Gary Snyder


Picture

At the last turn in the path
          “goodbye—”
          —bending, bowing,
       (moss and a bit of
          wild
             bird-)
down.

                                                        Daitoku-ji Monastery


 Saying Farewell at the Monastery after Hearing the Old Master Lecture on “Return to the Source”













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