The Gladdest Thing » Ryokan http://thegladdestthing.com a poem a day, more or less Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Too lazy to be ambitious http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/too-lazy-to-be-ambitious http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/too-lazy-to-be-ambitious#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:31:01 +0000 Michelle McGinnis http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/too-lazy-to-be-ambitious

Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

– Ryokan

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