A book, the world for a book!

Sometime during a year and half ago, I got jaded with reading in general and packed all my books up. Cardboard boxes filled up, and thusly they remained gathering dust.

Recently I picked up one of my all time fav book:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

As Bacon said 'Some books are to be tasted..'.. this one's to be read wholly and diligently. I'm borrowing a few words from wikipedia to describe the book's content:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig's texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. The 1974 book describes a journey across the United States, punctuated by numerous philosophical discussions (many of them on epistemology and the philosophy of science) which the author refers to as chautauquas. The title is an incongruous play on the title of the earlier Eugen Herrigel book Zen in the Art of Archery.

Here's the link if you'd want to read more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

For the love of rhyme, here I wasted my time

I didn't know she was listening
Till I put the phone down

I didn't notice her eyes twinkling
Till I wiped my tears with a frown

But I sure did hear her happily singing
When I confirmed that her mom's coming to town!

A 2.30 am composition ;-)

Impulsive Haiku

eager knowledge seeker
beaver pales when compared
and he says "yeah, I know"


Wrote this while chatting with Laks about Haikus, and his saying "yeah I know" ;-)

Haiku Moment

Here are a few haikus I've attempted:

Fickle pursuits
of an agitated mind
For love, ever stilled


Ceaseless traffic all around
A cacophony of sounds
her silver anklets clink


Pitter patter of soft rain
A paper boat drowns
I make another


White hot sunday
Love burns me
Endless window shopping



It's a profound feeling to attempt Haikus.

The Tao of Life

The rain's stopped lashing at my window
Shedding tears of laughter
Why cry When we can laugh at life?

An idle Sun smiles gently then
It's warm light, a calming assurance
Why trust the unpredictable Wind?

Sweet aroma of Jasmine spreads around
Pause a bit, savor the moment
What's the hurry, where to run?

Life's all about chances
Live it while it lasts
It's all a big joke anyway. Right? ;-)


- Jai