Thursday, March 22, 2012

Koan

Someone left a single shoe in the sun.
Forlorn and weird, it lay unable to run.
A Koan it seemed, a riddle posed by Zen,
Seeking solution beyond the normal ken.
What silent race in life does one shoe run?

(c) copyright 2012 Charles David Miller. All rights reserved.

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17 comments:

  1. Madeleine Begun KaneMarch 22, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    Thanks for joining in on limerick day.

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  2. steveroniMarch 22, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    NOW! THIS one I like...you're serious, man!

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    1. Brian MillerMarch 22, 2012 at 8:14 PM

      nice...i def like going outside the usual happy banter of the limerick...one shoe...when i see those it is quite sad...far too many single shoes out there you know...bet they are lonely...and they def seem a story ready to be told.

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    2. Brian MillerMarch 22, 2012 at 8:26 PM

      nice...i def like going outside the usual happy banter of the limerick...one shoe...when i see those it is quite sad...far too many single shoes out there you know...bet they are lonely...and they def seem a story ready to be told.

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    3. UnknownMarch 22, 2012 at 8:31 PM

      Really, I have never seen a single shoe on the side of the road like that. Maybe I was just in that frame of mind that day. And here I've been thinking about it for how long?! :)

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    4. Brian MillerMarch 22, 2012 at 10:43 PM

      seriously...i see them all over the place...must say something about our town...and one shoed people...actually found a pretty nice pair of gloves on the side of the road yesterday when i was out walking with my son....

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  3. AnonymousMarch 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM

    This gives me pause and something to ruminate on, thank you.

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  4. ScarletMarch 22, 2012 at 8:33 PM

    A single shoe in the sun...an intriguing post...

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  5. Mary B. MansfieldMarch 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    great limerick, that last line is wonderful!

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  6. BeachannyMarch 22, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    The Zen Limerick. Fun and deep. Makes me feel so "method". Well done.

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  7. SemaphoreMarch 22, 2012 at 10:30 PM

    Watch out! This limerick makes you think.
    It's enough to drive poets to drink.
    Or would that be our nature?
    Not a bug, but a feature.
    Here's to you, Chaz! More power to your ink!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 22, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    To walk a mile is an answer. Tahnks

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  9. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 23, 2012 at 6:58 AM

    Excellent stuff - great last line!

    Anna :o]

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  10. Frank WatsonMarch 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    A shoe, a hat, and zen
    Two limericks from your pen
    The first a philosophy
    The next an apostrophe
    So to you, a wise man, I say amen!

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  11. PattiKenMarch 23, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    Deep, and definitely of a different ken, or maybe drummer. I like it.

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  12. Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 23, 2012 at 11:13 PM

    Love your koan!

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  13. AnonymousMarch 24, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    I always think of the single shoe as taken by teasing classmate and thrown over a wire. A very lonely image. As is the batty hat. K.

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