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Poetry
Chaikhana
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Snow |
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Snow appears in the sacred poetry of many traditions, particularly the Buddhist poetry of East Asia. It can imply a few things, depending on the context. |
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Poems with the theme of Snow
| Basho, Matsuo Come, let's go | |
| Chinook (Anonymous) Teach us, and show us the Way | |
| Crashaw, Richard To the Name above every Name, the Name of Jesus | |
| Dickinson, Emily [214] I taste a liquor never brewed -- | |
| Dickinson, Emily [1504] Of whom so dear | |
| Dogen The Western Patriarch's doctrine is transplanted! | |
| Dogen Worship | |
| Herbert, George The Flower | |
| Issa, Kobayashi mountain temple-- | |
| Khayyam, Omar [14] The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon | |
| Maharshi, Ramana The Marital Garland of Letters | |
| Milosz, Czeslaw This Only | |
| Po Chu-i Autumn's Cold | |
| Reninger, Elizabeth Vision | |
| Rosenstock, Gabriel (9) Snow on the foothills (from Year of the Goddess) | |
| Ryokan This world | |
| Snyder, Gary At Tower Peak | |
| Soseki, Muso Buddha's Satori | |
| Soseki, Muso Snow Garden | |
| Stevens, Wallace Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | |
| Teasdale, Sara I Am Not Yours | |
| Whitman, Walt [8] The little one sleeps in its cradle, (from Song of Myself) | |
| Wu Men (Hui-k'ai) Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, | |
| Yannai The Celestial Fire |
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2008 by Ivan M. Granger.
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