Poem from Rohatsu Sesshin

A seed is planted, a wheat stalk grows.
A farmer takes her scythe to harvest.
A grain is milled into a fine flour.
A baker turns the flour to bread.
A man buys the bread and slices it.
This is the one universe of time.
And with each slice,

A moment of now.

~ Cassady Zen’etsu Coakley

Image: Taigen during samu