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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ZEN BUDDHISM Matches Found: 817 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` , by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The drop caught / in the curl behind your left ear lobe Last Line: Tip of my tongue. Subject(s): Bodies; Details; Love - Erotic; Man-woman Relationships; Shaving; Water; Zen Buddhism; Things; Male-female Relations ABANDONED HUT, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Those plum blossoms Last Line: All over the ground Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ABBOT ZHAN'S CELL, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He sounds the evening drum himself, the early morning bell Last Line: He lies down to hear the patter of rain on his window Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ABOVE THE POND, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mountain monks %over their chess game sit Last Line: Like chess men falling Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism ABSOLUTE, by HUI K'O Poem Source First Line: Selfless dharmas are all empty Last Line: Truth is in the middle of things Subject(s): Hearts; Zen Buddhism ACHING OF LIFE, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: There must be something better Last Line: I found moonlight between a woman's legs Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER FINISHING A POEM, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Those two lines cost me three years Last Line: I'll go home, and lie down, %in the ancient mountain autumn Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism AFTER GATHERING FIREWOOD IN THE MOUNTAINS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Buddha will feast on plums and delicious potato gruel Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 1, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our minds buzz like bees Last Line: They say, moving to another flower. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 12, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not here and now but now and here Last Line: And study the ticking of your watch. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 18, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My zabuton doubles as a dog bed. Rose sleep Last Line: Of my own warm water dance, my sitting too long at the fire. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 2, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The well pit is beneath where the pump shed burned Last Line: A vernal pool where frogs live trapped in a universe. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 3, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've wasted too much moonlight Last Line: Hour among the wet leaves in the birdbath. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 50, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I'm not mistaken, everyone seems to go back Last Line: Beside which all churches and temples are privy holes. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 6, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shoju sat all night in the graveyard Last Line: He arose, peed, and ate breakfast. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTER IKKYU: 7, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With each shot Last Line: To bring home the bacon. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AFTERIMAGES, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The volcanic smoke of mount aso Last Line: In the pit. Now it fans up. The earth's %fiery column is nearly extinguished Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AHEAD - THE GREEN CREEK SPARKLES AS IT FLOWS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: What need is there to search for anything Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Solitude; Zen Buddhism ALL MY LIFE TOO LAZY TO TRY AND GET AHEAD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I stick out my two legs any old way I please Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ALL THAT FALL'S NONE OTHER THAN, by SHEI-AN LIAO YEN Poem Source Last Line: Body of the buddha Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ALLEGORY, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Nothing in the universe can be figured out Last Line: Here we are, without a doubt, still having doubts! Subject(s): Fables; Zen Buddhism ALLEGORY, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Often I doubt the buddhist way Last Line: I cannot save myself Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ALONG THE HEDGE A FEW BRANCHES OF GOLDEN MUMS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And this monk returns home with a full bowl Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AMIDST A THOUSAND CLOUDS AND TEN THOUSAND STREAMS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Here it's as tranquil as autumn river water Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Nature; Zen Buddhism ANCHORED FOR THE NIGHT AT MAPLE BRIDGE, by CHANG CHI+(1) Poem Source First Line: Crows caw as the moon sets Last Line: At midnight the voice of its bell %reaches this traveller's boat Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ANCIENT BUDDHAS TAUGHT THE DHARMA, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Trying to gauge the depths of life's ups and downs Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AND OLD TEMPLE, by ZEKKAI CHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Which way did it face? This ancient temple gate Last Line: Hard to tell whether they're from t'ang or sung Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ANSWERING LU YE, by LIANG YI Poem Source First Line: I heard wind and waterfall Last Line: Those objects hanging from the eaves, %just autumn clouds Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Zen Buddhism AS DARKNESS FALLS, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: Pines chill along the crest Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AS FOR ME, I DELIGHT IN THE EVERYDAY WAY, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: While the round moon climbs up cold mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ASCENDING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Strong winds across the sky, %the howling of apes Last Line: Frustrated, I throw down %my cup of cloudy wine Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ASLEEP WITHIN THE GRAVE, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: My litle garden o'er Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT A THATCHED HUT ON THE FLOWER BANK OF MOUNT T'IEN-T'AI ..., by HSU YUN Poem Source First Line: Hard rain, our gathered firewood scant Last Line: Wrapped in robes of zen Subject(s): Rain; Zen Buddhism AT AN OLD TEMPLE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To raindrops through the cedars Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT DEATHBED, by T'AEGO Poem Source First Line: Life is like a bubble Last Line: A crimson sun sinks on the west peak! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT DUSK, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: The foot of the mountain Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT GUSU, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: The ancient terrace now invisible Last Line: At cold peak, a little heap of dirt Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism AT HU-K'OU, MOURNING FOR KAO PO-TZU, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Though he was young, kao Last Line: This evening sun %this loneliness Subject(s): Mourning; Zen Buddhism AT NIGHT, DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Suddenly, above the highest peak, the full moon appears Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT THE ZEN MOUNTAIN MONASTERY, by RACHEL WETZSTEON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A double line of meditators sits Last Line: Down broadway and up west end avenue Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT TOMO HARBOR, by CHUGAN ENGETSU Poem Source First Line: Cold wind in the southern trees: autumn in the city by the sea Last Line: Clamor-and-clang forth their tunes as they sail %upon orchid boats Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT WANG CHANGLING'S RETREAT, by CHANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: Here, beside a clear deep lake Last Line: On your western mountain with phoenixes and cranes Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AT YIYE TEMPLE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I play with stones and sit beside the stream Last Line: The sounds of spring are everywhere Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AUTUMN, by IIO SOGI Poem Source First Line: Bushes bend toward earth Last Line: Night growing cold Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AUTUMN EVENING IN THE HILLS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Through empty hills new washed by rain Last Line: Yet, friend, there is enough to keep you here Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AUTUMN MOON, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: The moon appears in every season, it is true Last Line: Whose home will drink up the most moonbeams Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AUTUMN NIGHT ON THE RIVER, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: Rain obscures the green river Last Line: The moonlight, there, in %floating shallow places bright Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Zen Buddhism AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Withered vine, old tree, dark crow Last Line: A china sun sets in the west, %heartbroken at sky's edge Variant Title(s): To The Tune Of "sky-clear Sand": Autumn Thought Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AUTUMN'S COLD, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here's my snowy crown Last Line: To learn from empty boats! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Zen Buddhism AUTUMN'S WHITEMESS, by SESSON YUBAI Poem Source First Line: Autumn gales drive the shimmering silver saucer of the moon Last Line: For the man of the way there is only perception of the one-color realm Subject(s): Zen Buddhism AWAKENING FROM A NAP, by T'SUNG YEUH Poem Source First Line: Within these many miles %I see no one Last Line: Awake from a nap on a cliff, %I forget to worry at last Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BACK YARD, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The sky clears after rain Last Line: The pores of a peach-like girl. %the persimmon's leaves are gone again Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BAMBOO, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: The thick bamboo grove near my hut Last Line: And want them to thrive here always Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BAMBOO GROVE, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: I come humbly to the bamboo grove Last Line: The bright moon, how we shine together Subject(s): Bamboo; Leaves; Nature; Pandas; Zen Buddhism BEFORE MY EYES, by CH'AN CH'ENG Poem Source First Line: The fragrance comes in Last Line: Take a sip from the flower Subject(s): Eyes; Vision; Waking; Zen Buddhism BEGINNING OF ART, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: And a rice-planting song Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BEGONIAS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The east wind blows gently Last Line: To shine on their scarlet beauty Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BIRDS SING IN THE MOUNTAIN STREAM, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In calmness, the sweet olive blossoms fall Last Line: Their song inside the stream Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BLENDING WITH THE WIND, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Like a dream Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BOATMAN'S FLUTE, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Today there is no wind on the yangtze Last Line: And leaps ten feet into the air Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BODHI ORIGINALLY HAS NO TREE, by HUINENG Poem Source Last Line: Where is there room for dust? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BODY, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: My body's been torn to pieces Last Line: An airplane passes between %my legs. Sky's my body Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BODY SPEAKS TO THE SHADOW: 1, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: Heaven and earth exists always; %mountains and rivers without change Last Line: When the wine is offered %always take a drink Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BOOKS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It is when we are near the end of a book that we enjoy it Last Line: How rarely in a hundred years do we open our hearts! Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BREAM, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: What's land? What's water? Last Line: Brushed by trumpet lilies, roses, %the bream opens/shuts his mouth Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BRUSH AND INKSTONE, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: How is my karma related to the brush and inkstone Last Line: Is the great hero buddha Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BUDDHA PROCLAIMED COUNTLESS TEACHINGS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And stop trying to rank buddha's teaching Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BUDDHA'S PATH, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: This is the way he traveled to flee the world Last Line: And traverses illusion Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BUDDHIST BEGGING, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Early on the first of august Last Line: No matter how many aeons may pass Subject(s): Zen Buddhism BURNING ONESELF TO DEATH, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: That was the best moment of the monk's life Last Line: The delighted sparrows flew round like fire balls Subject(s): Kent State University - Riot, 1970; Self-immolation; Zen Buddhism BY ACCIDENT, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: Here, I've seen every temple Last Line: Two or three seedlings of pine Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism CAGED BIRDS, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Time and again Last Line: Deep in the mountains Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CALLING OUT TO BUDDHA, by TAI AN Poem Source First Line: Calling out to amida is calling your own heart Last Line: Let day and night dharma's song Subject(s): Religion; Zen Buddhism CAMELIA BLOSSOMS, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: My ancient hut's a ruin, half-hidden under moss Last Line: For he leaves unswept the camellia blossoms that fill the ground Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CANNA, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: A red canna blooms Last Line: Living as if dead, I shall %give up my own. She must live Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CH'IN, by YIN LUAN Poem Source First Line: Upon these seven strings I place my feelings Last Line: My friends are few so I wonder %does anyone hear my song? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CHANTING OLD POEMS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: As a farewell to my old age Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CHIN KUNG'S BEQUEST POEM, by CHIN KUNG Poem Source First Line: Green mountains won't preserve a body Last Line: A sack of firewood, before and after I die Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CLAMBERING UP THE COLD MOUNTAIN PATH, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Religion; Zen Buddhism CLOUDS AND MOUNTAINS ALL TANGLED TOGETHER UP TO THE BLUE SKY, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Mindless this life is like water flowing east Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Meditation; Zen Buddhism CLOUDY MOUNTAINS, FOLD ON FOLD, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: My own heart's harmony Subject(s): Valleys; Zen Buddhism COLD, by JOANNE KYGER Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: When does the transmission come Alternate Author Name(s): Snyder, Gary, Mrs. Subject(s): Grief; Humanity; Loss; Zen Buddhism COLD CLIFFS, MORE BEAUTIFUL THE DEEPER YOU ENTER, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: I hold fast to the pearl of the mind Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD FOOD FESTIVAL DAY, by YUN PIAO Poem Source First Line: The day of cold food, sadly looking Last Line: Were mourners here, last year Subject(s): Cold; Death; Graves; Zen Buddhism COLD LANTERN, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Old and young, everyone's asleep Last Line: The single flame, a jade vase hanging in the air Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS, SELS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Strange the way to cold mountain Last Line: The body asks the shadow for direction Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 1, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The path to han-shan's place is laughable Last Line: Body asking shadow, how do you keep up? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 10, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have lived at cold mountain Last Line: Suddenly my eyes are bleared with tears Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 11, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Spring-water in the green creek is clear Last Line: Contemplate the void: this world exceeds stillness Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 12, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In my first thirty years of life Last Line: I'll sleep by the creek and purify my ears Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 13, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I can't stand these bird-songs Last Line: Climbing the southern slope of cold mountain? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 15, by HAN SHAN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a naked bug at cold mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 15, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There's a naked bug at cold mountain Last Line: He means to cut down senseless craving Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 16, by HAN SHAN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cold mountain is a house Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 16, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Cold mountain is a house Last Line: You know it might happen to you Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 17, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: If I hide out at cold mountain Last Line: I'm happy to sit among these cliffs Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 18, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Most t'ien-t'ai men Last Line: Don't know his real thought %& call it silly talk Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 19, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once at cold mountain, troubles cease Last Line: Taking whatever comes, like a drifting boat Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 2, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In a tangle of cliffs I chose a place Last Line: What's the use of all that noise and money?' Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 20, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Some critic tried to put me down Last Line: Ought to stick to making money Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 21, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I've lived at cold mountain--how many autumns Last Line: Mind solid and sharp; leaning on a stone Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 22, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On top of cold mountain the lone round moon Last Line: Concealed in five shadows, sunk deep in the flesh Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 23, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My home was at cold mountain from the start' Last Line: Know its use; a boundless perfect sphere Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 24, by HAN SHAN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When men see han-shan Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 24, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When men see han-shan Last Line: Try and make it to cold mountain.' Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 3, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the mountains it's cold Last Line: Peering and peering, but I can't even see the sky Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 4, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I spur my horse through the wrecked town Last Line: In the books of the immortals they are nameless Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 5, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I wanted a good place to settle Last Line: I've even forgotten the way by which I came Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 6, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Men ask the way to cold mountain Last Line: You'd get it and be right here Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 7, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I settled at cold mountain long ago Last Line: Let heaven and earth go about their changes Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 8, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Clambering up the cold mountain path Last Line: And sit with me among the white clouds? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS: 9, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rough and dark--the cold mountain trail Last Line: Year after year, not a sign of spring Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD NIGHT, by TU HSIAO Poem Source First Line: On a cold night you come and Last Line: Yet tonight among these plum blossoms %somehow more beautiful Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLD NIGHT, I HEARD THE SOUNDING OF THE WATCH, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Leaning on my pillow Last Line: How many did you hear there? Subject(s): Letters; Zen Buddhism COLD NIGHT: IMPROMPTU, by JAKUSHITSU GENKO Poem Source First Line: Wind stirs the cold woods, a frosty moon gleams Last Line: Silently we listen to the sound of leaves raining on the window Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COLLAPSE, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Time oozed from my pores Last Line: Rose, squaring %my shoulders, the earth collapsed Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COMING THIS MOUNTAIN WAY, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The livelong day sufficeth not Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COMING, GOING, THE WATERFOWL, by DOGEN Poem Source Last Line: Nor does it need a guide Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COMMENT ON READING #1, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: A half acre pond opens like a mirror Last Line: Because fresh water flows through it Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COMMENT ON READING #2, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: Last night's spring water has raised the river Last Line: Today it sails freely in the river's flow Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CONTEMPLATING THE LAW, READING SUTRAS, TRYING TO BE A REAL MASTER, by INGO Poem Source Last Line: With my great passion for women, and for boys as well Subject(s): Zen Buddhism COURTESANS ARE TURNED OUT IN THEIR BEST, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And they will be left out in the harsh cold Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CRANE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Though everyone possesses Last Line: To standing on fences Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Cranes (machines); Zen Buddhism CROSSING THE YANG-CHIA BRIDGE ONCE MORE, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: The face reflected in the stream's Last Line: As I pass this place once more Subject(s): Bridges; Zen Buddhism CROW, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The crow, spreading wide wings Last Line: The crow was lost in mist, %the engine ploughed into the sea Subject(s): Zen Buddhism CUCKOO, by SHINKEI Poem Source First Line: In the swift current Last Line: The chill of the wind deepens Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DECK, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: If time is but a stream flowing from past to future Last Line: The sailor is free to go anywhere, %no deck is bigger than his hand Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DEDICATION FOR A ZEN MONASTERY, by YU FU Poem Source First Line: No flower blooms, yet the land is sweet Last Line: Where all the monks are old friends? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DEER PARK, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Morning and night I see cold mountain Last Line: And again the moss is brilliant green Subject(s): Parks; Zen Buddhism DELIGHT AT A CALL BY PRINCIPAL GRADUATE 'BIG' SUN, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Tao the same Last Line: Might be hard %to stay around Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism DELUDED, A BUDDHA IS A SENTIENT BEING, by HUINENG Poem Source Last Line: Then where are we to seek buddha? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DEPENDING ON NEITHER WORDS NOR LETTERS, by DOGEN Poem Source First Line: Since it is not part Last Line: In the marks of the brush Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DESPITE THE OBSTACLES I PURSUED THE GREAT MONK, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: One round moon - lantern of the sky Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Zen Buddhism DHYANA'S HALL, by CHANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: At dawn I come to the covent old Last Line: Save for the booming of the altar bell Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DISCLOSURE, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The sparrow sleeps, thinking of nothing Last Line: Not once had he disclosed the secrets of his life Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DISJECTA MEMBRA, by CHARLES PENZEL WRIGHT JR. Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Backyard, dry flower half-border, unpeopled landscape Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Charles Subject(s): Self; Zen Buddhism DISJECTA MEMBRA, by CHARLES PENZEL WRIGHT JR. Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Backyard, dry flower half-border, unpeopled landscape Last Line: I tell myself what I've told myself for almost thirty years - %listen to john, do what the clouds do Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Charles Subject(s): Self; Zen Buddhism DISTRICTS OF ECHIGO ARE FULL OF BEAUTIES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: For it won't outlast their songs and laughter Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DIVERTING MYSELF, by KUEI JEN Poem Source First Line: Day after day %I work with a rhyme Last Line: So I write them %for all these gray hairs Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DIVINATION SHOWED MY PLACE AMONG THESE BUNCHED CLIFFS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Empty fame has no value Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Family Life - China; Zen Buddhism DOGEN'S DREAM, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What happens when the god of spring Last Line: On earth flying north. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Dreams; Zen Buddhism; Nightmares DON'T READ BOOKS!, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source Last Line: And when you're tired go to sleep Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DREAM, by TAO KAI Poem Source First Line: Within these many miles, %no one comes Last Line: Awake from a dream on a cliff %I forget old worries at last Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DREAMING OF SAICHI, MY LONG-DECEASED DISCIPLE, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: I met you again after more than twenty years Last Line: Until suddenly we were in front of hachiman shrine Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DRINKING, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: My hut settled among neighbors Last Line: Trying to say it, I have %forgotten the words Subject(s): Zen Buddhism DRINKING WITH LIU TZU-YU AT GOLD TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Bad wine is like bad men Last Line: The two heroes both out of sight Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Drinks And Drinking; Zen Buddhism DURING AN INTERCALARY AUGUST AFTER THE 'ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN' IT WAS HOT, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: When I made it to the top of the wall Last Line: For the longest time one leaf alone %did not stop Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Zen Buddhism DWELLING IN THE MOUNTAINS: A POEM RHYMING WITH CHANYUE'S: 5, by ZEKKAI CHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Few people know of this nest hidden in an out-of-the-way spot Last Line: Reproaches me each morning with the thinness of my hair Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EARLY MORNING VISIT TO THE BUDDHIST PRIEST CHAO TO READ THE CHAN, by LIU ZONGYUAN Poem Source First Line: Drawing water from the well Last Line: My heart is at peace Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EARLY PLUMS, by TAO YUAN Poem Source First Line: Ten thousand cold, colorless trees Last Line: Shadows: closing above my rustic hut Subject(s): Plums; Zen Buddhism EASTERLY WIND BROUGHT NEEDED RAIN, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Sticking close to my native place Subject(s): Zen Buddhism END OF THE ROAD, by CH'ING KUNG Poem Source First Line: The green hills don't ask for bodies and bones Last Line: My only issue a few sticks of unlit timber Subject(s): Death; Graves; Zen Buddhism END OF THE ROAD, by TAO K'AI Poem Source First Line: Here I am, seventy-six Last Line: Given in to fate, freely, without constraint Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism ENJOYING RICE WINE WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER YOSHIYUKI, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Older and younger brother together again Last Line: And day after day we get drunk as fools Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ENJOYING THE COOL, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Tall trees - more than ten thousand trunks Last Line: Vain thoughts, east of the lotus leaves Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ENJOYING THE PEONIES AT THE TEMPLE OF GOOD FORTUNE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In my old age I adorn myself with flowers, blush not Last Line: For along the road half the folk have hooked up their blinds Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EVEN IF YOU CONSUME AS MANY BOOKS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Here it is: everything is in the heart Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EVENING BELLS NEAR A TEMPLE, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Under the thin smoke of winter Last Line: How can the old monk %concentrate on zazen? Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism EVERY SINGLE THING, by SATO NORIKIYO Poem Source Last Line: The moon goes on shining Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EVERYONE WHO READS MY POEMS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: As swiftly as lu-ling runs Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism EXCHANGE OF POEMS ON RYOKAN'S DEATHBED, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: When, when? I sighed Last Line: One by one %front and back Subject(s): Zen Buddhism EXHORTING OTHERS, by LIAO HSING Poem Source First Line: A pair of white birds soars into the sky Last Line: Straight is the way, beyond this orb Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Wings; Zen Buddhism EXTEMPORE, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Midnight, heart Last Line: Of stars, in the clear dark sky Subject(s): Travel; Zen Buddhism FAR, FAR, THE MOUNTAIN PATH IS STEEP, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: The coming of the solitary crane Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism FAR, FARAWAY, STEEP MOUNTAIN PATHS, by SHIDE Poem Source Last Line: To await the arrival of a solitary crane Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FAREWELL TO TAOIST SCHOLAR HSU ON HIS WAY TO IMPERIAL PALACE, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: To receive %the emperor's summons Last Line: The simple world Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism FAREWELL TO THE REVEREND HUAI KU GOING ROAMING .. HANGCHOU, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Just the day Last Line: We'll look into joining %the white lotus order Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism FAREWELL TO THE REVEREND WU YANG RETURNING TO CHUNG-T'IAO, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Lofty and far Last Line: I think you'll start pacing %back and forth Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism FAREWELL-, by BANZAN Poem Source First Line: Farewell- Last Line: Dew on the grass. Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FARM HOUSE ON THE WEI STREAM, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The slanting sun shines on the cluster of small houses upon the heights Last Line: Disappointed in my hopes, dissatisfied, I hum 'dwindled and shrunken.' Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FEELINGS ON REMEMBERING THE DAY I FIRST PRODUCED THE MIND, by HSU YUN Poem Source First Line: Drawn some sixty years ago by karma Last Line: Alone I walk through the cosmos, %connecting the past and its people Subject(s): Knowledge; Mediums; Reason; Zen Buddhism FISH, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: I hold a newspaper, reading Last Line: And, stretching marvelously, %become the tracks of the tokaido railway line Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLASH OF LIGHTNING, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Goes the heron's cry Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 1. POEM, by BODHIDARMA Poem Source First Line: I come to this land Last Line: And bears fruit naturally Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 2. POEM, by HUI K'O Poem Source First Line: Because the land is here Last Line: Without the original seed %there is no flower Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 3. POEM, by TSENG TSAN Poem Source First Line: Though flower seeds come from the ground Last Line: If no one plants them %no flowers will grow Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 4. POEM, by TAO HSIN Poem Source First Line: Flower seeds have their potential Last Line: Flowers grow without intent Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 5. POEM, by HUNG JEN Poem Source First Line: We sow the seeds with our passion Last Line: No feelings, no seeds, %an empty life Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 6. POEM, by HUI-NENG Poem Source First Line: Our seeds are in our hearts and minds Last Line: The fruit of enlightenment has emerged Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER AND SEED SEQUENCE: 7. POEM, by HUAI-JANG Poem Source First Line: Our seeds are in our minds and hearts Last Line: In and out of bloom in our hearts Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER INVITES THE BUTTERFLY WITH NO-MIND, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: By not-knowing we follow nature's course Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER NOT A FLOWER, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Leaving like the morning clouds- %no way to hold it Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER POEM, by CHIH HSUAN Poem Source First Line: The flower blooms, %a whole tree fills with red Last Line: Only one flower remains, %for tomorrow's wind Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER SHADOWS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In rows and heaps Last Line: Gathers and brings them again Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FLOWER?, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It seems a flower, but not a flower Last Line: And its going is like the morning cloud. You will find it nowhere Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOOTHILLS BENEATH A DEEPENING PALL OF SNOW, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: The muffled boom of a bell Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOOTHILLS FAR BELOW, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: If the wind blows, let it blow! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOR ALL THESE YEARS, MY CERTAIN ZEN, by RYUSHU SHUTAKU Poem Source Last Line: Spangled across the step-moss, a million coins! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOR CHILDREN KILLED IN A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: When spring arrives Last Line: Will never return Subject(s): Epidemics; Small Pox; Zen Buddhism FOR HACHISUKE, AN UNTOUCHABLE, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Gold and silver, status and power, all return to heaven %and earth Last Line: In the heart of the moon's reflection on the waves Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOR KEIZAN, ABBOT OF GANJO-JI, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Ganjo-ji is west of hokke-do, a temple Last Line: Sipping wine, toasting the mountains, and laughing %ourselves silly Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOR MY VISITORS, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Deep in the woods Last Line: Is thick with %chestnut burrs Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOR OUR SAKES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Unselfishly %as food Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOREWORD FOR MONK CHANG'S PORTRAIT OF A DRUNKEN MONK, by HUAI SU Poem Source First Line: Everyone hands me wine Last Line: I really look well in this- %portrait of a drunken monk Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOREWORD TO BODY, SHADOW, AND SPIRIT, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: High and low, ignorant and wise Last Line: Who share my concerns Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FOUR POEMS FOR ROBIN: A SPRING NIGHT IN SHOKOKU-JI, by GARY SNYDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eight years ago this may Subject(s): Japan; Zen Buddhism; Japanese FOUR POEMS FOR ROBIN: A SPRING NIGHT IN SHOKOKU-JI, by GARY SNYDER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eight years ago this may Last Line: Naked under a summer cotton dress Subject(s): Japan; Zen Buddhism FREE FROM NEW YEAR'S GREETING, by TAO KAI Poem Source First Line: The sun rises; the sun sets Last Line: Who needs words for the new year! