A Reflective and Playful New Year’s Reprieve in the Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
PREPARING FOR THE NEW YEAR’S DAY People make elaborate offerings to the Buddha. In my hut I dedicate a painted rice cake. – Ryokan (1758 – 1831) If you’re feeling at all overwhelmed in facing the New Year, turning to the work of the early nineteenth-century Zen monk-poet-calligrapher Ryokan can offer a reflective yet playful […]
Bach’s B Minor Mass by Robert Bly | Poetry Magazine
Source: Bach’s B Minor Mass by Robert Bly | Poetry Magazine
Toward the Winter Solstice
Toward the Winter Solstice – Timothy Steele 1948 Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a little to look down. I lariat-twirl the cord of Christmas lights And cast it to the weeping birch’s crown; A dowel into which I’ve screwed a hook Enables me to reach, lift, drape, and […]
Poem of the Day | Poetry Foundation
Oft have I thrilled at deeds of high emprise, And yearned to venture into realms unknown, Thrice blessed she, I deemed, whom God had shown How to achieve great deeds in woman’s guise. Yet what discov’ry by expectant eyes Of foreign shores, could vision… Source: Poem of the Day | Poetry Foundation