Representing a new approach to the West’s evolving understanding of Buddhism, The Driftwood Shrine from The Sumeru Press is the first collection of Zen teachings to be based on the poems of great American writers.

In reassuring, forthright, and often surprising language, author John Gendo Wolff explains how Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, H.D., Richard Wright, and many other poets enshrined the gentle light of the Buddha’s teaching in their work. Poetry lovers and Zen practitioners alike will find themselves moved toward a penetrating awareness of the realms of spiritual resolve, impermanence, desire, faith, and awakening.

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