Presenting the most transparent Zen poetry within a nicely compact
Hardback format, Zen Poems is pleasingly meditative and
anti-intellectual - and set within a recognizably Japanese
landscape of moon, mountains, tress, clouds, weather and the
seasons. While the book plays down the more rarefied and
challenging paradoxes of Zen belief, repeated readings reveal more
than at first meets the eye. Essentially, this is nature poetry,
all the more effective for the sparseness of its imagery. (Kirkus
UK)
The appreciation of Zen philosophy and art has become universal,
and Zen poetry, with its simple expression of direct, intuitive
insight and sudden enlightenment, appeals to lovers of poetry,
spirituality, and beauty everywhere. This collection of
translations of the classical Zen poets of China, Japan and Korea
includes the work of Zen practioners and monks as well as scholars,
artists, travellers and recluses, and covers fifteen centuries of
Oriental literature with poets ranging from Xie Lingyun (5th
century) through Wang Wei and Hanshan (8th century) and Yang Wan-li
(12th century) to Shinkei (15th) Basho (17th) and Ryokan (19th).
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