Ryokan – William Ricci

Poem – To Zen Master Ryokan

The great fool’s voice echos through empty hallways and into the grand chamber where the king sits in...

Selections 4 and 5 for National Poetry Month. These two poems of Zen Master Ryokan are from Dewdrops...

Another year lingers to an end; Heaven sends a bitter frost. Fallen leaves cover the mountains And there...

Today’s poems are from the collection “One Robe, One Bowl – The Zen Poetry of Ryokan”, published in...

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To help with my writing funk, I’ve been reading a lot more than usual. And that advice is...

I’ve spent most of the weekend reading a book titled “Sky Above, Great Wind”, the life and poetry...