Poem

  • Jakushitsu

    The valley stream supplies tea kettle water Mountain flowers sometimes enhance the fragrance of pagodas Sitting…

  • Mitsu Suzuki

    Her laughter comes ahead to greet me – spring in motion

  • Yosa Buson

    The sea in spring all day moves slowly slowly

  • Ikkyu

    Break open A cherry tree And there are no flowers, But the spring breeze, Brings forth…

  • Long-ya

    A rag-robed chewer of vegetables, my heart is like the clear autumn moon through and through.…

  • Ikkyu

    Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though,…

  • Mitsu Suzuki

    Walking this path – I choose one patch of sunlight after another

  • Ryokan

    Walking along I followed the drifting stream to its source But reaching the headwaters left me…

  • Hongzhi

    The true person of no rank is a slab of red meat. Great thousands of realms…

  • Baoce

    The sun rises across the mountains, The moon is full at the door; It’s not that…