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FREE SPIRIT, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source First Line: Neither to leave, nor to stay Last Line: In one clear drop of water %everywhere and beyond Subject(s): Zen Buddhism FROM JAPAN, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Spring rain on the pagoda roof Last Line: Across yet one more bridge Subject(s): Japan; Zen Buddhism FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN OF 1827 SOME THINGS CAME TO ME ...: 15, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: I once wrote a poem swearing off poems Last Line: This year I truly swear off poems -- %the problem is not that my talent is gone Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism GAZING AT T'IEN-CHU AND LING-YIN TEMPLES, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: On the mountain, east and west, a temple Last Line: And the blye-green mist Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism GAZING AT THE MOON FROM SOUTH TOWER, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Moon tonight, and everyone's moon-gazing Last Line: And let the border sadness rise Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Zen Buddhism GIFT OF SEVEN POMEGRANATES, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Splitting them Last Line: Not letting them out of my mouth Subject(s): Zen Buddhism GONE AGAIN TO GAZE ON THE CASCADE, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: A whole life without speaking Last Line: It's so clear, here, this water %my teacher Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Monks; Preaching And Preachers; Zen Buddhism GOOD MANNERS AND SWEET HABITS HAVE FADED, YEAR AFTER YEAR., by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I rolled over many times in my bed, and wrote these lines Subject(s): Zen Buddhism GOODBYES, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: I've heard that even 'men of feeling' Last Line: The zen man's heart is empty, yes, %of all but this Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism GREAT WAY LEADS NOWHERE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Babble about enlightenment, and your words get torn %to shreds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism GREEN CREEK, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: To get right down to yellow flower river Last Line: Cast out a fishing line, and let things be Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism GREEN MOUNTAINS FATHER WHITE CLOUDS, by TUNG-SHAN LIANG-CHIEH Poem Source Last Line: Mostly the mountain doesn't mind Subject(s): Children; Parents; Zen Buddhism GRIEVING FOR ZEN MASTER JIANZHANG, by WEI FENG Poem Source First Line: A frosty bell %anxiously overrides the waterclock Last Line: Dwindling sun descends %the distant peak Variant Title(s): Grieving For Zen Master Chien Chan Subject(s): Guests; Monks; Zen Buddhism HAIKU, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: I must go there today Last Line: In the cold snow Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HARMONY TO CHING HUI-SHU'S RHYMES, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Bells and drums from the south bank of the river Last Line: In the treetops the slanting line of a bridge Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Rhyme; Zen Buddhism HAVING HOPE, OR HOLDING ON, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: In this life, to become a buddha Last Line: To be just a poet-monk Subject(s): Hope; Zen Buddhism HEADED EAST, GOODBYE TO AN ELDER BROTHER, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Rivertown's a picture Last Line: Parting the clouds, who'll gaze out upon the tower Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism HERDING THE OX IN THE HIMALAYAS, by T'AEGO Poem Source First Line: Chew the glossy, tender leaves Last Line: And han-shan opens his mouth wide Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HERE ARE THE RUINS OF THE COTTAGE WHERE I ONCE HID MYSELF, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Till, appalled at the twilight, I watch the declining sun Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HIBISCUS VILLAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Hibiscus buds on the tree tops Last Line: Alone near the quiet stream %the blossoms open and fall Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HIDDEN GARDEN, by WEN CHAO Poem Source First Line: Deep in spring Last Line: I'm old myself, %hate being away so long Subject(s): Gardens And Gardening; Zen Buddhism HIU-CHU TEMPLE, MOUNT K'UN, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Mountaintops emerge and then vanish Last Line: Bittersweet, still zazen with the monks Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism HORSE, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Young girls bloom like flowers Last Line: Dancing now, with joie de vivre, %under the cliff of death Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HOW CAN I POSSIBLY SLEEP, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And enjoy every minute Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HSIN-VILLAGE, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: On a green knoll covered with spring grass Last Line: Amidst the hibiscus endless bloom and fall Subject(s): Villages; Zen Buddhism HUA-TZU HILL, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: A dappled sunset, and the pine wind rises Last Line: What sadness my heart bears! Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism HUMAN LIFE, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Human life, a hundred years? Last Line: Till they were way past ripe Subject(s): Life; Zen Buddhism HUT AMONG THE BAMBOO, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In the bamboo grove I sit alone Last Line: Only the bright approaching moon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism HUT MOUNTAIN, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: Tall pines squeeze the road Last Line: Outside the mountains %there is nothing so pure Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism HYMN FOR OFFERING INCENSE UPON THE BUDDHA'S ATTAINMENT OF THE PATH, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: The morning star returns night after night Last Line: Looking for a knife in the water by marks in the ship's hull Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I AM IMPRISONED IN MY COTTAGE AMONG THE SOLITARY HILLS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I employ my brush, often warming it with my own breath Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I CHING STATES HAPPINESS LIES IN THE PROPER BLEND OF, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Hot-cold Last Line: Purity-filth %slow-fast Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I CLIMB TO GREAT COMPASSION HALL, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Come and see yourself mirrored in the water Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I DESCENDED TO THE VALLEY TO GATHER ORCHIDS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Tears streaming down my cheeks Subject(s): Friendship; Zen Buddhism I HAVE AN OLD STAFF, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Out of service for years Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I LAUGH AT MY FAILING STRENGTH IN OLD AGE, by SHIDE Poem Source Last Line: I've let things run their course like an unachored boat Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I LAUGH AT MYSELF, OLD MAN, WITH NO STRENGTH LEFT, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: Free in the flow; and floated home the same a drifting boat Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism I LIKE MY HOME BEING WELL HIDDEN, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: How many years make one spring Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Home; Zen Buddhism I LIVE BENEATH A GREEN CLIFF, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Beneath the trees I mumble - reading aloud Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Books; Zen Buddhism I MAKE MY HOME IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You ask why I live Last Line: The water continues to flow Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Home; Zen Buddhism I SAT FACING YOU FOR HOURS BUT YOU DIDN'T SPEAK, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Outside the bamboo screen, rain beats against the plum tree Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I SEE PEOPLE CHANTING A SUTRA, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Knowing full well there's no inside or out Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Zen Buddhism I SIT AND GAZE ON THIS HIGHEST PEAK OF ALL, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: But in the song there is not any zen Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I TOOK MY STAFF AND SLOWLY MADE MY WAY, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: As the sun set sadly Subject(s): Zen Buddhism I WATCH PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And cannot staunch my flow of tears Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IDLE DRONING, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Since earnestly studying the buddhist doctrine of emptiness Last Line: Only the devil of poetry I have yet to conquer - %let me come on a bit of scenery and I start my idl Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism IDLE, I VISITED THE HIGH MONKS, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: Pool of lamplight beneath the moon Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism IF EVIL FLOWERS BLOOM IN THE MIND-GROUND, by HUINENG Poem Source Last Line: In the future this will be the englightenment of %the buddha Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IF IT BE SO, SO BE IT!, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: Implacably, indifferent to men Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IF SOMEONE ASKS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To the whim of the wind Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IF YOU ARE NOT PUT OFF, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Introduce you to the moonlit woods Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: I can't stop thinking of the others Subject(s): Happiness; Zen Buddhism IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A RAT, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: Many grasp the sack %but few open it Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IF YOU'RE ALWAYS SILENT AND SAY NOTHING, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: And the harvest day will never come Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Harvest; Zen Buddhism IMITATING THE OLD STYLE, by CHUGAN ENGETSU Poem Source First Line: Strong, strong is the wind of the last days Last Line: He moves freely among the white clouds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IMPROMPTU POEM: 9, by KOKAN SHIREN Poem Source First Line: The sky over the bay ahead a mass of cloud Last Line: I watch the flock of sea birds turn and wheel in flight Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IMPROVISATION UPON LEAVING THE NANZENJII TO GO INTO RETIREMENT, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Vast sea of pain; waves cling to the sky! Last Line: To drift as of old in the shallows, by the banks among flowering reeds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN A DILAPIDATED THREE-ROOM HUT, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: In memory of deceased friends Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN CHINA: SICK WITH MALARIAL FEVER, by CHUGAN ENGETSU Poem Source First Line: Every nasty bug has schemed to plague me with disease Last Line: Or has pity for a strange accent Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, NO GROUND TO PLANT MY SINGLE STAFF, by SESSON YUBAI Poem Source Last Line: I will dive, disappear into the stem of the lotus Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN MY GARDEN, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I have to let it be Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN MY HERMITAGE A VOLUME OF COLD MOUNTAIN POEMS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Savoring each one, over and over Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN MY HOUSE THERE IS A CAVE, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: I have the dharmakaya for my very own Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Houses; Zen Buddhism IN MY LITTLE BEGGING BOWL, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: My sad little bowl Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN MY LODGE AT WAN CHUAN AFTER A LONG RAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The woods have stored the rain, and slow comes the smoke Last Line: Why should I frighten sea-gulls, even with a thought? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN MY YOUTH I PUT ASIDE MY STUDIES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I never want to leave Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN OTOGO FOREST BENEATH MOUNT KUGAMI, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: What is that foolish monk doing now Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN PRAISE OF CHANG SHA'S A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAIN, by HSEUH T'AO Poem Source First Line: The earth is free of dust Last Line: Master chang sha's wise lines %say it all Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN PRAISE OF FLOWERS, by CHIH HSUAN Poem Source First Line: Blossoms opened and turned the forest red Last Line: Crimson sun, hanging in the wind Subject(s): Flowers; Zen Buddhism IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST TO EXPLAIN THE SECRET TEACHING, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: If I explained aloud, then it wouldn't be a true explanation Last Line: White hair in the guttering lamplight, asleep facing the bed Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE GREEN CREEK SPRING WATER IS CLEAR, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: View all things as the void and this world is even more still Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism IN THE HILLS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: White rocks jutting from ching stream Last Line: Clothes are wet with the blue air Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE MOUNTAIN, by PAEGUN Poem Source First Line: Yellow chrysanthemums and green bamboo Last Line: Use them, get to know them! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE MOUNTAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The white stones appear in the ching %stream Last Line: Yet my robe is damp from passing here Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE MOUNTAINS, by NAONG Poem Source First Line: With the true emptiness of nonaction Last Line: A single tattered robe through life! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE STILL NIGHT BY THE VACANT WINDOW, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Distant, vast, known to me only! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE STILLNESS BY THE EMPTY WINDOW, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: In the vast emptiness, my understanding deepens Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THE THIRD MONTH WHEN THE SILKWORMS WERE STILL SMALL, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: How can the cold mountain hope to compete? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IN THIS WORLD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Talking in my little hut Subject(s): Zen Buddhism INSCRIBED ON THE PAVILION OF MOON ON THE WATER, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: In the water is a moon gleaming like gold Last Line: And find the perfect circle of moon in the heart of the ripples Subject(s): Zen Buddhism INSCRIBED ON THE WALL OF THE HUT BY THE LAKE, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: If you want to be a mountain dweller Last Line: What holds you there, %world-dweller? Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Zen Buddhism INSCRIPTION FOR A PAINTING, by PO-TZU T'ING Poem Source First Line: The withered tree stands tall, craggy Last Line: Its solitary branches reach up, unbent by the world Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Zen Buddhism INSCRIPTION ON MY PAINTING OF A SCULL, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: All things born of karma disappear when that karma is exhausted Last Line: I saw the moon set on ch'ang-an and heard its midnight bells Subject(s): Zen Buddhism INSCRIPTION OVER HIS DOOR, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: He who holds that nothingness Last Line: Let him enter boldly! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism INVISIBLE AS THE WIND TO THE EYE, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: A matter of form Subject(s): Zen Buddhism IT'S A PITY, A GENTLEMAN IN REFINED RETIREMENT, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: What's the use of churning out so many words Subject(s): Zen Buddhism JOURNEY WEST,, by BAISEKI Poem Source First Line: The journey west, Last Line: Flower field. Subject(s): Zen Buddhism JUST DONE (1), by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: Possessed of but a dwelling place Last Line: How could he let them go? Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Rest; Zen Buddhism KANSHI (6), by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Green spring, start of the second month Last Line: From the beginning, just this! Just this! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism KANSHI: DIALOGUE IN A DREAM, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Begging food, I went to the city Last Line: When fifth-watch bells shattered my dream Subject(s): Zen Buddhism KEEP YOUR HEART CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: All wrapped up in themselves Subject(s): Zen Buddhism KEEPSAKE FOR THE OLD MAN OF CHUNG-CHOU, by LING YI Poem Source First Line: A lifetime of no place to rest Last Line: In the empty hills gibbons sing down a setting sun Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism KOBUN, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hotei didn't need a zafu Last Line: Or don't travel at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LACQUER-TREE GARDEN, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Love of leisure is as natural as morning sun Last Line: Like an old woman sauntering among twigs of trees Subject(s): Chuang-tzu (4th Century); Zen Buddhism LAKE YI, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Such immense emptiness, the lake's without limit Last Line: To green mountains, white curling clouds Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism LAKESIDE PAVILION, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: From the window a rippling of waves Last Line: Everywhere hibiscus begin to open Subject(s): Camping; Guests; Lakes; Zen Buddhism LAMENT, by CHANG CHI+(2) Poem Source First Line: We carved our names in a courtyard near the river Last Line: That flutter silently past %the open temple door Subject(s): Lament; Zen Buddhism LATE AT NIGHT I DRAW MY INKSTONE CLOSE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And even though old I will try harder than anyone Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LATE AUTUMN CHERISHING THOUGHTS OF MASTER JUN, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Wind's pure, moon white Last Line: Into white lotus pond Subject(s): Thought; Zen Buddhism LATE SPRING, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Countless red petals fall to earth Last Line: Running off together into clear blue sky Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LAUGHING AT MYSELF, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Cold cliff %withered tree Last Line: And leading so many astray Subject(s): Writing And Writers; Zen Buddhism LAUGHING AT MYSELF FOR LAZING AROUND AT WEST LAKE, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: It takes a lot of bamboo strips to make a little sail Last Line: I stopped off first down in the country, to grab my good old friends Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Lakes; Sailors And Sailing; Travel; Zen Buddhism LEAVE OFF YOUR MAD RUSH FOR GOLD AND JEWELS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: But hardly anyone asks for it Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LEISURE IN THE AUTUMN NIGHT, by SENG HSUI MU Poem Source First Line: No longer troubled with things, %who knows such leisure as mine? Last Line: My trusted friend, a mountain monk, %has answered my letter Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LETTER SENT, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: The family's living up brocade creek Last Line: Another year's gone by Subject(s): Letters; Zen Buddhism LETTER TO A WANDERING HUSBAND: GO HOME, by LING YI Poem Source First Line: Tear drop frozen Last Line: First rays of spring Subject(s): Letters; Zen Buddhism LETTER TO THE WILD MONK, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Other than the birds Last Line: I swear I'll be the one who sweeps the floors Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism LI PO, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: After a promenade in the green fields, accompanied Last Line: That's easy since I love wine as much as li po did Subject(s): Li Po (701-762); Zen Buddhism LIGHT LINES ON A FLAT ROCK, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Dear flat rock facing the stream Last Line: Why should it come blowing me these falling flowers? