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Mad Monk Ikkyu Alex Koyfman Thomas must follow a trailAt first, John Guzlowski's Ikky reminded me of Thomas Merton's The Way of Chuang Tzu. But Guzlowski broke away from the tradition of Western poets translating Asian texts. These Ikky poems were not originally written by the great Japanese Buddhist monk; rather, they were playfully invented, forged by the vast and imaginative mind of Guzlowski. Like any Zen text, Guzlowski's Ikky is a journey into contradictions, where laughter and sadness commingle,