Poetry Hut Blog

No news tomorrow but please enjoy this preview of the forthcoming Huang Xiang exhibit at the downtown Nashville public library. [more about the exhibit]

The photos are courtesy of Paul and Jill, who I sort of know through local Shambhala training (though the circumstances with my health & situation with my parents has made it hard to show up haha).

I read Chögyam Trungpa’s Shambhala book (gulp) 20 years ago & have had a hankering to revisit that practice once again. Now that I am feeling better - onward. Trungpa was, um, controversial haha but solid I think. Crazy wisdom eh?

I was a Buddhist long before I was a poet, funny. Shortly after I began studying with Gehlek Rinpoche, Allen Ginsberg began studying with him, too. That was back when we had teachings in Rinpoche’s garage heh. I think I said hi to Allen Ginsberg like once. He kind of freaked me out haha.

Anway, Om Tare Tu Tare Ture Soha, ya’ll & if you think I’m a flake/kook/flook just ignore me but be sure to enjoy the beautiful sneak preview. Paul told me one of the lines of poetry is:

My heart is a boat moored at the riverbend where I harbor passion all day long for that pair of skinny but pure arms.

Happy Solstice!

Chinese poet-in-exile and master calligrapher Huang Xiang turns the Fine Art Gallery at the downtown library into a “book” of poetry, inscribing his work on banners and the gallery walls for “A Moment of Eternity: The Art and Expression of Chinese Poetry Calligraphy,” June 23-October 14, at Main Library, 615 Church St. [more: He writes poetry on the walls]

A Moment of Eternity–Opening Reception
Date: Saturday, June 23
Time: 11:30 AM
Main Library
615 Church St
Downtown Nashville TN

(Church St has probably the most photographed sign in Nashville besides Wendell Smith’s.)