Please Treasure Yourself

Please Treasure Yourself is a collection of ninety cinquains inspired by a ninety-day period of sitting meditation led by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care during the summer of 2023. The poems are five-line distillations of daily reading material-wisdom teachings by Japanese Zen priest Kōshō Uchiyama-that accompanied this three-month period of committed meditation practice. Readers who wish to begin or deepen their practices of meditation and mindful living, along with those who love poetry, will appreciate and enjoy these carefully crafted poems.