Author's comment
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I think the words of this piece speak for themselves. If you're looking for inspiring and love-filled Zen poems, you should take a look at the poems of Ryōkan. In his late sixties he became infirm and had to be cared for by the beautiful young nun Teishin. They fell in love with each other and exchanged many lively poems. Another Zen monk with a reputation for (erotic) love poems was Ikkyu.
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Language - Taal - Lingua
Surrender
Perhaps one day we will meet
In the sweet wetness of the moment
Our bodies hearing
Before we do
The song of our merging
My confinement fuses with yours
And surrenders
To the infinite expanse
Of the void
Drifting on the smile I feel
Deep within you
I rest
Aching
Unmoving
Awake
Until the dissolution of self
Whisks me away
Into the star filled night of the wordless
© JH, Spright-Art
Ikkyu
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"Day and night I cannot keep you out of my thoughts. In the darkness, on an empty bed, the longing deepens. I dream of us joining hands, exchanging words of love. But then the dawn bell shatters my reverie and rends my heart."Zen Poems of Ikkyu, translated by Jon Stevens © 2003
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