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Zen Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)by Peter Harris
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the selected works of such celebrated and beloved poets as W. H. Auden, Robert and Elizabeth Browning, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and William Shakespeare, to anthologies on Jazz and Blues and Beat Poets, to collections on the timeless themes of love and marriage, friendship and motherhood, the Everymans Library Pocket Poets set has it all. Theres something for everyone to enjoy in this 75-volume set, from Animal Poems to Zen Poems. Each book comes in an elegant 256-page pocket-sized hardcover edition (4 1/8" x 6 1/4"), with full-cloth covers, lovely illustrated and jewel-tone jackets, silk ribbon markers, and gold stamping. Perfect for your home library, or as a gift for any occasion. This set includes one each of the following titles: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry edited by Peter Washington Animal Poems edited by John Hollander Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova Auden: Poems by W. H. Auden Baudelaire: Poems by Charles Baudelaire Beat Poets edited by Carmela Ciuraru Blake: Poems by William Blake Blues Poems edited by Kevin Young Browning: Poems by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Byron: Poems by Lord Byron, G. Gordon Chinese Erotic Poems edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping Christmas Poems edited by Peter Washington Coleridge: Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Comic Poems edited by Peter Washington Conversation Pieces by Kurt Brown The Dance edited by Emily Fragos Dickinson: Poems by Emily Dickinson Doggerel edited by Carmela Ciuraru Donne: Poems by John Donne Eliot: Poems by T. S. Eliot Emerson: Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson Emily Bronte: Poems by Emily Bronte Erotic Poems edited by Peter Washington Eugene Onegin and Other Poems by Alexander Pushkin Fatherhood edited by Carmela Ciuraru Friendship Poems edited by Peter Washington Frost: Poems by Robert Frost Garden Poems edited by John Hollander The Great Cat edited by Emily Fragos Haiku edited by Peter Washington Hardy: Poems by Thomas Hardy Herbert: Poems by George Herbert Hopkins: Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins Hughes: Poems by Langston Hughes Indian Love Poems edited by Meena Alexander Jazz Poems edited by Kevin Young Keats: Poems by John Keats Kipling: Poems by Rudyard Kipling Letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Love Letters edited by Peter Washington Love Poems edited by Peter Washington Love Songs and Sonnets edited by Peter Washington Love Speaks Its Name by J. D. McClatchy Lullabies and Poems for Children edited by Diana Secker Larson Marriage Poems edited by John Hollander Marvell: Poems by Andrew Marvell Milton: Poems by John Milton Motherhood edited by Carmela Ciuraru On Wings of Song by J. D. McClatchy Persian Poets edited by Peter Washington Plath: Poems by Sylvia Plath Poe: Poems by Edgar Allen Poe Poems Bewitched and Haunted edited by John Hollander Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson Poems by Robert Burns Poems of Mourning edited by Peter Washington Poems of New York edited by Elizabeth Schmidt Poems of Sleep and Dreams edited by Peter Washington Poems of the American West edited by Robert Mezey Poems of the Sea by J. D. McClatchy Prayers edited by Peter Washington Rilke: Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke Rimbaud: Poems by Arthur Rimbaud The Roman Poets edited by Peter Washington Rossetti: Poems by Christina Rossetti Shakespeare: Poems by William Shakespeart Shelley: Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley Solitude edited by Carmela Ciuraru Sonnets edited by John Hollander Stevens: Poems by Wallace Stevens Tennyson: Poems by Lord Alfred Tennyson War Poems edited by Peter Washington Whitman: Poems by Walt Whitman Wordsworth: Poems by William Wordsworth Zen Poems edited by Peter Harris Everymans