The Zen Poetic is a Poetry website and blog by G D Ogilvie. poetry with a Zen Twist.

Deep Beneath The Ground
```
Sages' of the earth

Mystical experiences

Mycelium speaks
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
30th April 2023

haiku, Nature, poem, writers

#communication, #connected, #haiku, #Mycelium, #nature, #network, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #writers, poetry
Schrödinger’s Telescope
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Mind bending vision

Seeing things from a new view

Altered state of life 
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
30th April 2023

consciousness, haiku, meditation, mindfulness, perceptions, poem, writers, zen

#consciousness, #haiku, #insight, #manifest, #meditation, #mindbending, #mindfulness, #mystical, #perceptions, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #psychedelic, #psychological, #Spiritual, #transformation, #visionary, #visions, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry
The Lamp in The Shadows

Presence without sight

The deep rooted inner light

Awareness shines bright

Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie

29th April 2023

consciousness, haiku, meditation, mindfulness, poem, writers, zen

#awareness, #being, #consciousness, #energy, #haiku, #innerbody, #innerworld, #light, #meditation, #mindfulness, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #portals, #presence, #shadows, #stillness, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry
Sticky Label
```
Note to self -
Who do you think you are?
What makes you tick?
Why so glib with your remarks?...

Do you see what I see?
Are you connected to my senses?
Or do you live in a separate dimension?

Deranged and estranged entanglement.
If you are me then what am I?

I glare bewilderingly into my reflection,
and ask, who's this guy?
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
29th April 2023

poem, writers

#consciousness, #darknightofthesoul, #detach, #detachment, #existentialcrisis, #identity, #illusions, #journey, #mirrors, #observe, #observing, #perceptions, #phantoms, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #questioning, #reflection, #selftalk, #theself, #thewatcher, #thoughts, #writers, poetry
Alert Inert
```
Press panic button

Await further instruction

Release the tension
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
26th April 2023

haiku, poem, writers, zen

#fear, #focus, #haiku, #instinct, #observe, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #power, #primal, #process, #selfcontrol, #stillness, #surrender, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry
The Contaminated
Just recovered from my first bout of COVID after claiming to everyone I know that I must be immune to it. Well it finally caught up with me and gave me the most horrendous couple of weeks. I’ll keep my mouth shut next time, completely jinxed myself. This following haiku is quite apt…
```
Viral invader

Wreaks havoc for many days

Repair and restore
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
23rd April 2023

haiku, poem, writers

#contamination, #covid, #haiku, #poem, #viral, #virus, #writers, poetry

It Came Out That Way

Polishing my repertoire of 
entertaining scribbles 

Organising bowls filled to the brim 
with delectable nibbles 

Filling a glass with poisonous mushrooms
They are quite safe - just toxic for the mind
(In the best possible way)

There's an echo delay
A man in a tin suit says "this is the way"

His little green friend comes out to play -
Queen "We are the champions"

Let's play some more songs
Make them our Anthems

We'll have a little dance
Pour some wine
On our bowls we shall dine

With all that said... everything should turn
out just fine... ... ...

17th April 2023

Humour, poem, writers

#creativity, #humour, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #Sci-Fi, #words, #writers, poetry

Headless Nomad
```
The breath-work begins

Thought machine floating in space

Where is my head now?
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
17th April 2023

haiku, meditation, mindfulness, poem, writers, zen

#awareness, #being, #boundless, #consciousness, #floating, #flowing, #focus, #haiku, #headless, #illusions, #meditation, #mindfulness, #observe, #observing, #perceptions, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #reality, #stillness, #theself, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry
Seeing The Feeling
```
They come and they go

Like memories made of sand

Like dust in the wind
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
22nd March 2023

awakening, consciousness, focus, haiku, meditation, mindfulness, poem, self awareness, Spiritual, writers, zen

#awareness, #being, #calming, #clarity, #compartmentalize, #consciousness, #dissolve, #emotions, #feelings, #flowing, #focus, #forgiveness, #haiku, #healing, #identity, #illusions, #insight, #letgo, #lettinggo, #meditation, #mentalhealth, #mindfulness, #observe, #observing, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #process, #reality, #release, #self-awareness, #senses, #Spiritual, #surrender, #theself, #thoughts, #transmutation, #wakingup, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry
Less is more
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Awareness of awareness

Hyper sensitive alertness


Mutliverse of consciousness

Unexplained senselessness


Discontented with contentedness

This makes no difference to all suchness


It is, and that's that, no need for exegesis

Already whole, complete with fullness

 
It's not necessary to question it's genesis

More or less... An egoical exodus 
```
Copyright © 2023 Gareth David Ogilvie
17th March 2023

awakening, consciousness, mindfulness, perceptions, philosophy, poem, self awareness, Universe, writers, zen

#awakening, #awareness, #clarity, #connected, #consciousness, #ego, #enlightenment, #illusions, #insight, #letgo, #lettinggo, #mindfulness, #nonduality, #observe, #observing, #perceptions, #philosophy, #poem, #poetrycommunity, #reality, #surrender, #theself, #writers, #zen, #zenpoetry, poetry

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Schrödinger’s Telescope

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Sticky Label

Alert Inert

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It Came Out That Way

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