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Thich Nhat Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Thich Nhat Hanh
(1929 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Contemporary

My head pillowed on waves--
I drift with the flow--
broad river,
deep sky.
They float, they sink,
like bubbles,
like wings.

 

 

-- from Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Themes

  Sky
  Water
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy & Liberation, by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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