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Quotes from Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan — Ryōkan

d. 1831 Japan

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Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
When you know that my poems are not poems,
Then we can speak of poetry.

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)

The winds gives me
Enough fallen leaves
To make a fire

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)

This world
A fading
Mountain echo
Void and
Unreal

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)

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