Taigu Ryokan's Poetry, by title

• begging

      today's begging is finished; at the crossroads
      i wander by the side of hachiman shrine

  5 lines
• At Dusk

  at dusk
  i often climb

  9 lines, 6 comments
• At Master Do's Country House

  Two miles from town, I meet an old woodcutter
  and we travel the road lined with huge pines.

  34 lines, 2 comments
• Blending With The Wind

  Blending with the wind,
  Snow falls;

  11 lines, 2 comments
• Down In The Village

  Down in the village
  the din of

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Dreams

  in this dream world
      we doze

  5 lines
• First Days Of Spring - The sky

  First days of Spring-the sky
  is bright blue, the sun huge and warm.

  19 lines
• For Children Killed In A Smallpox Epidemic

  When spring arrives
  From every tree tip

  6 lines, 2 comments
• Have You Forgotten Me

  have you forgotten me
      or lost the path here?

  5 lines
• How Can I Possibly Sleep

  How can I possibly sleep
  This moonlit evening?

  4 lines, 1 comment
• I Watch People In The World

  I watch people in the world
  Throw away their lives lusting after things,

  15 lines, 23 comments
• In A Dilapidated Three-Room Hut

  In a dilapidated three-room hut
  I’ve grown old and tired;

  11 lines, 3 comments
• In My Youth I Put Aside My Studies

  In my youth I put aside my studies
  And I aspired to be a saint.

  11 lines, 1 comment
• In The Morning

  In the morning, bowing to all;
  In the evening, bowing to all.

  11 lines, 2 comments
• Like The Little Stream

  Like the little stream
  Making its way

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Midsummer

  Midsummer --
  I walk about with my staff.

  8 lines, 1 comment
• My Cracked Wooden Bowl

  This treasure was discovered in a bamboo thicket --
  I washed the bowl in a spring and then mended it.

  5 lines, 9 comments
• My legacy

  My legacy --
  What will it be?

  5 lines, 2 comments
• No Luck Today On My Mendicant Rounds

  No luck today on my mendicant rounds;
  From village to village I dragged myself.

  7 lines, 1 comment
• No Mind

  With no mind, flowers lure the
  butterfly;

  7 lines, 1 comment
• Orchid

  Deep in the valley, a beauty hides:
  Serene, peerless, incomparably sweet.

  3 lines
• Reply To A Friend

  In stubborn stupidity, I live on alone
  befriended by trees and herbs.

  16 lines, 1 comment
• Returning To My Native Village

  Returning to my native village after many years’ absence:
  I'll I put up at a country inn and listen to the rain.

  5 lines, 2 comments
• Rise Above

  you must rise above
      the gloomy clouds

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Slopes Of Mount Kugami

  Slopes
  of Mount Kugami—

  20 lines, 1 comment
• Stretched Out

  Stretched out,
  Tipsy,

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Teishin

  “When, when?” I sighed.
  The one I longed for

  6 lines, 2 comments
• The Lotus

  First blooming in the Western Paradise,
  The lotus has delighted us for ages.

  7 lines
• The Plants And Flowers

  The plants and flowers
  I raised about my hut

  4 lines
• The Thief Left It Behind

  The thief left it behind:
  the moon

  2 lines, 2 comments

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