Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 37, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Drunk on delusion greed and anger Last Line: You learn to turn to yourself Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Greed; Pain; Prisons & Prisoners; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Buddha; Buddhists; Avarice; Cupidity; Suffering; Misery; Convicts | ||||||||
Drunk on delusion greed and anger dazed and unaware you turn money into a dream a dream that becomes an iron jail using one pain to get rid of another you never get rid of pain unless you learn before it's too late you learn to turn to yourself | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECULAR GAMES by RICHARD HOWARD WHAT DID YOU SEE? by FANNY HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN WORK IN PROGRESS by CHARLES MARTIN THE SUBCULTURE OF THE WRONGLY ACCUSED by THYLIAS MOSS THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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