Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 12, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Take these mortal incarnations Last Line: Before they stop telling lies Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Hell; Buddha; Buddhists | ||||||||
Take these mortal incarnations these comical-looking forms with faces like the silver moon and hearts as black as pitch cooking pigs and butchering sheep bragging about the flavor dying and going to Frozen-tongue Hell before they stop telling lies | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH SUNYATA CHANT: A RITE FOR PASSING OVER by DIANE DI PRIMA I FAIL AS A DHARMA TEACHER by DIANE DI PRIMA TO THE UNNAMED BUDDHIST NUN WHO BURNED HERSELF TO DEATH by DIANE DI PRIMA A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ZEN MASTER by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS ON THE NORTHERN LAND OF UR; CIRCA 2100 C.E. by NORMAN DUBIE POEM FOR MY FRIEND, CLARE. OR, WITH WHITE STUPAS WE REMEMBER BUDDHA by NORMAN DUBIE LADAKH BUDDHESS BIKER by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI FURTHER ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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