My Buddhism-oriented poetry and photography reflect my affinity with Dōgen, Thomas Berry, Joanna Macy, Brian Swimme, Gary Snyder, Will Adams, and other ecologically oriented contemplatives. In this work, I recognize Earth’s interpenetrating physical and biological systems as actual root and kin of our bodies and hence as an essential focal point for our understanding of the nature of consciousness. The work expresses the urgency of (re)integrating the human mind with the natural systems that generate and sustain it – and hints at the awe, gratitude, and responsibility that this path entails. Dare with me.

The poems and photos on this page are original work by a human being and are protected by copyright.

Warm appreciation for Orion Howard’s assistance and for the support and forbearance of friends and family.

Reading, etc.

Magazines

Emergence

Orion

Tricycle

Books

Will Adams, A Wild and Sacred Call (2023)

Thomas Berry, The Dream of the Earth (1988)

Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (1967)

Loren Eiseley, The Firmament of Time (1960)

Margaret Gibson, The Glass Globe (2021, poetry)

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

Joanna Macy, World as Lover, Word as Self (2007)

Paul Reps, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957)

N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn (1968)

Gary Snyder, Earth House Hold (1969)

Gary Snyder, Mountains and Rivers Without End (1996)

Brian Swimme, The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos (1996)

Brian Swimme, Cosmogenesis (2022)

Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker, Journey of the Universe (2011)

Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt, The Essential Dogen (2013)

Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (1992)

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, ed., Spiritual Ecology (2016)

Alan Watts, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966)

Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855)

Films and Videos

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988)

Journey of the Universe (2011)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Manon of the Spring (1986)

Thursday Afternoon (Brian Eno, 1984)