Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER IKKYU: 2, by JAMES HARRISON


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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


The well pit is beneath where the pump shed burned
years ago with a living roar, a fire lion. Down
in the pit, charred timbers, green grass, one burdock,
a vernal pool where frogs live trapped in a universe.





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