On the Theme of IS

By bhi

Exploring the multiple facets of "IS"

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This word "IS"

By bhi on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

This word "is" keeps me awake looking past somewhere which is to the left of nowhere in the middle of nothing filled with something.
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The Buddha's Reply

By bhi on Mon, 28 Dec 2020

The second poem in the "IS" series
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Achilles’ Rising

By bhi on Tue, 12 Jan 2021

Achilles’ Rising There can be no unknowing of this is Since this is that that must be is. Scavengers of is are we; In dust and ash scrabbling to see...
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the uncertainty principle

By bhi on Mon, 29 Mar 2021

when i left the house this morning you were there. now returned, at the door, I’m afraid to open.
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Time

By bhi on Sat, 10 Apr 2021

continuing the exploration of IS
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A walk through Cricklewood Broadway

By bhi on Sun, 18 Apr 2021

taking a leisurely walk up the Broadway.
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Split Atoms and Broken Suns

By bhi on Thu, 29 Apr 2021

woke up to find the sun hidden behind thick cloud and lightning playing on the horizon
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The contagion that killed the fisherman's wife

By bhi on Wed, 16 Jun 2021

(this is my translation from the Arabic of AMM’s poem published 2018, and which forms part of a bigger narrative work looking at the transference of guilt and sin, and our relationship to death.)
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Sketches

By bhi on Mon, 21 Jun 2021

Some observations on the streams of humanity passing by
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DIY

By bhi on Thu, 08 Jul 2021

there are things which cannot and should not be fixed
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My father was

By bhi on Sat, 10 Jul 2021

an attempt to understand why my father was as he was
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Abundance

By bhi on Fri, 13 Aug 2021

the capability to share makes us human
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Welsh Rarebit

By bhi on Sat, 14 Aug 2021

memory of happiness
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Moving on

By bhi on Tue, 17 Aug 2021

memories are all good and fine, but that's all they should be, the future waits.
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The Syllables of The Other

By bhi on Wed, 15 Sep 2021

Before the first word a moment, within that moment all moments, and within those moments the collective hymns for each world and each instant of...
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Eight weeks into lockdown

By bhi on Thu, 14 Oct 2021

a retrospective
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Owl Down

By bhi on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

We found a dead owl on our morning walk.
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(This Life) Part 1: Dog Treats

By bhi on Tue, 02 Nov 2021

Contemplations ....
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(This Life) Part 2: Webs

By bhi on Wed, 01 Dec 2021

walks with my dogs
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(This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow

By bhi on Mon, 03 Jan 2022

The local butcher's shop was gutted by fire and rebuilt. We passed by early morning once the scaffolding and boards had been taken down.
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(This Life) Part 4: The Neighbour’s Wife

By bhi on Fri, 14 Jan 2022

to be part of, to see, to be
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(This Life) Part 5: Fox binned

By bhi on Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Garden out of bounds – builders’ mess spreading fast this past week - we turn left into Katherine’s rutted lane, dogs scenting, pulling, me...
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(This Life) Part 6: The Bee Keeper’s Daughter

By bhi on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

Unique lives and friendships - each to be appreciated
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