Ryokan's poem

Ryokan’s poem
is not a poem
and neither is this.

- after Ryokan:

 Who says my poem is a poem?

My poem, in fact, is not a poem.

When you realize that my poem is not a poem,

then we can discuss poetry.

from Between the Floating Mist, Poems of Ryokan

Translated by Dennis Maloney & Hide Oshiro