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Tales of Improbable Magic
The Ultimate Collected Work! by John Levin: Short Fiction, Sci-Fi, Poems, Essays, Comedy, Meditation, & finally! Politics, too.
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Aug 22, 2023
How Bodhidharma Overcame the Asteroid
With help from a time traveling goat
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Jun 21, 2023
Zero, But With Color
Bodhidharma’s grandmother told me
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Sep 27, 2022
Four Stories From Heaven
That somehow fell here
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May 9, 2021
The Zen Master’s Best Friend
A tail wagger, for sure
One time a Zen Master decided to…
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Dec 10, 2020
How to Climb Mountains That Don’t Exist
An attempt at describing the Emptiness
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Aug 4, 2020
Two Taoist Masters Impressing Each Other
A poem, also a koan
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Aug 17, 2020
I Was Stalked By A Universe
A poem which is a koan
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Oct 11, 2020
Time, Trees, Twelve Chickens
A poem about thoughts stopping — on their own
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Oct 30, 2020
How to Float, Unlike a Potato
A honeysuckle poem, in a way
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Nov 5, 2020
Hokusai, Centered on Clouds
A poem, a koan, get ready to go
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