THE FLOWER IN THE COURTYARD
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the deer hunter does not
see the mountains
the ambitious man does not
see men
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lusting for societal position
I did not see
the flower in the courtyard
I hurried past my own heart ***
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The spring flowers, the autumn moon;
Summer breezes, winter snow.
If useless things do not clutter your mind,
You have the best days of your life. **
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When you realise what the real is,
You will see we pass from one husk
to another
Like travellers stopping for
a night’s lodging. **
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Only listen to the sound of
pines and cedars
When no wind stirs.
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There are ten thousand paths to dawn
At the peak of the silver mountain. ***
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** verse by Mumon
*** poem by WGM
compilation and poem (C)2015 by W.G. Milne
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The spring flowers, the autumn moon;
Summer breezes, winter snow.
If useless things do not clutter your mind,
You have the best days of your life. **
*
When you realise what the real is,
You will see we pass from one husk
to another
to another
Like travellers stopping for
a night’s lodging. **
a night’s lodging. **
*
Only listen to the sound of
pines and cedars
pines and cedars
When no wind stirs.
*
There are ten thousand paths to dawn
At the peak of the silver mountain. ***
*
** verse by Mumon
*** poem by WGM
compilation and poem (C)2015 by W.G. Milne
Walker Ballantine
THE FLOWER IN THE COURTYARD
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