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Dharma Theme May 10, 2023

Dharma Theme: Haiku for You

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Dharma Theme, haiku, poet Basho, poet Buson, poet Issa, poet John Tarrant, poet Shiki, poetry
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Koans and poetry tumble over each other. Old Zen masters used snatches of poetry as koans. Good poetry has an objective quality and is related to koanville in that way. It does not try to persuade or recruit.

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