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Some poems for you to contemplate and perhaps wonder:
- Why is this poet not considered one of the great masters of the Japanese short form
- Could you have lived as he did
- What brings you joy in life
Now perhaps you’re inspired to write some haiku / senryu or even tanka.
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- to our video prompt… poems in the comments section of YouTube only
Links
Books on Ryōkan (if there is a link to Amazon, you will not be charged extra, but Poetry Pea will receive a commission from Amazon)
- Sky Above Great Wind The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan, Kazuaki Tanahashi
- Early Modern Japanese Literature An Anthology, 1600-1900 Edited with Introductions and Commentary by Haruo Shirane
- Haiku III Summer / Autumn RH Blyth
- One Robe One Bowl, translated and introduced by John Stevens
- Great Fool Zen Master Ryokan, Poems, Letters and Other Writings, trs with essays by Ryūichi Abé & Peter Haskel University of Hawaii Press 1996
- Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf, John Stevens
S8E3 The Great Fool Poet, Ryōkan