like clockwork ~

the trumpeters of spring ~

a place setting ~

I hear it in the deep heart's core ~

 I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

 I will arise and go now, for always night and day
 I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

William Butler Yeats - The Lake Isle of Innisfree

immortal ~

give us this day ~

i think that covers my version of the word dog ~

 Love includes accepting others and being noble, reasonable, openhearted, resourceful, and free of possessiveness. With love, you are totally gentle, utterly kind, thorough, wise, fearless, and willing to commit yourself to any situation. You are warrriorlike, industrious, tireless, and never take time off for yourself. I think that the covers the Buddhist version of the word love.

 Chogyam Trungpa - “Love, Vision, and Warriorship” in The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two