User:Wandering Poet

Wandering Poet is a Buddhist monk, poet and author. He has a graduate degree from California State University, where he once taught English, liberal studies and library science. He is retired and lives in the mountains of Northern California. He is a regular contributor to the North Beach Poet's Gallery in San Francisco, California. He is author and translator of Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan which is a collection of 80 of the transcendental poems by Han-shan about his life at Cold Mountain. The book includes a unique biography of Han-shan written with information taken exclusively from the poems. There are six other titles by Wandering Poet.


 * I live on a mountain Among the pines above a sea of cloud When the tide is in clouds lap at the boards of the front porch In the distance pine covered peaks Rise above the clouds like floating islands Eagles glide past my door, deer eat from my hand My companions are wild things and the wind in the pines I keep a vegetable garden and cut my own firewood Fish in the stream and watch the seasons pass When it's cold I make a fire I always love the smell of pines and woodsmoke The road to this place is steep and hard to find Once arrived it can be hard to go back
 * Mountain Dwelling: nature poems & haiku (2009, 2010, 2011), by Wandering Poet, ISBN 978-0-578-02052-5

Books by Wandering Poet: Ahwahnee: An Indian Tale (2011) ISBN 978-0-578-05433-9, Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2007, 2011) ISBN 978-0-615-16006-1, Geronimo's Song of the Apaches (2008) ISBN 978-0-615-25945-1, Haiku Death Songs (2005), Karma: a screenplay (2007), Mountain Dwelling: nature poems & haiku (2009, 2011) ISBN 978-0-578-02052-5, Tales & Yarns: a collection of short stories (2011)