- I watch people in the world
Throw away their lives lusting after things,by Taigu Ryokan 15 lines, 5 comments - 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, 6 comments - This treasure was discovered in a bamboo thicket --
I washed the bowl in a spring and then mended it.by Taigu Ryokan 5 lines, 2 comments - In a dilapidated three-room hut
I’ve grown old and tired;by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 1 comment - When I was a lad,
I sauntered about town as a gay blade,by Taigu Ryokan 8 lines, 2 comments - This is an introduction to the Japanese Zen poet Taigu Ryoken known for his beautiful almost seer-like poetry. He revelled in the love oby Oldpoetry 63 lines, 1 comment
- How can I possibly sleep
This moonlit evening?by Taigu Ryokan 4 lines, 1 comment - In my youth I put aside my studies
And I aspired to be a saint.by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 1 comment - In the morning, bowing to all;
In the evening, bowing to all.by Taigu Ryokan 11 lines, 1 comment - Yes, I’m truly a dunce
Living among trees and plants.by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment - 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 - When spring arrives
From every tree tipby Taigu Ryokan 6 lines, 1 comment - No luck today on my mendicant rounds;
From village to village I dragged myself.by Taigu Ryokan 7 lines, 1 comment - The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen;
Birds sing, the mountains grow dark --by Taigu Ryokan 2 lines - In stubborn stupidity, I live on alone
befriended by trees and herbs.by Taigu Ryokan 16 lines, 1 comment - Two miles from town, I meet an old woodcutter
and we travel the road lined with huge pines.by Taigu Ryokan 34 lines, 1 comment - Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluabby Ikkyu Sojun 4 lines, 1 comment
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