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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 43, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: By and large the monks I meet
Last Line: Are more perceptive than them
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Fools; Ignorance; Monks; Idiots; Dullness; Stupdity
First Line: By and large the monks I meet
Last Line: Are more perceptive than them
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Fools; Ignorance; Monks; Idiots; Dullness; Stupdity
By and large the monks I meet
love their meat and wine
instead of climbing to Heaven
they slip back down to Hell
they chant a sutra or two
to fool the laymen in town
unaware the laymen in town
are more perceptive than them
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