Saturday, June 27, 2026

Daoshi by Daniel Skach-Mills

Conner Scott McManus


Daoshi


Leave past ways 

behind


Leave pathways

behind


Same things


No path, no ways,

no getting lost


The surest 

spiritual road 

is an exit

Daoshi: A Daoist priest, master, or teacher


Daniel Skach-Mills

A 2026 Pushcart Prize nominee, Daniel Skach-Mills’s poetry is forthcoming in The Pensive Journal and Wild Roof ReviewHis book, The Hut Beneath the Pine: Tea Poemswas a 2012 Oregon Book Award finalist. A former Trappist monk, Daniel lives with his husband in Portland, Oregon, where he served for 15 years as a docent at Lan Su Chinese Garden. He was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer in 2024.


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Conner Scott McManus Daoshi Leave past ways  behind Leave pathways behind Same things No path, no ways, no getting lost The surest  spiritua...