Taigu Ryokan's Poetry, by written

• Too Lazy To Be Ambitious

  Too lazy to be ambitious,
  I let the world take care of itself.

  6 lines, 3 comments
• The Way Of The Holy Fool

  At the crossroads this year, after
  begging all day

  7 lines, 1 comment
• Have You Forgotten Me

  have you forgotten me
      or lost the path here?

  5 lines
• Dreams

  in this dream world
      we doze

  5 lines
• begging

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

  5 lines
• First Days Of Spring - The sky

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

  19 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
• The Winds Have Died

  The winds have died, but flowers go on falling;
  birds call, but silence penetrates each song.

  4 lines
• This World

  This world
  A fading

  16 lines
• To Kindle A Fire

  To kindle a fire,
  the autumn winds have piled

  2 lines
• You Stop To Point At The Moon In The Sky

  You stop to point at the moon in the sky,
  but the finger's blind unless the moon is shining.

  10 lines
• When I Was A Lad

  When I was a lad,
  I sauntered about town as a gay blade,

  8 lines, 2 comments
• 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
• To My Teacher

  An old grave hidden away at the foot of a deserted hill,
  Overrun with rank weeds growing unchecked year after year;

  15 lines, 7 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
• Yes, I’m Truly A Dunce

  Yes, I’m truly a dunce
  Living among trees and plants.

  7 lines, 1 comment
• When All Thoughts

  When all thoughts
  Are exhausted

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Like The Little Stream

  Like the little stream
  Making its way

  4 lines, 1 comment
• At Dusk

  at dusk
  i often climb

  9 lines, 6 comments
• Blending With The Wind

  Blending with the wind,
  Snow falls;

  11 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
• 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
• Midsummer

  Midsummer --
  I walk about with my staff.

  8 lines, 1 comment
• How Can I Possibly Sleep

  How can I possibly sleep
  This moonlit evening?

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Stretched Out

  Stretched out,
  Tipsy,

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Wild Roses

  Wild roses,
  Plucked from fields

  4 lines, 2 comments
• For Children Killed In A Smallpox Epidemic

  When spring arrives
  From every tree tip

  6 lines, 2 comments
• I Watch People In The World

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

  15 lines, 23 comments
• The Wind Has Settled

  The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen;
  Birds sing, the mountains grow dark --

  2 lines, 1 comment

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