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Wolverine approached Raven after a meeting had broken up and said, \u201cI\u2019ve composed a poem about my practice. Do you want to hear it?\u201d Raven said, \u201cNo.\u201d Wolverine said, \u201cI\u2019m going to recite it anyway.\u201d Raven gave a croak and flew up into the Assembly Oak. Next day, Mole told Porcupine about this, and said, \u201cI thought Roshi was pretty rude to Wolverine. Why did he make such a point of not wanting to hear his poem?\u201d Porcupine said, \u201cHe already knew it by heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Aitken<\/a>, \u201cThe Poem,\u201d in Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wolverine approached Raven after a meeting had broken up and said, \u201cI\u2019ve composed a poem about my practice. Do you want to hear it?\u201d Raven said, \u201cNo.\u201d Wolverine said, \u201cI\u2019m going to recite it anyway.\u201d Raven gave a croak and flew up into the Assembly Oak. Next day, Mole told Porcupine about this, and said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nLearning by Heart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wolverine approached Raven after a meeting had broken up and said, "I've composed a poem about my practice. Do you want to hear it?" 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