Steve,
Is the Fumon poem from Lucien Stryk's The Crane's Bill? Or maybe his Penguin
Zen Poetry? Don't have them here. I had a long interview with Stryk in APR
years ago (an interview that may stand a the most reprinted poet-interview
since the Second World War). A powerful poet/trnaslator and wonderful man...
Here, by heart, is translation of his of a Dogen waka (and it's not
didactically aimed at you, David!):
Coming, going, the waterfowl
Leaves not a trace,
Nor does it need a guide.
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