Glasgow Zen. Alan Spence

      

      GLASGOW ZEN

      Alan Spence

      To

       Edwin Morgan

      CONTENTS

      Glasgow Zen

      Jingle

      Joshu’s Mu

      Japanese Boxes

      Today

      Motorway Red

      Rag

      Paddy’s

      Sing

      Lorry

      Song

      Prayer Flag

      Silver

      Tarnish

      Eye of the Storm

      Loop

      Touching the Void

      Same Old

      As Light

      Seeing Mount Fuji

      EM

      Football Haiku

      The Pundits

      Glasgow’s Full of Poets

      After the Japanese (1)

      After the Japanese (2)

      Issa

      Ryokan

      Santoka

      Oracle

      Glasgow Zen (2)

      Coda

       GLASGOW ZEN

       On the oneness of self and universe

      IT’S AW WAN

      TAE ME

      On the ultimate identity of matter and spirit, form and void

      WHIT’S THE MATTER?

      NUTHIN!

       On the suchness of things

      AYE, THIS IS IT

      THIS IS THE THING

       On identity in difference

      SIX AN

      HAUF A DOZEN

      On the implicit dualism of value-judgements

      IT’S AWFUL

      GOOD

       JINGLE

      Jingle on Glasgow city arms

       This is the bell that never rang

       This is the fish that never swam

       This is the tree that never grew

       This is the bird that never flew

      This is the bell that never rang

       This

      RANG

       This is

      RANG RANG

       This is the bell

      RANG

       This is the bell that

      RANG

      This is never

      RANG

      This is never the bell that

      RANG

      This is the rang bell

      RANG RANG RANG

      This is the bell that

      RANG RANG RANG RANG

      never

       This is the tree that never grew

      This tree never grew green

      This green tree never grew

      Neverever green grew this tree

      This tree grew never evergreen

       This is the bird that never flew

      this is the

      bird

      this is the

      bird

      this wee

      bird

      teenie

      bird

      totie

      bird

      chookie

      bird

      this is the

      bird

      it never

      flew

      never

      flew

      never

      flew

      never

      flew

      aw!

       This is the fish that never swam

      this is the fish

      tell me who I am

      fish out of water

      never ever swam