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The Black CushionHow I would miss
A previous version was published in Mystic Horizon Press. Copyright 2006 by Ellen Kombiyil
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Ellen writes:
The poem was inspired by my time at Dai Bosatsu Zendo in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. It is part of a larger body of work exploring that place on the spiritual path where there is an overwhelming desire to be without desire.
Ellen Kombiyil is a New Yorker currently living in India. She has been published in many wonderful literary magazines including, most recently, The Pedestal, Perigee, and Poems Niederngasse. She will also be included in the 2005 edition of The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku. Ellen can be reached via email at: eachilles@gmail.com.
