"As a spiritual successor to the 19th-century Zen poet Gizan Zenrai (and anyone who has ever felt wistful thinking that everything we’ve ever known will one day vanish), [Harold Whit] Williams writes: “A child once again, / Gazing out to where forever ends. / Everything orbiting, gently orbiting.”"
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Harold Whit Williams. Red Clay Journal Paperback, January 2, 2018. Back cover text.
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Gizan Zenrai
Gizan Zenrai (1802 – March 28, 1878) was a Japanese Zen monk and poet.
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