May 29, 2012
Benjis: Your Poems, Please!

Dear Fellow Benjis of Yore,

Still have your scribbled poetry stuck in a drawer somewhere? Why not let it live a little beyond that one shuso ceremony?

Help us gather a collection for the SFZC archive and for possible inclusion in the upcoming Zen Center 50 Wind Bell issue (space permitting).

Please include as much of the following as you can:

  • Poem
  • Practice Period Season/Date
  • Practice Center
  • Name of Benji/Shuso/Practice Period Leader

And send, at your earliest convenience, to: alumnieditor@sfzc.org

Thank you!

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