Dockyard Press


BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS



DOGO — LIFE AFTER EGO: ZEN PRACTICE IN THE REAL WORLD

book cover art: illustration of a faceless person in a suit surrouned by greenery with a city skyline in the background.


This book by an urban Zen Buddhist monk teaches that we are always enlightened, and we must take responsibility for realizing our enlightenment, seeing through our false sense of self and meeting our true nature. It invites us to meet life on its own terms, wherever we are, whoever we are, right now.

This is Zen for real life, in the world of relationships, jobs, dirty dishes, teacups and toilets. Zen is not a system of belief, or a theory about the meaning of life. It is beyond philosophy, beyond religion. It is the gateless gate to freedom from suffering.

This book was previously published in 2011, under the title Kill Your Self. The author says in this edition: "In the years since then, I have learned enough, through education and tragic experience, to no longer stand by a title that could easily be misunderstood. It was published in France as La vie apres l'ego, and so, for this and any future editions, it now has the same title in English."

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GERRY LOOSE — TWELVE AIRS

photograph of book. book cover art: two rectangles, the outer line is thick, the inner line half has thick. centred a quarer down the page is the title 'Twelve Airs' underlined by two lines. the topmost line is thin, the line underneath twice as thick as the line above. a few three quarters down the page is 'Gerry Loose'





A simple and plain new chapbook by Gerry Loose, a poet whose texts are as often found in gardens and other natural settings as on the page.

12 Airs contains two short six-poem sequences, one from 2001, the other from 21 years later – a continuity that resonates, making this, according to the author, the closest thing to music he has written.

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GREUM MAOL — NO: POEMS OF URBAN ZEN

photograph of book. book cover art: off-white cover. centred a quarer down the page is the title 'no'. underneath is the subtitle 'poems of urban zen'. three quarters down the page is 'greum maul' inside a cirlce.







i took a vow to save all beings
then one of them saved me

A chapbook containing 31 poems of meditation, impermanence and love.

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DAISHIN STEPHENSON — FROM OUTSIDE INTO THE CAVE

photograph of book. book cover art: off-white background. painting of branchless tree trunk. middle of the cover sits the title 'from outside into the cave'. an inch or so below the title is the author's name, daishin stephenson.







bird tugs worm out of soft ground
worm does not think "this should not be happening."

"from outside into the cave" combines the poetry and visual art of daishin stephenson, writer, painter, photographer, video artist and Zen Buddhist monk.

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DIGITAL EDITIONS


BARRY GRAHAM — FICTION, NONFICTION & POETRY

collage of book cover art of fourteen of Barry Graham's books.























BART LESSARD — FICTION

collage of book cover art of six of Bart Lessard's books.