Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOGEN'S DREAM, by JAMES HARRISON 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 | ||||||||
What happens when the god of spring meets spring? He thinks for a moment of great whales traveling from the bottom to the top of the earth, the day the voyage began seven million years ago when spring last changed its season. He enters himself, emptiness desiring emptiness. He sleeps and his sleep is the dance of all the birds on earth flying north. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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