Poem
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Izumi Shikibu
Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this…
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Mumon
Speaking too much degrades virtue, No words are truly effective; Even though the great ocean should…
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Larry Yang
May I be loving, open, and aware in this moment; If I cannot be loving, open,…
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Paul Tran
Who doesn’t know how doubt lifts the hem of its nightgown to reveal another inch of…
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Dogen
The family style is pure white, like plum blossoms, snow, and the moon. At the time…
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Ikkyu
Many paths lead from The foot of the mountain But at the peak We all gaze…
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Hanshan
On ancient rocks are ancient tracks below high cliffs there’s a clearing always bright when the…
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Robert Frost
The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree…
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W.S. Merwin
In the morning as the storm begins to blow away the clear sky appears for a…
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Martin Appletree
Stumbling upon the unexpected, you are realized anew. I have been enjoying Martin’s poems on his…
Shundo David Haye - Zen Priest 