Famous Lama Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Lama poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous lama poems. These examples illustrate what a famous lama poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...y here;
The swarming market places—the temples, with idols ranged along the sides, or at the
end—bonze,
brahmin, and lama;
The mandarin, farmer, merchant, mechanic, and fisherman;
The singing-girl and the dancing-girl—the ecstatic person—the secluded Emperors,
Confucius himself—the great poets and heroes—the warriors, the castes, all,
Trooping up, crowding from all directions—from the Altay mountains,
From Thibet—from the four winding and far-flowing rivers of China,
F...Read more of this...
by
Whitman, Walt
...hal & Hale, Bill Morgan--
Next, teacher Trungpa Vajracharya's ghost mind, Gelek Rinpoche,
there Sakyong Mipham, Dalai Lama alert, chance visiting
America, Satchitananda Swami
Shivananda, Dehorahava Baba, Karmapa XVI, Dudjom Rinpoche,
Katagiri & Suzuki Roshi's phantoms
Baker, Whalen, Daido Loorie, Qwong, Frail White-haired Kapleau
Roshis, Lama Tarchen --
Then, most important, lovers over half-century
Dozens, a hundred, more, older fellows bald & rich
young boys met na...Read more of this...
by
Ginsberg, Allen
...savage glories he would spea,--
The loneliness of earth at overawes,--
Where, resting by some tomb of old Cacique,
The lama-driver on Peruvia's peak
Nor living voice nor motion marks around;
But storks that to the boundless forest shriek,
Or wild-cane arch high flung o'er gulf profound,
That fluctuates when the storms of El Dorado sound.
Pleased with his guest, the good man still would ply
Each earnest question, and his converse court;
But Gertrude, as she eyed him, knew no...Read more of this...
by
Campbell, Thomas
...color non vogliate ch'io vi guidi.
Di questo balzo meglio li atti e ' volti
conoscerete voi di tutti quanti,
che ne la lama giù tra essi accolti.
Colui che più siede alto e fa sembianti
d'aver negletto ciò che far dovea,
e che non move bocca a li altrui canti,
Rodolfo imperador fu, che potea
sanar le piaghe c'hanno Italia morta,
sì che tardi per altri si ricrea.
L'altro che ne la vista lui conforta,
resse la terra dove l'acqua nasce
che Molta in Albia, e Albia in mar ne p...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
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