"A White Tea Bowl is a selection of 100 haiku written by Mitsu Suzuki, the widow of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and published in celebration of her 100th birthday on April 23, 2014. In his
wide-ranging introduction, Zen poet and priest Norman Fischer describesthe formative impact on her life of war in Japan and social upheaval in America, and places her poetry in the evolution of
haiku as an international form. Part I: 100 Haiku presents a kaleidoscope of poems by Mitsu Suzuki that touch all aspects of her being: her dedication to the Buddha way and the formal life of
the temple, the loneliness of a widow's life, her generational role as "Candy Auntie," her sensitive attunement to nature, and her moments of insight into the dharma. The more you read these
haiku, the more their wisdom will emerge. Part II: Pickles and Tea contains reminiscences and anecdotes about Mitsu Suzuki by those who lived and studied with her at San Francisco Zen Center:
Reb Anderson, Victoria Austin, Ed Brown, Peter Coyote, Yvonne Rand, Paul Rosenblum, Mary Watson. Often these meetings took place in Mitsu's kitchen where she provided countless cups of tea,
cookies, and homemade pickles as well as sage advice"--
