Haru kaze ni
Waga koto no ha no
Chirinuru o
Hana no uta to ya
Hito no nagamen.
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Will their gaze fall upon
The petals of words I utter,
Shaken loose and blown free by the spring breeze,
As if only the notes
Of a flower’s song?
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The Zen Poetry of DOGEN
Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace
STEVEN HEINE Tuttle Publishing. Boston
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