“Our Planet is Nature’s Stage” is the tenth poetry volume by Zen Master Chang Sik Kim. Each poem portrays a scenario that has been played out on the stage that is our planet. All the elements of Earth, from its mountains to its oceans, act out these scenarios. All the components of the Universe serve as the audience to the many stories that appear and are played out on our planet Earth. The poems can be read individually, but they are intended to be taken as a whole, chronologically, to tell the story of our planet Earth. The poems tell the stories of the births and lives of all kinds of life on our planet. As always, Zen Master Kim’s poems show how all things are interconnected. He shows emotional expression throughout his images, whether they be human or stone. Common everyday occurrences, such as the sun rising, are depicted as magical events.

About the Author

Zen Master Chang Sik Kim was born in South Korea. He began his Buddhist training as a young teenager. He began writing poetry in 1989 as a way to express his spiritual insight.