What?: 108 Zen Poems

About this book

Throughout his eventful life as a monk poet novelist political dissident husband and father Ko Un has remained a traveler on the Way. The poems in this collection though strictly within the true Zen tradition are as witty and down-to-earth as they are contemplative. Described by Allen Ginsberg as thought-stopping Koan-like mental firecrackers the poems reflect both writer and reader. First published in 1997 the new edition features a more sympathetic translation and 11 original brush paintings by the author.