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Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.

Showing posts with label RYOKAN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RYOKAN. Show all posts
Sunday, October 22, 2017

It's not always Edenic

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A favorite form of poetry of mine have been those created by the hermit poets in China and Japan.  Many of their poems portray the simple li...
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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Ryokan's Irony?

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Done begging in a rundown village, I make my way home past green boulders. Late sun hides behind western peaks; pale moonlight shines on...
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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Ryokan: the ultimate enlightenment?

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Is he enlightened or just lazy? Without a jot of ambition left I let my nature flow where it will. There are ten days of rice in my bag...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Ryokan: time and memory

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This poem by Ryokan seems very appropriate for this time of year. Time passes, There is no way We can hold it back--- Why, then, do th...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

November

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                                                     November First What I love best in autumn is the way that Nature takes her curtain, ...
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