One that makes me think of my friend Jim—
“When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:
Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing scene of autumn,
I have had enough about moonlight,
Ask no more,
Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no wind stirs.”
— R.H. Blyth, Zen in English Literature
Ryōnen Gensō (1646-1711) was a Japanese monk and poet who taught poor children.
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