poetic listening

Poetry, photos, and reflections about the mystery and mindfulness of poetry emergent from a year-long experiment to write a haiku a day.

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Zen Brain conference in 2017, which explored the theme, "Mind, Brain, Social Perspectives of Views, Values, Ethics."

A collection of one hundred thoughts, Advent reflections.

A chapter weaving reflections emergent from the apprenticeship program that includes narratives from each of the four apprentices.

A dharma talk shared at Upaya Zen Center exploring the wisdom of haiku in relationship with peacebuilding.