Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER IKKYU: 12, by JAMES HARRISON


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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


Not here and now but now and here.
If you don't know the difference
is a matter of life and death, get down
naked on bare knees in the snow
and study the ticking of your watch.





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