Senryu, died June 2, 1827
Posted in Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Like dew drops
on a lotus leaf
I vanish.
Category Archive for 'Jisei'
Kozan Ichikyo, died February 12, 1360, at 77
Posted in Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going –
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
Shoro, died April 1894, at age 80
Posted in Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Pampas grass, now dry,
once bent this way
and that.
Hosshin, 13th century
Posted in Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Coming, all is clear, no
doubt about it. Going, all is
clear, without a doubt.
What, then, is all?
Gesshu Soko, died January 10, 1696, at age 79
Posted in Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Inhale, exhale
Forward, back
Living, dying:
Arrows, let flown each to each
Meet midway and slice
The void in aimless flight –
Thus I return to the source.
Japanese Death Poems, also called Jisei
Posted in Death & Dying, Jisei on Sep 19th, 2008
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death