To learn how to die
observe the sun-shot seed crown
of a dandelion
In The Poetry of Zen, Sam Hamill translates an anonymous Japanese poem from the early 18th century: “To learn how to die,/ watch cherry blossoms, observe / chrysanthemums.”
Becoming a part of this tradition in so far as an Anglo-phone poet may do so is one of the great joys.
Krazyku 