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Podcast: Poems of Annihilation
Episode: The green leaves are thick with poetic themes, conducive to writing
Description: The Saga Diary of David Smith journeying in Colombia and reading Basho’s Journey by David Landis Barnhill page 82 haiku poetry travel journal “nothing is as alluring as solitude” Sant Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj “if a guest gains a half a day of quiet leisure, the host loses a day of quiet leisure” the recluse Davy & Chosho inner moon shinto “devoid of talent, I wish only to sleep” firewood at the hostal Kimana in Santa Rosa de Cabal Villa de Cocora wax palms hototogisu cuckoo birds half monk zen master Alan Watts “handing over to an expat a small shack” “I have quiet leisure...