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The poetic city: “Koan”

Apr 10, 2023 • Creative Writing

The infinity of infinity (photo: Wiki Media Commons)

Koan

 
I went fishing for a poem
but caught a koan instead.
 
It took me on such a wild ride 
I thought I might drown 
in a sea of complexity and 
contradiction. 
 
But I held on and didn’t give up 
until we returned to where we started. 
 
There I let go of everything 
I didn’t need to know…
 
And then I watched as the koan 
dissolved itself leaving me full of wonder 
and all aglow.
 
Reece Burka
2/24/23

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