Library continues to maintain its original commitment to publishing the most significant world literature in editions that reflect a tradition of fine bookmaking. Everymans Library pursues the highest standards, utilizing modern prepress, printing, and binding technologies to produce classically designed books printed on acid-free natural-cream-colored text paper and including Smyth-sewn, signatures, full-cloth cases with two-color case stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, and European-style half-round spines. Synopsis: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 practitioners and monks as well as scholars, artists, travelers, and recluses, ranging from Wang Wei, Hanshan, and Yang Wanli, to Shinkei, Basho, and Ryokan. About the AuthorPeter Harris is the founder of the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, and the editor of the Everymans Library Pocket Poets anthology Zen Poems. Table of ContentsForeword Xie Lingyun (385–433) Written on the Lake on my Way Back to the Retreat at Stone Cliff On Climbing the Highest Peak of Stone Gate Setting out at Night from the Pavilion at Stone Pass On Founding a Retreat for the Sangha at Stone Cliff Huineng (638–713) Bodhi originally has no tree If evil flowers bloom in the mind-ground Deluded, a Buddha is a sentient being Wang Wei (?701–761) Enjoying the Cool An Autumn Evening in the Hills Seeking a Nights Lodging at the Monastery of the Chan Master Daoyi The Wang River Collection In my Lodge at Wang Chuan after a Long Rain Light Lines on a Flat Rock Green Creek Suffering from the Heat Living in the Hills: Impromptu Verses Stone Gate Monastery on Mount Lantian Visiting the Forest Pavilion of the Recluse, Cui Xingzong, with Lu Xiang Farm House on the Wei Stream In the Hills Weeping for Ying Yao Zhongnan Retreat Lines On Missing my Way to the Monastery of Heaped Fragrance Sitting Alone on an Autumn Night Liu Changqing (?710-?85) On Parting with the Buddhist Pilgrim Lingche Rejoicing that the Zen Master Bao Has Arrived from Dragon Mountain Hanshan (?8th century) A thousand clouds among a myriad streams When men see Han-shan When the men of the world look for this path amid the clouds Men ask the way to Cold Mountain Cold cliffs, more beautiful the deeper you enter Clambering up the Cold Mountain path As for me, I delight in the everyday Way So Han-shan writes you these words A telling analogy for life and death In the third month when the silkworms were still small Why am I always so depressed? Parrots dwell in the west country I sit and gaze on this highest peak of all Yesterday I saw the trees by the rivers edge Man, living in the dust My mind is like the autumn moon Shide (?8th century) You can see the moons brightness Far, faraway, steep mountain paths I laugh at my failing strength in old age Sami Manzei (8th century) To what shall I compare the world? Chang Jian (fl. 749) Dhyanas Hall At Wang Changlings Retreat Jiaoran (730–99) Looking for Lu Hongjian but Failing to Find Him Bai Juyi (772–846) Idle Droning A Flower? Realizing the Futility of Life On his Baldness Night Snow The Temple At Yiye Temple Liu Zongyuan (773–819) Meditation Hall An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures
Jia Dao (779–845) Looking for the Recluse and Not Finding Him Home Southern Study Guanxiu (832–912) To an Old Monk on Mount Tian Tai
Jianzhang (10th century) Written on Master Hengzhaos Wall Weifeng (10th century) Grieving for Zen Master Jianzhang Su Dongpo (1037–1101) On the Winter Festival I Visited Lone Mountain and the Two Monks Huijin and Huisi Written on Abbot Luns Wall at Mount Jiao The murmuring brook is the Buddhas long, broad tongue The Lyre Flower Shadows Spring Night Days of Rain; the Rivers Have Overflowed Begonias Passing Over Dayu Peak The Southern Room over the River Recalling the Old Days at Mianchi Moving to Lingao Pavilion Enjoying the Peonies at the Temple of Good Fortune Presented to Tanxiu The Weaker the Wine Sending Off Chan Master Xiaoben to Fayun Abbot Zhans Cell Written on the Wall at Xilin