Bomb (Gregory Corso Poems)
Budger of history Brake of time You Bomb Toy of universe Grandest of all snatched sky I cannot hate you Do I ...
Buddhism Poems (69 Poems)
Miriam (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
One Sabbath day my friend and IAfter the meeting, quietlyPassed from the crowded village lanes,White with dry dust for lack ...
Buddha And Brahma (Henry Brooks Adams Poems)
The Buddha, known to men by many names —Siddartha, Sakya, Muni, Blessed One,—Sat in the forest, as had been his ...
At The Saturday Club (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THIS is our place of meeting; oppositeThat towered and pillared building: look at it;King's Chapel in the Second George's day,Rebellion ...
The Vision Of Echard (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
The Benedictine EchardSat by the wayside well,Where Marsberg sees the bridalOf the Sarre and the Moselle.Fair with its sloping vineyardsAnd ...
Zen Poet Taigu Ryoken (Old Poetry Poems)
This is an introduction to the Japanese Zen poet Taigu Ryoken known for his beautiful almost seer-like poetry. He revelled ...
Paris Journal (James Douglas Morrison Poems)
So much forgotten alreadySo much forgottenSo much to forgetOnce the idea of purityborn, all was lostirrevocablyThe Black Musicianin a house ...
The Golden Lotus (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
In far Japan this story oldIs carved in ivory, graved in brass,For jealous Fame, who loves the bold,Lets not the ...
The Fable Of The Sphynx (Hannah S Battersby Poems)
Oh! the image and the fable of the Sphynx! What lessons do they teach, What sermons do they preachOf the riddle and ...
“Upon this earth, the land of the Victorious Ones,” (Jetsun Milarepa Poems)
Upon this earth, the land of the Victorious Ones,Once lived a Saint, known as the second Buddha;His fame was heard ...
Before A Statue Of Buddha (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O Buddha, of the mystic smileAnd downcast, dreamful eyes,To whom unnumbered sacred shrinesAnd gilded statues rise,Whose fanes are filled with ...
The Law Of Death (John Hay Poems)
The song of Kilvani: fairest sheIn all the land of Savatthi.She had one child, as sweet and gayAnd dear to ...
The Song Of Food And Dwelling (Jetsun Milarepa Poems)
I bow down at the feet of the wish-fulfilling Guru.Pray vouchsafe me your grace in bestowing beneficial food,Pray make me ...
Tajemne Dalky (Otokar Brezina Poems)
O, SILO EXTASI A SNU, z niz umenipla barev vejirem a v tonech buraci!Tvym kouzlem z myslenek se zare prameni,jak ...
The Song Of Perfect Assurance (To The Demons) (Jetsun Milarepa Poems)
Obeisance to the perfect Marpa.I am the Yogi who perceives the Ultimate Truth.In the Origin of the Unborn, I first ...
The Unforgotten Heroes (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Hark! how the Orient's bells are proclaiming Obsequies strange to the shrines of the west--Services Christendom's cruelties shaming-- Taught by the merciful, ...
The Hymn Of Man (Khalil Gibran Poems)
I was,And I am.So shall I be to the end of time,For I am without end.I have cleft the vast ...
The Song Of View, Practice, And Action (Jetsun Milarepa Poems)
Oh, my Guru! The Exemplar of the View, Practice, and Action,Pray vouchsafe me your grace, and enable meTo be absorbed ...
Something Nasty In The Bookshop (Kingsley Amis Poems)
Between the Gardening and the CookeryComes the brief Poetry shelf;By the Nonesuch Donne, a thin anthologyOffers itself.Critical, and with nothing ...
On A Present (Joachim Ringelnatz Poems)
A gift for you I went to buyA present priced, though, not too high.What pity that an iron gadgetReduced by ...
First Things to Hand (Robert Pinsky Poems)
In the skull kept on the desk.In the spider-pod in the dust.Or nowhere. In milkmaids, in loaves,Or nowhere. And if ...
Only Breath (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Poems)
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not HinduBuddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religionor cultural system. I am not from ...
Hymn On The Way (Kuan Hsiu Poems)
Grass and trees have the buddha nature.They are not different from me.If I could just be like the grass and ...
I Hate Incense (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
A master's handiwork cannot be measuredBut still priests wag their tongues explaining the "Way" and babbling about "Zen."This old monk ...
A Meal of Fresh Octopus (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
Lots of arms, just like Kannon the Goddess;Sacrificed for me, garnished with citron, I revere it so!The taste of the ...
Although I Try (Izumi Shikibu Poems)
Although I tryto hold the single thoughtof Buddha's teaching in my heart,I cannot help but hearthe many crickets' voices calling ...
the gourd flowers bloom (Masaoka Shiki Poems)
the gourd flowers bloom,but look-here liesa phlegm-stuffed Buddha!(Masaoka Shiki)
The snake gourd blossoms (Masaoka Shiki Poems)
The snake gourd blossoms.My throat blocked with phlegm,I am already a Buddha.(Masaoka Shiki)
Haiku (Yosa Buson Poems)
The winter river;down it come floatingflowers offered to Buddha.(Yosa Buson)
blooming azaleas (Masaoka Shiki Poems)
blooming azaleasin a hollow on a cliffa Buddha stands(Masaoka Shiki)