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LIKE DEW THAT VANISHES, by INGO Poem Source Last Line: So should one think of oneself Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LINES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: You who have come from my old country Last Line: Opening its first cold blossom? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LITTLE HUT, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: One hut holds it all Last Line: An empty vault without a speck of dust Subject(s): Hermits; Solitude; Zen Buddhism LIVING AS A RECLUSE ON THE LAKE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Lakewater %comes into the yard Last Line: In a distant, %blue dream? Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism LIVING IN THE HILLS: IMPROMPTU VERSES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I close my brushwood door in solitude Last Line: The water-chestnut pickers wander home Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LIVING ON A MOUNTAIN, by CHIN KUNG Poem Source First Line: Let go of the past Last Line: The plums are ripe, cape-jasmine is sweet Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LONE MONK, by TA KUEI Poem Source First Line: Under the pines, dark essence Last Line: Tip the gourd Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism LONG AGO A PRETTY GIRL LIVED NEXT DOOR, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Burdened with the aches and pains of old age Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LONG WAY OFF, I SEE MEN IN THE DIRT, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: I can remember the taste of that dirt Subject(s): Grief; Zen Buddhism LONGING FOR AN OLD GARDEN, by HSIU MU Poem Source First Line: I remember a garden I used to visit Last Line: As the river flows away into a long spring day Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Zen Buddhism LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SETTLE OUT, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Completely forgotten the way by which he came Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism LOOKING FOR MASTER CHANG AT SOUTH RIVER, by LIU CH'ANG-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: All along the trail of moss, %I followed your wooden shoeprints Last Line: I came inside a sense of zen, %yet cannot find the words Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LOOKING FOR THE RECLUSE AND NOT FINDING HIM HOME, by JIA DAO Poem Source First Line: I asked his servant under the pines Last Line: But the clouds are so deep I know not where.' Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests; Zen Buddhism LOTUS, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: First blooming in the western paradise Last Line: But I remain in the darkness, too captivated to leave Subject(s): Lotus; Zen Buddhism LOVE POEMS BETWEEN RYOKAN AND TEISHIN, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Was it really you Last Line: Ever see the brightness Subject(s): Zen Buddhism LUNG-MEN VILLAGE, AUTUMN, by HSU HSUAN Poem Source First Line: Refusing worldly worries Last Line: A hill, a tree. An empty drifting boat Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Zen Buddhism LUTE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My lute set aside Last Line: And it plays itself Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Meditation; Zen Buddhism LUTE, by YIN LUAN Poem Source First Line: Its seven strings call forth strange, deep thoughts Last Line: I would teach, %but who would listen? Subject(s): Lutes; Zen Buddhism MAD WORDS, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: To learn to be without desire, you must desire that Last Line: In all the vastness of the sea and sky, you'll never find it Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Desire; Zen Buddhism MAGNOLIA ENCLOSURE, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Bright green mists at sunset Last Line: The evening mist stops nowhere Subject(s): Magnolias; Zen Buddhism MAKING FIRE IN THE BOAT ON A SNOW DAY, by SATO NORIKIYO Poem Source First Line: Raven silver charcoal catches fire and gives forth green fog Last Line: But this snow inside my window is only one inch fragrant! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MAN, LIVING IN THE DUST, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Until, in an instant, he has grown old Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MASCOT, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Somebody is breathing inside me-- Last Line: And, sticking from your pocket, night's flower Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MAY: THE POND'S FULL, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: May and the pond's full of water Last Line: It's just us pond critters here! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism ME - I'M HAPPY WITH THE EVERYDAY WAY, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: While the round moon climbs the face of cold mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Solitude; Zen Buddhism MEDITATION HALL, by LIU ZONGYUAN Poem Source First Line: Clear the land, thatch the rush for roof Last Line: A bird in flight, leaving no tracks behind Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MEETING AN OLD MAN, by YIN LUAN Poem Source First Line: On the road I met an old man Last Line: Taking four rests, then five Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism MEETING AN OLDER MAN, by YIN LUAN Poem Source First Line: On the road I meet an old man Last Line: Four times, five times, and then %he pauses for a rest Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MENG WALL CAVE, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Below the ancient city's wall lies Last Line: The heart must be empty of sorrow Subject(s): Hearts; Zen Buddhism METAPHOR, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: My tao: at the root, there's no me Last Line: So I know I really mean that Subject(s): Tourists; Travel; Zen Buddhism MID-AUTUMN MOON, by HENG CHAO Poem Source First Line: Twilight rain %crosses vast space. River sky Last Line: A pure passage Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism MIDSUMMER / I WALK ABOUT WITH MY STAFF, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Sprawled out on a paddy bank Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MISCELLANEOUS POEM, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Clouds appear free of care Last Line: To find it, first stop looking around Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM MY LAIR, by BETSUGEN ENSHI Poem Source First Line: Old rat as usual stealing oil from my lamp Last Line: Just to keep half a day's sunshine from these thatched eaves Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MISSING THE WILD GEESE, by LING TSANG Poem Source First Line: When spring goes, I mourn long Last Line: I miss their shadows across the land Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MONASTERY NIGHTS, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I like to think about the monastery Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MONK'S PLACE, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: Monk's place %I lean the painted rail Last Line: Lies still Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism MONTASERY ON HSIU-CH'I, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Down below %by the district town Last Line: Tea and talk %till dark Subject(s): Monasteries; Zen Buddhism MOON ON WATER, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Each night, I gaze upon a pond Last Line: As this full moon upon the water Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOON SITTING, by HUI YUNG Poem Source First Line: High mountain cascades froth Last Line: Of the moon: out of season %heart of ice Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism MOONLIT NIGHT, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: As I wander aimlessly under a frozen moon Last Line: The river already a carpet of scattered white blossoms Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism MOONLIT NIGHT, by LIU FANG-PING Poem Source First Line: Deep moonlight %paints half my house Last Line: The insects begin chirping %through the green gauze of my window Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOORED AT MAPLE BRIDGE, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Frost white across the river Last Line: But the moonlight fills the boat Subject(s): Solitude; Zen Buddhism MOORED ON FALL RIVER, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Banks like late tung-t'ing, but Last Line: The fisherman's %nightmare Subject(s): Boats; Fishing And Fishermen; Lakes; Rivers; Zen Buddhism MORNING AWAKENING, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: Dark crane trills daybreak Last Line: Shadows sully my robe Subject(s): Waking; Zen Buddhism MORNING FERRY, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Through the mist Last Line: My shoe leaves its perfect print upon it Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOTTO, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: When I meet a monk Last Line: He's apparently %here now Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism MOUNT LU POEMS: 1. AN INSCRIPTION POEM FROM THE WALL OF HSI-LIN...., by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At the horizon the mountain seems huge Last Line: On a mountain, one cannot see the mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNT LU POEMS: 2. POEM, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mist and fog and rain %like the waves of the river che Last Line: Mount lu's fog and rain- %as fair as the waves of river che Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNT LU POEMS: 3. FOR THE MASTER OF TUNG-LIN TEMPLE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The sounds of streams are buddha's speech Last Line: Listen, and someday you may awaken Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN DWELLING, by CH'ING KUNG Poem Source First Line: Things of the past are already long gone Last Line: Plum blossoms fallen; gardenia just opening Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN JOURNAL, by CHANG LING Poem Source First Line: Mountain living is cold and slow Last Line: If you say all this is nothing, %then I know the master's fool Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN JOURNAL, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Flowing water, outside sound Last Line: Who can understand? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Tonight so deep and cold %I sit alone, bored with zen Last Line: Then clear rhyming tones %cover this frosted world Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 1, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Down beneath the pines Last Line: Idly comes and goes Subject(s): Mountains; Valleys; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 10, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: I'm so rotted out Last Line: Like an evening's frost Subject(s): Weariness; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 11, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: In the empty valley Last Line: To make a herd Subject(s): Valleys; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 12, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Words %an enchanted film across the eyes Last Line: Whole in my body Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 13, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: A quiet night Last Line: Until the pine wind sounds %fill my ears Subject(s): Dreams; Night; Sleep; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 14, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Like some pure clarity Last Line: Becomes a bright pearl Subject(s): Mountains; Valleys; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 15, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Six on the lotus clock? Last Line: Hold your hand the womb of the flower to be Subject(s): Immortality; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 16, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Though a slice of cloud Last Line: This white haired mountain man Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 17, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: What a pity the blue mountains Last Line: Anyway who ever heard %of a lazy transcendental? Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 18, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: On the mountainside Last Line: Moon arises new made up Subject(s): Clergy; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 19, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: The world shines Last Line: The flowers of spring Subject(s): Spring; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 2, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: When plum petals among the snows Last Line: My nostrils wide Subject(s): Spring; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 20, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Outside my door Last Line: My illusions completely gone Subject(s): Meditation; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 3, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Through a few splinters of Last Line: Above the dirty suffering world Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 4, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: It only took a single flake Last Line: Climbs a solitary peak Subject(s): Dreams; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 5, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Through a face full of clear frostiness Last Line: Have completely melted Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 6, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: In the sh sh murmur of the spring Last Line: How strange Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 7, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: In the dark valley the Last Line: Smashes my meditation Subject(s): Meditation; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 8, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: In its buddha flash I'd forgot all Last Line: As that firefly beneath my eyes Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN LIVING: 9, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Clouds scatter the length of the the sky Last Line: As clear as the ice Subject(s): Rain; Spring; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN POEM, by HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: Life rolls along like this dusty world Last Line: And the dusky sky bathed in red Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN ROCKS, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Ragged mountain rocks efface the path Last Line: How can we grow old without returning there? Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism MOUNTAIN VALLEY TEMPLE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Just getting %into the zen grove Last Line: Brush the dappled moss Subject(s): Monks; Temples; Zen Buddhism MOVING TO LIN'GAO PAVILION, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We are born between heaven and earth Last Line: And so won't turn these words about hardship into a song Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MUMMY, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Resuscitated %by the kiss of a bat Last Line: Its stone birds %have once more taken flight Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY BELOVED FRIEND, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: That night still in memory Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY COUNTRY RETREAT BY THE RIVER WANG AFTER HEAVY RAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Rainy days in this empty woods, %smoke floats up from chimneys Last Line: So why do those seagulls %mock me still? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY CRACKED WOODEN BOWL, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: This treasure was discovered in a bamboo thicket Last Line: But still of noble stock Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY DAILY FARE: PLAYING WITH THE VILLAGE CHILDREN, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY FAMILY LIVES ON ORPHAN PEAK, by CHIH-TU CHUEH Poem Source Last Line: But I'll hand on my way to my children Subject(s): Aging; Zen Buddhism MY HEART IS LIKE THE AUTUMN MOON, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: You tell me - how it can be explained Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Hearts; Zen Buddhism MY HERMITAGE IS HOME TO A CAT AND A MOUSE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: I'd say the cat Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY HOUSE IS BURIED IN THE DEEPEST RECESS OF THE FOREST, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To enjoy life's immensity, you do not need many things Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY LEGACY, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And the crimson maples %of autumn Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY MIND IS LIKE THE AUTUMN MOON, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Tell me, how can I explain? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY PRECEPTS, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Take care not to Last Line: Speak affectedly like a tea master Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY RESTING PLACE IS IN THE DEEP WOODS NOW, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Wild ducks drifting on the waves as far as the eye can see Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Farm Life; Zen Buddhism MY RETREAT ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In middle age %I came to love the way Last Line: And we talk and laugh together %forgetting to go home Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism MY ROAD'S BEYOND BLUE EMPTINESS, by SHU SHAN K'UANG-JEN Poem Source Last Line: The wind gives all of its yellow leaves back Subject(s): Emptiness; Zen Buddhism MY STAY AT A MOUNTAIN WITH A MOON, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Night after night I sit on this mountain Last Line: And the moon and mountain disappear Subject(s): Zen Buddhism NEARING HAO-PA, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: There's a stream, and there's bamboo Last Line: Have to live, to get %that simple Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Villages; Zen Buddhism NIGHT IN MID-AUTUMN, by K'O CHEN Poem Source First Line: Swift waters; soft, quiet Last Line: Moonlight has captured the black night Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Zen Buddhism NIGHT SITTING, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: The hermit doesn't sleep at night Last Line: Rustles him too Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism NIGHT SNOW, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I wondered why the covers felt so cold Last Line: From time to time I hear the bamboos cracking Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism NIGHT THOUGHTS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Before my bed, a bright shining moon Last Line: Then bow to thoughts of my home town Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Zen Buddhism NINETY FRAGRANT DAYS OF SPRING, by PAO-CHUEH TSU-HSIN Poem Source Last Line: Where do the petals fall? Subject(s): Flowers; Spring; Zen Buddhism NO LUCK TODAY ON MY MENDICANT ROUNDS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Through disappointment and pain, cold and hunger Subject(s): Zen Buddhism NO ME: DHARAMS ALL, by HUI K'O Poem Source Last Line: The truth cries out %where the arrow strikes the target Subject(s): Hearts; Truth; Zen Buddhism NOISY CRICKETS NOW OWN THE HARVESTED FIELDS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Those poor souls must bow and scrape all day Subject(s): Zen Buddhism NORTH HILLOCK, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: On north hillock of south mountain Last Line: Bright like fire against the green grove Subject(s): Fire-weeds; Hiking; Zen Buddhism NOT GOING, NOT COMING, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: The way beyond Subject(s): Rest; Zen Buddhism ODE TO MYSELF AT FORTY, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Though the idle mind Last Line: In the shade, %revising old poems Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism OFFERED TO GENTLEMEN-IN-ATTENDANCE CH'IEN AT LIBRARY ..., by YU CHAO Poem Source First Line: Spiritual cultivation %implies relinquishing offive Last Line: Of woods, %of springs Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism OLD DUST, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We live our lives as wanderers Last Line: This life is mist. What fame? What glory? Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Wanderers And Wandering; Zen Buddhism OLD MONK, by PAO T'AN Poem Source First Line: Down his temples Last Line: He hears it %everywhere Subject(s): Monks; Temples; Zen Buddhism OLD MONK, by SHEN YING Poem Source First Line: Sun shines back Last Line: Of the mendicant's meal Subject(s): Monks; Old Age; Zen Buddhism OLD SAIL, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Then I lowered the sail, %and walked to shore Last Line: Why not wipe your feet %and climb aboard? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON A BITTERLY COLD NOVEMBER NIGHT, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Makes me feel like composing my own verse Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON A MONK MENDING HIS CLOTHES, by TA TUNG Poem Source First Line: Among vast fields of people Last Line: Why distinguish between %the large and small self? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON A PAINTING, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: A pine or two Last Line: Only the clouds come to visit Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Zen Buddhism ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT I WRITE MY FEELINGS OUT, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Nearly midnight %I sit in the woods alone Last Line: It helps the melancholy Subject(s): Writing And Writers; Zen Buddhism ON DEAD BRANCHES CROWS REMAIN PERCHED AT AUTUMN'S END, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: This autumn, why do I get old? In clouds a bird Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON HIS BALDNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At dawn I sighed to see my hairs fall Last Line: Frees his heart by first shaving his head Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON MISSING MY WAY TO THE MONASTERY OF HEAPED FRAGRANCE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I cannot find the monastery of heaped fragrance Last Line: To subdue the dragon of desire Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON NAN-CH'UAN'S TAO IS ORDINARY MIND, by WU-MEN HUI-K'AI Poem Source First Line: Spring has its hundred flowers Last Line: Each day is the best of your life Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON PARTING WITH THE BUDDHIST PILGRIM LINGCHE, by LIU CHANG-QING Poem Source First Line: From the temple, deep in its tender bamboos Last Line: Farther and farther down the green mountain Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON RECEIVING MY LETTER OF TERMINATION, by YUAN HUNG-TAO Poem Source First Line: The time has come to devote myself to my hiker's stick Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON SEEING THE FIRST BLOOM OF THE LOTUS, by JAKUREN Poem Source First Line: Here it is: this Last Line: Through my door, in the dawn sky Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON THE DEATH OF YUKINORI, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Our life span, however long, lasts not for a hundred years Last Line: Neglected, while the flowing years go by Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON THE HUAI RIVER, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: Reed tips face the dawn Last Line: It seems like spring Subject(s): Rivers; Zen Buddhism ON THE LAKE RETURNING LATE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Lying back, %bulwark for a pillow Last Line: Chickens and dogs %distantly squabble Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism ON THE MOUNTAIN ROAD THE SUN AROSE, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: All passions, all desires of your heart Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON THE RIVER, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: North of the river, autumn's wet umbra clears halfway Last Line: Then, all of a sudden, a thousand other sails, now there, now here Subject(s): Rivers; Sailors And Sailing; Zen Buddhism ON THE SLOPE OF KUGAMI, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Looking back at that place Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON THE WINTER FESTIVAL I VISITED LONE MOUNTAIN AND THE TWO MONKS, by WEI FENG Poem Source First Line: The sky looked like snow Last Line: It cannot be grasped again Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ON VISITING A HERMIT AND NOT FINDING HIM AT HOME, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Under a pine tree I ask a houseboy Last Line: Lost to me in deep clouds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ORCHID, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Deep in the valley, a beauty hides Last Line: It seems to sigh softly for a lover Subject(s): Zen Buddhism OUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And off into the empty sky Subject(s): Zen Buddhism OUT ON THE LAKE RETURNING LATE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Pillowed on the bulwark Last Line: Chickens and dogs %stir up a racket Subject(s): Lakes; Travel; Zen Buddhism OVER KING YU MOUNTAIN WITH A FRIEND, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Sun sets, bell sounds, the mist Last Line: Horses tread men's shadows Subject(s): Guests; Zen Buddhism OVERNIGHT AT A MOUNTAIN TEMPLE, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Flock of peaks hunched up Last Line: Has never heard tell %of the 'world' down below Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism P'U-T'O TEMPLE, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: A temple, hidden, treasured Last Line: The welling source speaks for him Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism PAINTED FAN, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Dim fringe of cloud and lustrous moon-disc Last Line: Village under plum blossoms radiant at river's edge Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PAINTING A PINE, by CHING YUN Poem Source First Line: This time I think Last Line: The third one on the right Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Zen Buddhism PARROTS DWELL IN THE WEST COUNTRY, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Wind-swirled and -tossed, they fly off into the clouds! Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PARTING WITH THE MONK HO-LAN, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Wild monk, come to make a parting Last Line: Fated: orphan clouds just never settle down Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism PASSING OVER DAYU PEAK, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In a moment, all my defilements have vanished Last Line: As, tying up my hair, I receive their secrets Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PASSING PINE BANK, I WAS MOVED, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Orphan lamp drew out Last Line: Plucking hibiscus, for whom? Subject(s): Memory; Zen Buddhism PASSING RUSHFIELDS, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Where the willow shade is deep Last Line: A girl carries kindling Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PASSING THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHENG CH'ENG-KUNG, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: A passer-by points far off, and says Last Line: Before the memorial stone Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism PASSING THE PAVILION ON SHENZHU BRIDGE, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: I get down from my palanquin Last Line: An inch of mast floats by Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, by HAKUIN Poem Source Last Line: But the moonlit window smells of plum Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PEACH, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: A little girl under a peach tree Last Line: I will cross the sea like a hairy %caterpillar %and catch the odor of your body Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PEOPLE ASK THE WAY TO COLD MOUNTAIN, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: You'd return to the very center Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism PINE, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The first night at the monastery, Subject(s): Zen Buddhism; Nature PINK SUN, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: White petals on the black earth Last Line: The great king of bhutan %snores in the pinkest sun Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PIPE, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: While I slept it was all over Last Line: Which daylight would knock empty once again Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PLANTS AND FLOWERS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To the will %of the wind Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by FA YEN Poem Source First Line: Hidden birds sing as cool and clear Last Line: Only by sitting under the quiet forest %can we ever understand Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our natural mind like the autumn moon Last Line: Nothing like it- %how to explain? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We barely reach a hundred years Last Line: To touch bottom in the east sea %before we rest? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From a lone mountain peak %in an endless space Last Line: I sing its song till its end- %and still no zen Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by LIN CHI CHUNG Poem Source First Line: Don't say that only clear water mirrors the moon Last Line: For a wonderful moon, as lovely as before Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: You've come from my hometown Last Line: In flower on the day you left? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM (WHILE WALKING WITH THE EMPEROR), by FA YEN Poem Source First Line: Holding my sweater and facing the fragrant peony Last Line: Why wait till they have withered and fallen %to understand such emptiness? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM COMPOSED FOLLOWING A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Day after day after day Last Line: Rather than helplessly bemoan your cruel fate Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM FOR AUTUMN, by KUO-YIN Poem Source First Line: A piece of mind as clear as the sky Last Line: But listen for leaves falling in my yard Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM FOR DUKE WANG, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: With one bottle, one alms bowl, %I reach old age Last Line: A thousand rivers, a thousand mountains, %I arrive at last Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM FROM OLD PANG, by PANG YUN Poem Source First Line: Yellow leaves fade and fall Last Line: Somehow one becomes %a body of light Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM OF ENLIGHTENMENT, by HUI-NENG Poem Source First Line: Wisdom is not a tree Last Line: Where is the need to dust? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM OF ENLIGHTENMENT, by SHEN-HSIU Poem Source First Line: The body is the tree of wisdom Last Line: Keep it free from dust Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM OF THANKS, by HSU KU Poem Source First Line: While my body's at home, my heart takes a little trip Last Line: A tree full of blossoms: a sliver of sunset clouds Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism POEM RHYMING WITH THE MONK SAN'S 'TRIP TO KANAZAWA - RECALLING OLD, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Miserably cold, the temple before dawn Last Line: A white board door swinging to and fro in the breeze Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEM WRITTEN ON THE WALL, by FENG KAN Poem Source First Line: Only this %nothing more Last Line: No need to sit Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POEMS EXCHANGED BETWEEN RYOKAN AND HIS BROTHER YOSHIYUKI, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: I hear you play marbles with the brothel girls Last Line: About the world to come Subject(s): Zen Buddhism POET'S ZEN, by TA HSIANG Poem Source First Line: No hiding the pain I feel as twilight darkens Last Line: I give in, again, to the seductions of poet's zen Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism PONDSIDE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I've finished a pavillon Last Line: To make waves on the pond Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism POSITION OF THE SPARROW, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The sparrow has cut half the day in half Last Line: The sparrow stirs, %the universe moves slightly Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PRESENTED TO LIU CHING-WEN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lotus withered, no more umbrellas to the rain Last Line: And now too: citrons yellow, tangerines still green Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Chrysanthemums; Flowers; Zen Buddhism PRESENTED TO TANXIU, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He is like white clouds rising from the mountains Last Line: When the lichees turn red Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PRICELESS IS ONE'S INCANTATION, by HAKUIN Poem Source Last Line: Snowflakes fallen on the hearth fire Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PRIEST SENKEI, A TRUE MAN OF THE WAY, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Priest senkei, a true man of the way Subject(s): Zen Buddhism PSALM 1, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Happy is the one who walks otherwise Last Line: But the way of heedlessness is oblivion Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 10, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Why do you stand aloof Last Line: And thus no mortal of the earth can be arrogant Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 100, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: All the earth shouts for you! Last Line: And throughout the generations Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 102, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Hear my prayer %let my cry come before you Last Line: In the soil of this spirit Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 103, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: My soul is for your blessing Last Line: My soul is for your blessing Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 104, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: My soul is for your blessing %for you are very great Last Line: My soul is for your blessing- %I praise that too Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 107, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Thus the inspired ones speak Last Line: And have confidence in your steadfast love Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 109, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You whom I regularly praise Last Line: To save him from people like that Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 11, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I have trusted you Last Line: Your face glows with it Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 115, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Nor for our sake, o lord, not for us Last Line: Until a timeless and endless tomorrow Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 117, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Nations, give praise Last Line: Without end- %praise that Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 118, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Gratitude to you for your goodness Last Line: For your kindness pierces time through Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 12, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I call out to you %for the real is gutted Last Line: As if the world were made for them Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 121, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I lift my eyes to the mountain peak Last Line: Secure my departure %now: %always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 122, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Joy drenched me when you said Last Line: I pledge myself to seek the good Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 123, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Unto thee oppressed thou great commander of heaven Last Line: Whose scornfull misery greatly thy mercy needeth. Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 123, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Up toward you %I lift my eyes Last Line: Oppressed by the disdaining other %inside and out Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 124, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: If you had not stood by us Last Line: You to whom all speech is addressed Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 125, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: As sion standeth very firmly stedfast Last Line: Peace be for ever Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 125, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Like unmovable zion Last Line: Find a towering lasting and patient peace Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 126, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: When long absent from lovely sion Last Line: To see our buisiness joyfuly reaped Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 126, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: When you bring us out from enclosure Last Line: Our arms full of sheaves Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 128, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: All happyness shall thee betide Last Line: But gifts of peace shall grace Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 128, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Happy is the one who stands in awe of you Last Line: For all who question and struggle Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 13, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: How long will you persist in forgetting me? Last Line: In this sudden opening to you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 130, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Out of the depths I call to you Last Line: And you will loose all our bindings %surely Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 131, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You know that my heart is not haughty Last Line: From this day forth %and always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 133, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: How good %how pleasant Last Line: For life, life always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 137, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: We sat by the waters of babylon Last Line: Are dashed against the rock of faith Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 139, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You have searched me inside and out with your beam Last Line: On the way to your timeless time Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 14, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: The useless fool says in his heart Last Line: And the struggles will rejoice with strong singing Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 145, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I will hold you highest in my heart Last Line: Everywhere and always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 146, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: My soul brims