Nagano, Japan (August 1999)Poetry (excerpt)
This rich fountain of the spirit I call the poetic heart
the poetic heart that is the source of all human creativity and power of imagination
It fashions the dreams and daring and hopes of this earth creates harmony and concord
It possesses a force no person whosoever can defy
It transforms the wasteland within us into a fertile plain
Great poems trenchantly capture the truth of that human life force
that blends with and beats in rhythm with nature and the universe
They overflow with compassion and feeling for all beings
They rouse and call forth the poetic heart in others
They bring out the flower and fragrance in human nature
This I believe: restitution of the poetic heart means nothing less than transforming the coming age into the century of the human being!
Daisaku Ikeda
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