Tricycle magazine's on-line edition recently displayed a web-button in the left margin which caught my attention as it eluded to no less than three of my personal areas of interest (in no particular order): poetry, Gary Snyder and meditation. First published in 1991, eco-poet Gary Snyder's article Just One Breath: The Practice of Poetry and Meditation, in which he expands on the relationship between the act of writing poetry and meditating.
Though Snyder does discuss his own journey with Zen Buddhism, he shares in a way that does not exclude those who do not sit (mediate) for long periods of time, by recognizing up front the value of even a single conscious breathe.
A long standing Snyder fan, I was amazed at how new, fresh and personal this 18 year-old(!) felt. Snyder discusses how he came to his process of writing poetry and how he found balance in both his meditative and writing practices. I invite you to check out the articel at the link above and leave you with this thougth from Synder:
An accomplished poem, like an exemplary life, is a brief presentation, a uniqueness in the oneness, a complete expression, and a kind gift exchange in the mind-energy webs.
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