Don't know what else there is to say

Don’t know what else there is to say

Someone reminded me today about this poem that Leonard Cohen wrote about his Zen teacher, entitled « Roshi »:

I never really understood
what he said
but every now and then
I find myself
barking with the dog
or bending with the irises
or helping out
in other little ways.

Rare and precious words.
Don’t know what else there is to say.

Par zenscribe|2017-04-04T06:58:18+01:00janvier 6th, 2011|Textes|0 commentaire

À propos de l'auteur : zenscribe

Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste. The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.

Don’t know what else there is to say