Ikkyu said this quote

“ Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night,I feel a longing forMy father before he was born. ”

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we're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost

~ Ikkyu

Ikkyu Koan Poetry Zen

don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now

~ Ikkyu

Ikkyu Koan Poetry Zen

it isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours?

~ Ikkyu

Ikkyu Koan Poetry Zen

that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind

~ Ikkyu

Ikkyu Koan Poetry Zen