Tag: zen
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Note (76) Ryōkan’s Hangover
Half-cocked running down the road in “crocs” — unplanned Once a Wheatfield boy, always *** When you’re drunk each little moment becomes enough Like being a child again But not quite. *** I like to think of Ryōkan hungover the poems people never talk about those that were never published Cherry blossoms falling on a…
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Run With Me to Zen Poet Ryōkan’s Hermitage
One of the amazing things about living in Japan is being so close to so much history all the time. Last winter I discovered that one of my favorite Zen poets — and one who is now famous worldwide, though long-gone from this world physically — Ryōkan, spent around 20 years near the foot of…
Voluntary Japan 