with gratitude for you Last Line: Zion's guide for all the generations- %praise is yours Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 147, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Praise: %how good it is to sing to you Last Line: For this too we are grateful Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 148, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Praise to you from the sky's boundary Last Line: And are close at hand Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 15, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Who can rest in your tent? Last Line: Will never be shaken Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 150, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Praise to you in your holiness Last Line: Every breath is your praise Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 16, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Protect me from fear Last Line: Your right hand my chief delight %always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 17, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Hear the justice of my case Last Line: Filled with a quiet vision of you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 18, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: O love you, o god, my strength Last Line: David and his seed %always Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 19, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: The heavens express your fire Last Line: My rock, my release Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 2, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: What makes nations erupt and people's minds go Last Line: In the kingdom of what is Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 20, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: In trouble %answer us Last Line: Now as we call out to your calling Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 21, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Sovereignty shines through power Last Line: We sing in praise of your power Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 22, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: My god, my god, why have you forsaken me? Last Line: That this is how you are Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 23, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are my shepherd, I am content Last Line: I will always live within your home Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 24, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: All the earth and all that fills it belongs to you Last Line: All in all, this is what burns ever bright Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 25, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Now as I sing %I lift up my soul to you Last Line: From our pitiful distress Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 27, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are my light and my help Last Line: I wait only for you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 28, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I call out to you, my rock Last Line: Open us up in the timeless days Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 29, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: O high and mighty ones Last Line: So that we may be blessed with peace Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 3, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: How many are my tormentors Last Line: And blessings rain down on your people Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 30, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I will lift you up Last Line: Pouring out my gratitude without end Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 31, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: In you I put my trust Last Line: Be strong and of good cheer Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 32, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Happy is the one who is forgiven Last Line: The upright in heart shout for joy Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 33, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Upright hearts rejoice in you Last Line: That refreshes our body's hope Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 34, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Every moment I bless you Last Line: And none who trust you will know remorse Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 36, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I feel the heedless impulse in my heart Last Line: Thrust down %unable to rise Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 37, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Don't fear the heedless ones Last Line: To waiting with what is Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 39, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I said, I will be careful Last Line: Before I travel on %and am gone Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 4, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Because I call %you answer Last Line: I find my completion Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 40, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I waited patiently for you Last Line: My help, my deliverer %o don't delay! Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 42, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: As the hart thrills for the fresh brook Last Line: When I am whole Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 44, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Blessing on you, my rock Last Line: Happy those who give themselves to you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 46, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are our protection and strength Last Line: Our defense at the silent center of things Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 48, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are greatness Last Line: Even into death Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 49, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: People, listen to me Last Line: And perish, like any animal Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 5, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Listen %incline your ear toward me Last Line: Circling them round like a shield Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 50, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You-out of your namelessness Last Line: Will feel my kindness and my help Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 51, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Be gracious with me in your loving-kindness Last Line: Then the bullocks and the incense can be offered on %the altars Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 55, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Listen to my prayer Last Line: My trust is yours Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 57, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Be gracious, be gracious, be gracious Last Line: Raise yourself up and blaze out over all the body %of earth! Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 59, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Release me from torment Last Line: For your are my shield %my kindness Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 6, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Con't crush me with your anger Last Line: Suddenly it is turned-shamed and disarmed Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 62, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: My soul waits quietly for you Last Line: For all according to their acts Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 65, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: For you praise waits in zion Last Line: They murmur it, shout it, sing it out Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 72, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Endow power with justice Last Line: It fills the world to the brim with its brightness Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 73, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: It is true-the strugglers Last Line: In speaking only of what you are Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 74, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Why have you cast us off forever? Last Line: Their snarling noises ascending all the time Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 75, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: We give thanks to you, endless thanks Last Line: But the horns of the upright you raise Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 77, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I shout out to you, I wail Last Line: In moses and aaron's care Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 8, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Your unsayable name: it covers all the earth Last Line: Your unsayable name covers heaven and earth Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 80, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Listen, shepherd of israel Last Line: Turn our hearts around, shine on us, open us up Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 81, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I sing to you my strength Last Line: And out of the rock sweet honey would flow Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 84, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: How lovely is your house! Last Line: Happy is the one whose trust rests solid with you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 86, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Listen to me, answer me, for I am desperate Last Line: Knowing you have helped me and given me comfort Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 87, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You love zion's gates Last Line: Here is the source of all my joy Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 88, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Now you are my only help Last Line: Is altogether put out Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 89, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I will forever sing of your kindness Last Line: Ingratitude I speak these words to you Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 90, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You have always been a refuge to me Last Line: And let all that I do %be yours Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 92, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: It is good to thank you, good to pronounce your Last Line: Sealed and without a crack Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 93, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are sovereign Last Line: Even past the end of time Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 94, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: Shine your light on action Last Line: Brought to wholeness in its time Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 95, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: We are here %singing to you Last Line: That they would never enter my place Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 96, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: I sing a new song to you and the earth sings too Last Line: Who comes with the sweetness of truth Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 97, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: You are sovereign! %the earth is glad Last Line: And give thanks for the holiness of memory Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism PSALM 98, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: To you we sing a new song Last Line: To establish justice and harmony everywhere Subject(s): Christianity; Zen Buddhism QUAILS, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: It is the grass that moves, not the quails Last Line: The nightfall is quiet, but inside the congealed exuviae %numberless insects zigzag, on parade Subject(s): Zen Buddhism QUATRAIN, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: At the bottom of the ocean: moon Last Line: And you could buy a thousand miles of spring Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism RAIN, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The rain keeps falling Last Line: Keeps falling, %even on the finest days Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RAT ON MOUNT ISHIZUCHI, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Snow glitters on the divine rocks Last Line: The sun, the plane boarded by the rat, %are afloat in the sparrow's dream Subject(s): Zen Buddhism READING A POEM OF YUAN-CHIU IN A BOAT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Holding the scroll %I study your poem Last Line: While winds push waves %against my little boat Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE; WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF A PRIEST'S CELL, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ever since the time when I was a lusty boy Last Line: That very striving will make one's error more. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Zen Buddhism; Theology RECALLING THE OLD DAYS AT MIANCHI, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To what can we lken human life? Last Line: The long way, our exhaustion and how the lame donkey brayed? Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RECLUSE ON ORPHAN MOUNTAIN, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Until deep into mountain and river Last Line: Log for a bridge - %I'll build a little hut Subject(s): Mountains; Zen Buddhism RED PEONIES IN A JAR, by SATO NORIKIYO Poem Source First Line: Afraid that the autumn wind Last Line: Why do the petals keep falling off? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RED WAVES, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: A cat, a black-white tabby out of nowhere Last Line: I spotted the parasol rising above the rock: %the sun, blinding! Red waves reached my ankles Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REFRESHING, THE WIND AGAINST THE WATERFALL, by KOKAN SHIREN Poem Source Last Line: That these bones be purified by rocks Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REJOICING THAT THE ZEN MASTER PAO HAS ARRIVED, by LIU CH'ANG-CH'ING Poem Source First Line: What day did you come down from that former place Last Line: With metal staff you quietly come and go, %mindless - for everywhere is zen Subject(s): Buddhism; Zen Buddhism RENUNCIATION OF WIT, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: Buddhists tell of flames of kalpa consuming all they meet Last Line: I must burn my allegories by the lamp Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REPLY TO A FRIEND'S LETTER, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Your smoky village is not so far from here Last Line: As soon as the sun melts the ice along the mossy path Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REPLY TO MR. LEE, ALMS GIVER, by FO-E Poem Source First Line: Why claim that buddha %is not on high mountain? Last Line: Much better to sit and meditate, %worship your own pure heart Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RESPONDING TO YUNG-MING'S ZEN RHYMES, by WU CHEN HSIEN TU Poem Source First Line: Few people reach such clear, cool clouds Last Line: With my good friends, %no thought of right or wrong Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RESPONSE TO CHANG YEN'S POEM-AUTUMN NIGHT, by HAN HUNG Poem Source First Line: The wind against long bamboo %in an early autumn night Last Line: I barely notice the crows %are cawing for the dawn Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RETIRING TO SOUTH MOUNTAIN AT YEAR'S END, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: No more petitions to the capital Last Line: Moonlight through pine trees %fills my window with emptiness Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RETURN TO THE IDYLLIC LIFE OF THE FARMLAND, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: Plant beans at the foot of south mountain Last Line: I am as I am-natural to myself Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RETURNING ALONE, by SHOU CH'UAN Poem Source First Line: Under a reclining sun, as cicadas cry Last Line: Once again press my way between green creepers Subject(s): Solitude; Zen Buddhism RETURNING CLOUDS, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Misty trees hide in crinkled hills' blue green Last Line: To come on home again Subject(s): Clouds; Zen Buddhism RETURNING TO MY NATIVE VILLAGE AFTER MANY YEARS' ABSENCE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Inside, poignant memories of these long years of pilgrimage Subject(s): Zen Buddhism REVERSIBLE VERSE: INSCRIPTION FOR FOLD MOUNTAIN TEMPLE: 1, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tides follow hidden waves. The snow mountain tilts Last Line: Blue peaks are a thousand dots. A few weightless gulls Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism REVERSIBLE VERSE: INSCRIPTION FOR FOLD MOUNTAIN TEMPLE: 2, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Gulls are weightless, a few dots. A thousand peaks are blue Last Line: A tilted mountain is a snow wave, secretly following tides Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism RHYMING WITH THE PRIEST CAOAN'S POEM 'LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS : 7, by BETSUGEN ENSHI Poem Source First Line: Cranes in the wilderness, lonely clouds - their destination is uncertain Last Line: A hundred years of light and dark before we reach the end Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RILL OF THE HOUSE OF LUANS, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: The river's voice with whispers to the distant shore Last Line: A white heron shrieks then dives Subject(s): Rivers; Seashore; Waves; Zen Buddhism RISING EARLY, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Chrysanthemums in bloom - as gaunt as ever Last Line: Clings desperately to a cold branch Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RIVER SNOW, by LIU TSUNG-YUAN Poem Source First Line: A thousand mountains. Flying birds vanish Last Line: Alone with his hook. Cold river. Snow Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism RIVER SNOW, by LIU TSUNG-YUAN Poem Source First Line: In a thousand mountains %the birds have ceased to fly Last Line: Fishes the snow %of the icy river Subject(s): Zen Buddhism RIVERBANK EPIPHANY, by LING YI Poem Source First Line: These evenings the hills are green again Last Line: Just listen to the rushing autumn springs Subject(s): Solitude; Zen Buddhism ROHATSU: TO SHOW TO MY DISCIPLES, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: The older one gets, the harder it is to achieve buddhahood Last Line: Barefoot, descending his long, steep slope Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ROLLING UP THE CURTAIN, by YUAN MEI Poem Source First Line: Rolled up the curtain on the window, north Last Line: Together at green mountain's peak Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-ts'ai Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism SAILING A SMALL BOAT ON A DAM, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: With a straw cape I huddled last night Last Line: Green mountain and trees %everywhere again Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SAYING GOODBYE TO THE MONK WUNIAN, by YUAN HUNG-TAO Poem Source First Line: Each five years we meet Last Line: To protect your head from the cold Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SEA, THE SKY, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source Last Line: An emptiness as pure %as frost Subject(s): Heroism; Soldiers; War; Zen Buddhism SEDGE-CROWN COURTYARD, by WEN CHAO Poem Source First Line: Invisibly trailing %sedge clumps and spreads Last Line: Naturally crisscross Subject(s): Hiking; Zen Buddhism SEE THE MOON'S BRIGHT BLAZE OF LIGHT, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: This light knows neither day or night Subject(s): Moon; Zen Buddhism SEEKING A NIGHT'S LODGING AT THE MONASTERY OF THE CHAN MASTER DAOYI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The master of unity lodges on taibo mountain Last Line: I should render service for an entire life Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SELF-EXHORTATION, by LIAO HSING Poem Source First Line: I see these hills, hear the streams - and all grief fades Last Line: Timeless and unchanging, each and every twist and turn Subject(s): Self-consciousness; Zen Buddhism SELF-PORTRAIT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Drawing my portrait, I look for myself Last Line: But I and my portrait %are colored by life's illusion Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SELF-PORTRAIT AT A LITTLE HERMITAGE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: Bamboo and trees Last Line: Drawing woodcutters %and fishermen Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Zen Buddhism SENDING OFF A FRIEND AMIDST THE CRIES OF GIBBONS, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: You go ten thousand miles Last Line: It will be all the more wounding to hear Subject(s): Farewell; Zen Buddhism SENDING OFF A MONK TO WU-T'AI MOUNTAIN, by CHIEN CHANG Poem Source First Line: Mount wu-t'ai %crosscuts the milky way Last Line: Rinse your jug alone %in waterfall foam Subject(s): Monks; Zen Buddhism SENDING OFF CHAN MASTER XIAOBEN TO FAYUN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As long as one dwells beneath this heavenly roof Last Line: When will I return there to hang up my flask and staff? Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SENDING OFF SSU TUAN TO RETURN EAST, by HSI CHOU Poem Source First Line: In distant thoughts Last Line: Will nip %my hair Subject(s): Sailors And Sailing; Zen Buddhism SENG CHAO'S DEATH POEM, by SENG CHAO Poem Source First Line: Of the four elements, I own nothing Last Line: Like chopping spring wind, with a sharp white sword Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SENT TO ACADEMICIAN CH'EN AT INSTIT. ILLUMINATION LITERATURE, by WEI FENG Poem Source First Line: Deep autumn %beyond the wilds Last Line: In the south palace, your letter %brilliant as a brocade Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Writing Schools; Zen Buddhism SENT TO RETIRED SCHOAR LIN HO-CHING, by CHIH YUAN Poem Source First Line: Reflecting %in the lake Last Line: I'll ride my inspiration %make a casual visit Subject(s): Retirement; Solitude; Zen Buddhism SERMON ON LARGE SELF AT HU-NAN PROVINCE, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Not yet to the shore of empty mind Last Line: At year's end, always calm Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SERMONS THERE ARE, MUST BE A MILLION, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: Your view will be blocked %by the others Subject(s): Mountains; Temples; Zen Buddhism SETTING OUT AT NIGHT FROM THE PAVILION AT STONE PASS, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: I've travelled round the hills for hundreds of miles Last Line: Cold and wet the morning dewdrops form Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SEVENTEENTH NIGHT OF THE EIGHTH MONTH, WRITTEN IN A DREAM, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: Midnight %fall river Last Line: My life %my spirit Subject(s): Forgetfulness; Zen Buddhism SHADOW REPLIES TO THE BODY: 2, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: Immortality cannot be reached, %and seeking long life is foolish Last Line: Wine may in truth dispel our sorrow %but not as well as lasting love Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SHUT UP AMONG THE SOLITARY PEAKS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Warming the brush with my breath Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SIGH FOR MYSELF, by FA YUAN Poem Source First Line: A lone boat floats on waves %in the quiet night Last Line: Leaving this solitary fisherman %holding his empty pole Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SILENT AND STILL: THEN, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The cicada's screech Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Cicadas; Zen Buddhism SINCE I BEGAN TO CLIMB THIS STEEP PATH OF DISCIPLINE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Year after year, for all the years I have lived here Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SINCE I CAME TO THIS T'IEN T'AI TEMPLE, by UNKNOWN+125 Poem Source Last Line: How many other men will watch those mountains stand Subject(s): Old Age; Temples; Zen Buddhism SINGING OF CLOUD MOUNTAIN, by CHIH LIANG Poem Source First Line: People may talk about a ladder to heaven Last Line: And a spring that runs down %in nine separate streams Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Zen Buddhism SINGLE PATH AMONG TEN THOUSAND TREES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: You would never get this far Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SITTING ALONE IN PEACE BEFORE THESE CLIFFS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: This moon that is the heart's pivot Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Peace; Zen Buddhism SITTING ALONE ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I sit alone sad at my whitening hair Last Line: Study the absolute Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SITTING IN THE SUN, by SHU-LIANG Poem Source First Line: The frost melts, stairs in the yard Last Line: Unknowing my book drops from my hands Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SNAIL, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The snail crawls over blackness Last Line: Into the ash can. %could it be that he's the falling snow? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SNOW, by TZU LAN Poem Source First Line: Dense, swirling, falling through azure emptiness Last Line: Vagrant flakes drift in and stain his inkstone black Subject(s): Ice; Snow; White (color); Winter; Zen Buddhism SNOW WIND, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: There's nothing more to see Last Line: Suddenly your face %is large as the universe Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SO HAN-SHAN WRITES UOU THESE WORDS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Worn out by their moment of play on stage! Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SOMEDAY I'LL BE A WEATHER-BEATEN SKULL RESTING, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: No more enduring than last night's dream Subject(s): Death; Transience; Zen Buddhism SOMETIMES I SIT QUIETLY, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: But why do I still grieve Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SONG OF ENLIGHTENMENT, by HSUAN CHYUEN Poem Source First Line: I sought zen from temples and teachers Last Line: Talking, quiet; moving, stillness, %the calm within Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SONG OF SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT, by SHEN HUI Poem Source First Line: When the nothing is something Last Line: The thought empty and free Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SONG TO THE TUNE NAN KO TZU, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rapt in wine against the mountain rains Last Line: On a lake side path Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Singing And Singers; Zen Buddhism SOUL MAD WITH LONGING, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: I lie alone Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SOUND OF THE WIND IN THE PINES AN AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ..., by HSU YUN Poem Source First Line: Courtyard-covering white dew Last Line: Preaching 'no birth' Subject(s): Monks; Mountains; Preaching And Preachers; Zen Buddhism SOUTH HILLOCK, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: A lone boat moors leeward Last Line: So distant, so far, he can hardly remember Subject(s): Lakes; Zen Buddhism SOUTHERN ROOM OVER THE RIVER, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The room is prepared, the incense burned Last Line: Stretching on and on to the horizon Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SOUTHERN STUDY, by JIA DAO Poem Source First Line: Alone I lie in the southern study Last Line: It ought to be east of the sea-gates Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPENDING THE NIGHT AT THE RIVER-PORT POOL ROCK, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: At the third watch, no moon, the sky's really black Last Line: When suddenly once more, on my head drippp!!! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A LITTLE VILLAGE, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Hard traveling, and then Last Line: Seining up fish from the pool Subject(s): Travel; Villages; Zen Buddhism SPIRIT SPEAKS: 1, by TAO CHIEN Poem Source First Line: Our creator isn't biased; %all things run their course Last Line: And when our time has come, %to go without a trace Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPRING, by IIO SOGI Poem Source First Line: That man's life is but a dream Last Line: To butterflies Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPRING DAY ON WEST LAKE, by LIN HO-CHING Poem Source First Line: My talent %won't compare Last Line: Become fishermen Subject(s): Spring; Zen Buddhism SPRING NIGHT, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The few minutes of a spring night Last Line: In the night so deep, so profound Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPRING RAINS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Made me forget the reason Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SPRING SUNSET, A WILLOWY MISS OF SIXTEEN, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Whose daughter is that Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SRING DAWN, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I oversleep the spring dawn Last Line: How many flowers have fallen %during the wet and windy night? Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): Zen Buddhism STAYING AT BAMBOO LODGE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An evening sitting under Last Line: The gate of mystery! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Meditation; Zen Buddhism STAYING AT LUYUAN TEMPLE: WANG WEI'S FORMER RESIDENCE, by SESSON YUBAI Poem Source First Line: Dilapidated and deserted, this tang dynasty temple Last Line: At the graveyard gate I'll meet him coming back Subject(s): Zen Buddhism STAYING AT THE RESIDENCE OF ACADEMICIAN TING CHU YEN, by YU CHAO Poem Source First Line: At our private meeting Last Line: Rings out %strict purity Subject(s): Academia; Temples; Zen Buddhism STAYING OVERNIGHT AT XIAOSHA STREAM, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Trees, laced in mountain mist Last Line: With their catkins? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism STITCHES, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: My wife is always knitting, knitting Last Line: Her dream must be deepening, %her knitting coming loose Subject(s): Zen Buddhism STONE GATE MONASTERY ON MOUNT LANTIAN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In the setting sun, mountains and waters were lovely Last Line: When blossoms are red I will come to see them again Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUCH A MIND IS, INDEED, THAT OF A BUDDHA!, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: Is still free from drawing distinctions Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUFFERING FROM THE HEAT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Red sun filled sky and earth Last Line: To pass through to the joy of purity Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUMMER, by IIO SOGI Poem Source First Line: Just a hint of thunder clouds Last Line: Night just beginning Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUMMER EVENING, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: The night advances toward dawn Last Line: I smooth my pillow and let my thoughts drift Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUMMER NIGHT, by KOKAN SHIREN Poem Source First Line: To escape the heat I sleep upstairs Last Line: I no longer notice the mosquitos buzzing round my ears Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUMMER NIGHT, by TS'AN LIAO TZU Poem Source First Line: A pine fragrance Last Line: Wordless %crossing the eastern wall Subject(s): Summer; Zen Buddhism SUN, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Stretched in the genial sun Last Line: The pavement's greened with leaves Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SUNSET IN A FISHING VILLAGE, by INGO Poem Source First Line: On my raincape - ice; all over my body - frost Last Line: My tall fishing rod takes the light of the setting sun Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SWEEPING LEAVES, by RYUSHU SHUTAKU Poem Source First Line: Lacking cash to buy firewood Last Line: And return to listening to the rain dripping on the steps Subject(s): Zen Buddhism SWORDSMAN, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Ten long years I've honed this sword Last Line: It's looking for justice Subject(s): Knights And Knighthood; Swords; Zen Buddhism T'IEN-HO TEMPLE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Green tiles, red railings Last Line: The sound would just fade %in that distance Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism T'UNG PASS, by CHANG YANG-HAO Poem Source First Line: Masses of mountain peaks Last Line: Dynasties rise, people suffer, %dynasties fall, people die Subject(s): Roads; Zen Buddhism TANKA, by MYOE Poem Source First Line: Bright, bright! Last Line: Bright bright, the moon! Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TANKA: WATCHING THE MOON GO DOWN, by MYOE Poem Source First Line: Set now, %and I too will go below Last Line: Let us keep company Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TELLING ANALOGY FOR LIFE AND DEATH, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: So life and death, the two of them, are fine Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TEMPLE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Autumn: the ninth year of yuan ho Last Line: Of idleness are still left to live Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TEMPORARY LODGING, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: The traveller hastens on Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TEN THOUSAND MILES WITHOUT ONE, by HSUEH-FENG YI TS'UN Poem Source Last Line: Of shaving your head and %leaving home? Subject(s): Absence; Zen Buddhism THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 275, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've always loved friends of the way Last Line: And we finally see who we are Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Zen Buddhism THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 282, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From a lofty mountain peak Last Line: A song in which there is no zen Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Mountains; Singing & Singers; Zen Buddhism; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Songs THEME ON THE OFFICIALS' REST PAVILLION, WU-TANG PREFECTURE, by HSI CHOU Poem Source First Line: This perfectural pavillion Last Line: Mail off %these mumbles Subject(s): Guests; Sailors And Sailing; Zen Buddhism THEY COME ABOUT ON THEIR OWN, by IIO SOGI Poem Source Last Line: This autumn sky Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THINKING BACK, I RECALL MY DAYS AT ENTSU-JI, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: The tears flow on and on, blending with the swirling mountain stream Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THINKING OF MASTER CHIH-TI, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Holding the pen I think of you Last Line: So many things in my life I share %with you and these white clouds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THINKING OF THE OLD MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE END OF AUTUMN, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Used to live north of square hut Last Line: Living a life like that Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism THIS BUSY STRUGGLE, by SHIH LIEN Poem Source First Line: Turning clouds, swirling waters Last Line: Struggles with each other %for empty dreams Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THIS HUMAN LIFE, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: If this human life is a hundred years Last Line: I sit on this decaying rock now %at southern mountain Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THIS WORLD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Is completely consumed Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THISTLES, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Thistles bloomed in the vast moonlit Last Line: And off in the distance a dog whimpered, %as if swallowing hot air Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THOUGHT AT YEAR'S END, by WANG CHIEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: Everyone wants to be young forever Last Line: Bloom for twenty years more Subject(s): Zen Buddhism THOUSAND CLOUDS AMONG A MYRIAD STREAMS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: On a quiet calm, like autumn river water Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TIME, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: Time like a lake breeze Last Line: And stuffed the universe into his eyes Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TIME PASSES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Long after everything else is gone Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO 'EYES' FASCINATION', by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Mellow, mellow at the sun's foot floats the purple mist Last Line: Tries to make a ripple, but gives up Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO A VISITOR, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Listen to the cicadas in treetops near the waterfall Last Line: But I can offer you a window full of the most intoxicating air Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO AN OLD MONK ON MOUNT T'IEN T'AI, by KUAN HSIU Poem Source First Line: Living alone where none other dwells Last Line: For me alone, relaxes his discipline, this moment Variant Title(s): To An Old Monk On Mount Tian Ta Subject(s): Monks; Old Age; Zen Buddhism TO BE SHOWN TO THE MONKS AT A CERTAIN TEMPLE, by CHIAO-JAN Poem Source First Line: Not yet to the shore of non-doing Last Line: It it's evening, even if it's fall Subject(s): Temples; Zen Buddhism TO MASTER I-CHUAN, by HSU YUN Poem Source First Line: I have stayed in this mountain for decades Last Line: Drop after drop, tone after tone, without end? