the progress of the laborious construction of an intricate Tibetan sand mandala, seeing it be swept away can be a little traumatic. “No! Wait! Oh well–so it goes.” I. The Mandala Grain by grain the monks … Continue reading →

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The Tenzo Teaches Baka to Sit

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Dale Hobson

A change from the usual–a little short fiction that arose as a prolonged daydream I had while I should have been counting my breaths as a novice meditator during my first three-day sesshin at the zen center. The Tenzo Teaches … Continue reading →

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Beautiful as Ever

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Dale Hobson

In another poem I call ed memory “that other light by which we see the world.” This is never more the case than when we look upon those we love. Beautiful as Ever Along the river, I remember your long … Continue reading →

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What Guys Do and Do Not Do

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Dale Hobson

Guys do not gambol,neither do they frolic. Guys keep themselvesbusy fixing things,explaining things, andturning the world’s crank. You’re welcome.

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Waiting for the mail

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dale Hobson

In the time since I was sixteen, I have disseminated poetry in newspapers and little literary magazines and anthologies, on broadsides and in slender chapbooks. I have declaimed poetry in the back rooms of liquor resorts, from pulpits, in bookstores … Continue reading →

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