Kerry Blaser’s Poems

Poetry

I wrote these poems when I was 21. I was studying Chinese and Religious Studies. I was in an Indian Buddhism class. I loved it. So much love came out of my heart.

HIM

The cutest little boy in Tibet.

THE WISE

Sitting on the character for Heart at Mt. PuTuo—home of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, GuanYin

SAME

Poetry commonly written on rocks at Mt. Tiantai

CYCLE

Young Buddhist nun who showed me Mt. Puotuo

OVERCOMING ONE PART OF DUALITY

Mt. Everest Basecamp in Tibet in 1993

INDEPENDENT FALLACY

Sitting on a bus going over the highest road in the world going into Tibet

SUCHNESS

My favorite Buddhist statue in Suzhou, China