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO MASTER YING, by HA-WEN YUAN Poem Source First Line: Turning from worldly things %I buy some wine Last Line: That I sing to tang-hsiu %the poem of bright clouds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO MEI-WEN IN KUANGCHOU, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Just now: heart flagged to hear Last Line: Here the flowers fall like rain: %so much sadness in all this chaos Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism TO MY NEW VASE, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: From now on Last Line: You'll never be lonely Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO MY TEACHER, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: An old grave hidden away at the foot of a deserted hill Last Line: A flood of tears soaks my sleeves Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO RHYME WITH A POEM BY MY OLD TEACHER: SICK IN WINTER, by RYUSEN REISAI Poem Source First Line: Driven against the paper windows, flying sleet borne on a sour wind Last Line: Strikes my ears like the knelling of a bell Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TO THE TUNE OF HUAN CHI SHA, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I wandered along the ch'I-shui to clear spring monastery Last Line: Too early crying Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Old Age; Zen Buddhism TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE THE WORLD?, by SAMI MANSEI Poem Source Last Line: That has rowed away at dawny Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TORN AND TATTERED, TORN AND TATTERED, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: How could such a crazy monk live in a temple Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TRAILING ON THE WIND, by SATO NORIKIYO Poem Source Last Line: Unknown their resting place Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TRAINED FLOWERS: WILD GRASSES, by MIAO HUI Poem Source First Line: When the mouth smiles Last Line: Garden flowers and wild grasses are just the same. %others speak out Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Zen Buddhism TRANSLATING SUTRAS, by HUI YUNG Poem Source First Line: We go on unwinding the woof Last Line: Here are no mere scholars Subject(s): Scholarship And Scholars; Zen Buddhism TRAVELLING SOUTH, by CHENG MIEN Poem Source First Line: Under the glowing sunset, I walked with a stick Last Line: Just to find this cool, clear spring Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TU FU, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Enchanted by blossoms, beguiled by willows Last Line: Dashing off poems for the emperor's edification Subject(s): Tu Fu (712-770); Zen Buddhism TWENTY POEMS IN THE STYLE OF HAN SHAN AND SHIH TE, SELS., by WANG ANSHIH Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TWIN PAGODAS OF ORCHID STREAM, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The tall pagoda is not pointed, the short one is Last Line: With the voice of buddha Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TWO POEM-LETTERS, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: The weather is good and Last Line: Send me golden water Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TWO POEMS FOR MY FRIEND BOSAI, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Yes, I'm truly a dunce Last Line: And you will be able to let go of even blossoms Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TWO SCENES INSCRIBED ON A SCREEN: 1, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Somewhere, a fishing boat arranges its lines Last Line: A tavern flag gleams in the thicket of kitchen-smoke Subject(s): Zen Buddhism TWO SCENES INSCRIBED ON A SCREEN: 2, by GIDO SHUSHIN Poem Source First Line: Evening snow hurries them homeward; the road twists, the going slow Last Line: To help it across the bridges over the gorges - no fear of danger Subject(s): Zen Buddhism VERSES ON THE MIND-FAITH, by SENG-TS'AN Poem Source First Line: The great way is not difficult Last Line: No tomorrow %no today Subject(s): Faith; Zen Buddhism VILLAGE OF THE DEER STOCKADE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: On this lone mountain, I see no one Last Line: And shines above on green moss Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism VISIT TO MR. FUJI'S VILLA, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: It's several miles outside the town Last Line: Where I'm greeted again by a little flock of spring birds Subject(s): Zen Buddhism VISITING CLOUD PEAK WITH PRIEST TENGE IN FALL, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: Human existence in this world Last Line: Bound as one, roaming in the far beyond Subject(s): Zen Buddhism VISITING THE FOREST PAVILION OF THE RECLUSE, CUI XINGZONG, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The green trees give layers of shade in all directions Last Line: And regards with the whites of his eyes %the rest of the world Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism VISITING THE MONASTERY AT LUNG-MEN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I explored the grounds with monks this evening Last Line: But does it also waken the soul? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Monasteries; Zen Buddhism VISITING YANG YUN-SHIH'S VILLA ON THE HUAI RIVER, by HUI CH'UNG Poem Source First Line: The place is close Last Line: A bright moon's climbing %islands ahead Subject(s): Guests; Zen Buddhism VOID HAS COLLAPSED UPON THE EARTH, by ZEKKAI CHUSHIN Poem Source Last Line: Turning a somersault, I brush past Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: AILANTHUS BANK, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: They bear a fruit that's red and also green Last Line: By setting out these cups of ailanthus Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: BAMBOO DISTRICT LODGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Sitting alone among secluded bamboos Last Line: A bright moon comes and shines on me Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: DEER ENCLOSURE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In the empty mountain no one to be seen Last Line: Shining again on dark green moss Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: FINE BAMBOO MOUNTAIN RANGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Sleek stems reflected in empty winding waters Last Line: Without the woodcutters knowing Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: GOLD DUST SPRING, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Drink daily from gold dust spring Last Line: In plumes and feathers you'll attend the jade emperor's court Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: GRAINY APRICOT LODGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: We cut grainy apricot wood for beams Last Line: Will go to make rain among men Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: HUAZI RIDGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Birds fly away to the ends of the earth Last Line: I am moved by feelings of the utmost sorrow Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: LACQUER TREE GROVE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: That man of old was not a proud official Last Line: His charge an inanimate cluster of trees Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: LAKE YI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Playing flutes we reach the distant shore Last Line: Dark mountain green unfurling white clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: LAKESIDE PAVILION, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A light boat greets the arriving guest Last Line: On every side the lotus is in bloom Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: LILY MAGNOLIA HOLLOW, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: On the tips of branches, hibiscus flowers Last Line: They bloom in profusion, then fall to earth Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: LUAN FAMILY RAPIDS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The wind howls in the autumn rain Last Line: White herons start up in fright, then drop down again Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: MAGNOLIA ENCLOSURE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The autumn hills hold back the last of the light Last Line: The evening mist has no place to settle Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: MENG WALL HOLLOW, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A new home by a gap in the meng wall Last Line: Grieving in vain for what others had before? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: PAGODA-TREE FOOTPATH, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The narrow path is shaded by pagoda-trees Last Line: Worried in case a monk from the hills comes by Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: PEPPER GARDEN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: With cup of cinnamon I greet the son of god Last Line: Let my lord come down from among the clouds! Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: THE NORTHERN COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: By the northern cottage to the north of the lakewater Last Line: Lit up, then lost, on the edges of the black forest Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: THE SOUTHERN COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Towards the southern cottage the skiff goes Last Line: Too far away for us to recognize each other Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: WHITE PEBBLE RAPIDS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Clear shallow water, white pebble rapids Last Line: Wash their silk under the bright moon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANG RIVER COLLECTION: WILLOW WAVES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Row on row, unbroken, gossamer willows Last Line: For there the spring winds bring the pain of parting Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WANTING TO GO TO THE EASTERN CLIFF, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Used a cloud as a pillow and went to sleep Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Sleep; Zen Buddhism WATCHING SNOW DRIFTS ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN, by TSU YUNG Poem Source First Line: The northern shadows of south mountain Last Line: Yet in the city of chang an, %a cold dusk comes on Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WATCHING THE FLOWERS, by PO-TZU T'ING Poem Source First Line: Some prefer peach blossoms - swollen, lush Last Line: And by whom? Subject(s): Flowers; Spring; Zen Buddhism WE MEET ONLY TO PART, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Hardly a soul notices Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WEAKER THE WINE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The weaker the wine Last Line: Only aspects of the void Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WEEPING FOR YING YAO, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: We send you home to a grave on stone tower mountain Last Line: Only the mindless waters remain, flowing down to the world of men Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Ying Yao; Zen Buddhism WEIGHTLESS, LIKE A RIVER, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard of a teacher and went to him. Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WELCOME, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: North and south, my house is surrounded by %spring water Last Line: To help us finish this jug of wine Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WEN-APRICOT HUT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: They have cut wen-apricot for beams Last Line: Bring our human rains? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHAT IS MOVING, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: When I turned to look back Last Line: I crook my arm, the world's crooked Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHAT IS THIS LIFE OF MINE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And then brush a few poems Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHAT LUCK! I FOUND A COIN IN MY BAG, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: But lacked the means until now Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN ALL THOUGHTS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Turns clear and transparent Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN I SEE LEARNED PRIESTS LECTURING ON THE SUTRAS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: And all you get is empty babble Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN I THINK, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To save %everyone Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN I WAS A LAD, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Usually ending up, with a big smile on my face, at a pleasure pavilion Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN THE MEN OF THE WORLD LOOK FOR THIS PATH AMID THE CLOUDS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The cloud-path leads from sky to sky Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHEN THE YEAR PASSES, IT'S EXCHANGED FOR A YEAR OF WORRIES, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: I struggled all night but could not sleep Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Insomnia; Zen Buddhism WHEN THIS GENERATION SEES HAN-SHAH, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: You can come up and face cold mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Indifference; Zen Buddhism WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Thick fog? Lots of frost? Last Line: It's fine to reas %at night Subject(s): Chrysanthemums; Flowers; Zen Buddhism WHITE FLOWER, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: One flower, my family and I Last Line: I'm a handful of earth. %untraceable Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHITE ROCK RAPIDS, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: Standing on the rocks, gazing at the water below Last Line: Women wash gauze under a bright moon Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Nature; Stones; Zen Buddhism WHITEBAIT OPENS ITS BLACK EYES, by MATSUO MUNEFUSA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The nape of the neck of the firefly is red Alternate Author Name(s): Basho; Matsuo Basho Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHO SAYS MY POEMS ARE POEMS, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Then we can speak of poetry Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WHY AM I ALWAYS SO DEPRESSED?, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Take this old body home and hide it in the mountains! Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WILD PEONIES, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To ward off the rain Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WIND AND WATER, by MIAO YIN Poem Source First Line: A steady wind scours the autumn moon Last Line: Why, then, does karma yet coil and bind? Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Wind; Zen Buddhism WIND HAS SETTLED, THE BLOSSOMS HAVE FALLEN, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: This is the wondrous power of buddhism Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WIND IS GENTLE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: As a token of old age Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WINDS OF SPRING, by SATO NORIKIYO Poem Source Last Line: My heart is disturbed Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WINTER, by IIO SOGI Poem Source First Line: Not a cloud around the moon Last Line: That ended my dream Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WINTER MOON, by KOKAN SHIREN Poem Source First Line: A mountain grove, leafless Last Line: Palace of broad cold.' Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WINTER MOON: 2, by KOKAN SHIREN Poem Source First Line: Opening the window at midnight, the night air cold Last Line: Didn't I know that moonlight won't make a ball? Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, by SHINKEI Poem Source Last Line: In the drifting clouds at sea Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WOOD IN SOUND, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: The pinetree sways in the smoke Last Line: Of air raids. %somehow, here and now, I am another Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WORDS, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI Poem Source First Line: I don't take your words Last Line: And me listen Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WORSHIP SERVICE, by DOGEN Poem Source First Line: In a snowfall Last Line: To hide himself away Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WRITING DOWN WHAT I SEE, by YUAN HUNG-TAO Poem Source First Line: The setting sun brings a pallor to the face of autumn Last Line: Suddenly, through the mist, I hear a temple bell Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WRITING MY FEELINGS IN LATE AUTUMN, by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: My body, alone as a cloud without a print Last Line: I disappoint a thousand mountains Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WRITING THE EVENTS OF A SUMMER DAY, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: Normally %I hate going out Last Line: Not easy to better Subject(s): Summer; Zen Buddhism WRITING THE EVENTS OF A WINTER DAY, by WEI YE Poem Source First Line: This year the first month Last Line: The kid's question Subject(s): Writing And Writers; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN AT CANDIDATE HSU'S VILLA ON THE TI RIVER, by PAO T'AN Poem Source First Line: The distant %ferry road blurs Last Line: Missing only %a gibbon's howl Subject(s): Ferry Boats; Travel; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN AT WHITE CLOUD HALL BESIDE WEST LAKE, by SU MAN-SHU Poem Source First Line: Where white clouds are deep Last Line: Fallen from that far off bell Subject(s): Clouds; Rain; Thunder; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN FOR THE ZEN MAN TE-JUN AT GREAT ASSEMBLT AT FO-YEN, by HSU YUN Poem Source First Line: Days long ago do you remember Last Line: Upholding the dharma-king Subject(s): Religion; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON ABBOT LUN'S WALL AT MOUNT JIAO, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dharma master lives here at mount chiao Last Line: He gave a smile and nodded in assent Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON MASTER HENGZHAO'S WALL, by CHIEN CHANG Poem Source First Line: A zen path %the autumn moss grows over Last Line: All day in the window %white clouds Variant Title(s): Written On Master Heng Chao's Wal Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Writing And Writers; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON MR. CHANG'S PAINTING OF THE DRUNKEN MONK, by HUAI SU Poem Source First Line: Everybody sends him wine Last Line: And threatens to paint himself %into the picture Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Monks; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON THE LAKE ON MY WAY BACK TO THE RETREAT AT STONE CLIFF, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Between dusk and dawn the weather is constantly changing Last Line: Try using this method if you want the truth Subject(s): Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON THE LAKE, RETURNING FROM THE CHAPEL AT STONE CLIFF, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Dawnlight to dusk, transmuted the atmosphere Last Line: These words I send to those nurturing life: %just try using this way to search for it Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON THE PAINTING 'COLD RIVER SNOW', by CHING AN Poem Source First Line: Dropped a hook, east of plankbridge Last Line: Fish nibble the shadows of plum blossoms Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON THE WALL AT XILIN TEMPLE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Regarded from one side, an entire range Last Line: Is standing in its midst Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YEAR WILL BE OVER SOON, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: Come, let's go to the village together Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YESTERDAY I SAW THE TREES BY THE RIVER'S EDGE, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Why curse at heaven and earth? Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YOU CAN SEE THE MOON'S BRIGHTNESS, by SHIDE Poem Source Last Line: Its brilliance knows no day or night Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YOU MUSTN'T SUPPOSE, by RYOSA Poem Source Last Line: To enjoy myself alone Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YOU NO SOONER ATTAIN THE GRAEAT VOID, by HAKUIN Poem Source Last Line: Prepare to sweat white beads Subject(s): Zen Buddhism YOUR ESSAYS ARE PRETTY GOOD, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: I'd teach you the purple mushroom song Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Writing And Writers; Zen Buddhism ZAZEN ON THE MOUNTAIN, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The birds have vanished down the sky Last Line: We sit together, the mountain and me, %until only the mountain remains Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Religion; Zen Buddhism ZEN DIALOGUE IN A DREAM, by RYOSA Poem Source First Line: I was in town begging when I met an old sage Last Line: Then my reverie was shattered by the sound of the temple bell Subject(s): Zen Buddhism ZHONGNAN RETREAT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In middle age I'm quite drawn to the way Last Line: And laugh, and I don't think of going back Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Zen Buddhism |
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