Friday Night Poetry Slam

Theme: Wumenguan Case 4

Wakuan said, "Why has the Western Barbarian no beard?"

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Mumon's Comment

Study should be real study, enlightenment should be real enlightenment.

You should once meet this barbarian directly to be really intimate with him.

But saying you are really intimate with him already divides you into two.

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Mumon's Verse

Don't discuss your dream

Before a fool.

Barbarian with no beard

Obscures the clarity.

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PB Verse

Clean-shaven!

Biting through the pit of the plum--

Don't even dream.

Everything worth keeping is unobscured by sleep.

Submitted April 24, 2021 at 03:35AM by PaladinBen https://ift.tt/2QQDXQC