Thursday, August 9, 2012

Staying At Bamboo Comments

Rating: 2.8

an evening sitting under
the eaves of the pines
at night sleeping
in Bamboo Lodge
the sky so clear you'd say
it was drugs
meditation so deep, thought
I'd gone home to the hills
but Clever can't beat
Stupid
and Quick won't match
Quiet
Untoiling-ness!
(you just can't pave the Way)
that's it!
the Gate of Mystery!
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Bai Juyi
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Ratnakar Mandlik 16 January 2016

Clever can't beat stupid And quick wont match quite. This reminds me the saying, any fool can ask a question that the wisest can not answer.

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M Asim Nehal 16 January 2016

Wonderful poem, liked it......

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