"Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian. This little book of Son (Zen) poems gives a glimpse of the severe humorous discipline beneath the prolific variety of his forms & subjects. These excellent translations are models useful to inspire American Contemplative poets" -- Allen Ginsberg.
"Ko Un's poems live amid the democracy of all being, looking directly and with great pleasure at this very moment's bright-leaping essence" -- Jane Hirshfield.
"Not an ounce of Zen posturing here!" -- Norman Fischer. Translated from the Korean by Young-Moo Kim and Brother Anthony.