Temple Chen Shidao (1052–1102) Books Saigyo (1118–90) Every single thing The winds of spring Trailing on the wind Fan Chengda (1126–93) To ‘‘Eyes Fascination Yang Wanli (1127–1206) The Boatmans Flute Making Fire in the Boat on a Snowy Day Red Peonies in a Jar The Cold Lantern Passing the Pavilion on Shenzhu Bridge Spending the Night at the River-Port Pool Rock Rising Early The Morning Ferry Staying Overnight at Xiaosha Stream During an Intercalary August After the ‘‘Arrival of Autumn It Was Hot in the Evening and I Went to Be Cool in the Prefectural Garden The Twin Pagodas of Orchid Stream Dont Read Books! Jakuren (?1139–1202) On Seeing the First Bloom of the Lotus Myoe (1173–1232) Watching the Moon Go Down Bright bright! Kigen Dogen (1200–53) Coming, going, the waterfowl Depending on Neither Words nor Letters Worship Service Kokan Shiren (1278–1345) Impromptu Poem Winter Moon Winter Moon (2) Summer Night Jakushitsu Genko (1290–1367) Refreshing, the wind against the waterfall Cold Night: Impromptu Sesson Yubai (1290–1346) Autumns Whiteness In heaven and earth, no ground to plant my single staff Staying at Luyuan Temple: Wang Weis Former Residence Betsugen Enshi (1294–1364) Miscellaneous Poems from My Lair Rhyming with the Priest Caoans Poem ‘‘Living in the Mountains
Paegun (1299–1375) In the Mountain Chugan Engetsu (1300–75) At Tomo Harbor Imitating the Old Style In China: Sick with Malarial Fever Taego (1301–82) Herding the Ox in the Himalayas At Deathbed Ryusen Reisai (d.1360) To Rhyme with a Poem by My Old Teacher: Sick in Winter Ryushu Shutaku (1308–88) For all these years, my certain Zen Sweeping Leaves Naong (1320–76) In the Mountains Gido Shushin (1325–88) Inscription over his Door Camellia Blossoms Hymn for Offering Incense Upon the Buddhas Attainment of the Path Inscribed on the Pavilion of Moon on the Water: Two Poems Improvisation Upon Leaving the Nanzenji to Go Into Retirement Poem Rhyming with Monk Sans ‘‘Trip to Kanazawa –Recalling Old Times Rohatsu: To Show to My Disciples Two Scenes Inscribed on a Screen In Response to a Request to ‘‘Explain the Secret Teaching The Painted Fan Zekkai Chushin (1336–1405) An Old Temple The void has collapsed upon the earth Dwelling in the Mountains: A Poem Rhyming with Chanyues Ikkyu Sojun (1394–1481) Like dew that vanishes Contemplating the Law, reading sutras, trying to be a real master Sunset in a Fishing Village
Shinkei (1406–75) Foothills beneath a deepening pall of snow Such a mind, is, indeed, that of a Buddha! As darkness falls Without understanding Cuckoo Invisible as the wind to the eye Soul mad with longing ‘‘If it be so, so be it! A temporary lodging Sogi (1421–1502) Spring Summer Autumn Winter They come about on their own Yuan Hongdao (1568–1610) Saying Goodbye to the Monk Wunian On Receiving My Letter of Termination Writing Down What I See Matsuo Basho (1644–94) On dead branches crows remain perched at autumns end The sea dark On the mountain road the sun arose Coming this mountain way The whitebait opens its black eyes Asleep within the grave Hakuin (1685–1768) Priceless is ones incantation Past, present, future You no sooner attain the great void Ryokan (1758–1831) My house is buried in the deepest recess of the forest Green spring, start of the second month I am imprisoned in my cottage among the solitary hills Begging food, I went to the city At an old temple In the still night by the vacant window My beloved friend Good manners and sweet habits have faded, year after year Our life in this world You mustnt suppose Since I began to climb this steep path of discipline Foothills far below If anyone asks The wind is gentle Here are the ruins of the cottage where I once hid myself All my life too lazy to try and get ahead On the Death of Yukinori I have a walking stick Gong Zizhen (1792–1841) From Spring to Autumn of 1827 Some Things Came to Me Which I Wrote Down Haphazardly A Renunciation of Wit Biographies Acknowledgments What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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