Poems about Zen

• I Watch People In The World

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 15 lines, 23 comments
• At Dusk

  at dusk
  i often climb

  by Taigu Ryokan 9 lines, 6 comments
• Blending With The Wind

  Blending with the wind,
  Snow falls;

  by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 2 comments
• My legacy

  My legacy --
  What will it be?

  by Taigu Ryokan 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;

  by Taigu Ryokan 15 lines, 7 comments
• My Cracked Wooden Bowl

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 5 lines, 9 comments
• Teishin

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 6 lines, 2 comments
• Wild Roses

  Wild roses,
  Plucked from fields

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 2 comments
• When I Was A Lad

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 8 lines, 2 comments
• In A Dilapidated Three-Room Hut

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 3 comments
• Zen Poet Taigu Ryoken

  This is an introduction to the Japanese Zen poet Taigu Ryoken known for his beautiful almost seer-like poetry. He revelled in the love o

  by Old Poetry 63 lines, 1 comment
• Final Curve

  When you turn the corner
  And you run into yourself

  by Langston Hughes 12 lines
• When All Thoughts

  When all thoughts
  Are exhausted

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 1 comment
• How Can I Possibly Sleep

  How can I possibly sleep
  This moonlit evening?

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 1 comment
• In The Morning

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 2 comments
• In My Youth I Put Aside My Studies

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 1 comment
• No Mind

  With no mind, flowers lure the
  butterfly;

  by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment
• Yes, I’m Truly A Dunce

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment
• Like The Little Stream

  Like the little stream
  Making its way

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 1 comment
• For Children Killed In A Smallpox Epidemic

  When spring arrives
  From every tree tip

  by Taigu Ryokan 6 lines, 2 comments
• The Wind Has Settled

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 2 lines, 1 comment
• Three Thousand Worlds

  The Three Thousand Worlds
    that step forward

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines
• Reply To A Friend

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 16 lines, 1 comment
• Midsummer

  Midsummer --
  I walk about with my staff.

  by Taigu Ryokan 8 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.

  by Taigu Ryokan 5 lines, 2 comments
• Stretched Out

  Stretched out,
  Tipsy,

  by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 1 comment
• No Luck Today On My Mendicant Rounds

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment
• Slopes Of Mount Kugami

  Slopes
  of Mount Kugami—

  by Taigu Ryokan 20 lines, 1 comment
• At Master Do's Country House

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

  by Taigu Ryokan 34 lines, 2 comments
• The Way Of The Holy Fool

  At the crossroads this year, after
  begging all day

  by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment

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