Ryokan: To kindle a fire

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To kindle a fire

Ryokan, Ryokan poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Ryokan
(1758 - 1831) Timeline

English version by
Sam Hamill

Original Language
Japanese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

18th Century

To kindle a fire,
the autumn winds have piled
a few dead leaves.

-- from The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

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Themes

Death

Fire

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