Randy McGraw

Thirty Years in Asia. Business at Scale. Life at Depth.

Poem · The Road to Singapore Leads Through Mississippi, Part 1

Sanzyuusan-gendo

Randy McGraw  ·  Kyoto

Kyoto · Sanjūsangen-dō, the iron-bound doors.

Swallowed naturallyBy a mouth that does not crave,To the place that’s darkAnd filled with lightDo I tumble,To a vastnessThat is not barren—Gravity can change His course, I discover,For I floatUnbearably lightWith a girder of understandingAtop my shoulders.At home in its complexion,I am overtaken,The thought running past meIs the peaceWhich I must leave behind.

© Randy McGraw. From The Road to Singapore Leads Through Mississippi, Part 1. Reproduced here by the author; no reproduction or use without written permission.

Selected poems

  1. At Jimbaran: Awarenessing  ·  Part 2
  2. At My Favorite Izakaya  ·  Part 1
  3. Of Hakodate, Hijikata and Heliotropism  ·  Part 2
  4. Pell City  ·  Part 1
  5. The Oppression of Freedom, II  ·  Part 2
  6. Alchemy @ Omote-Sando Crossing  ·  Part 1
  7. How When You See  ·  Part 2
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