Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 244, by HAN SHAN


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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 244, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All my life too lazy to work
Last Line: Wherever you are it's alert
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Idleness; Virtue; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence


All my life too lazy to work
favoring the light to the heavy
others take up a career
I hold onto a sutra
a scroll with nothing inside
I open wherever I go
for every illness it has a cure
it heals with whatever works
once your mind contains no plan
wherever you are it's alert





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