SKY ABOVE, GREAT WIND: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan, by Kazuaki Tanahashi. Shambhala, 2012, 224 pp., $17.95 (paperback)
It is fitting that the first poem in this book features Ryokan's nod to the most famous of Japanese poets:
New Pond.
No sound of a frog
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