Poems and Quotes
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Along the roadside,
blossoming wild roses
in my horse’s mouth
Matsuo Bashō - Wikipedia
Matsuo Bashō, born Matsuo Kinsaku, then Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa, was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku).
Kindly let me help you or you’ll drown
Said the monkey putting the fish safely up a tree.
Alan Watts - Wikipedia
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was an English writer, speaker and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularizing Indian and Chinese traditions of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.