Leath Tonino

Leath Tonino is the author of two essay collections, both published by Trinity University Press, The Animal One Thousand Miles Long (2018) and The West Will Swallow You (2019).

Trike Daily Society & Environment

The Issa Wilderness

Through his haiku on overlooked critters, poet Kobayashi Issa reminds us that the realm of sympathy and concern is limitless.

By Leath Tonino

Sep 28, 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Sit, Wait, Find

The college assignment that became a lesson in Zen

By Leath Tonino

Oct 14, 2020

Poems of Walking and Sitting

Compositions from a month on foot in San Francisco

By Leath Tonino

May 31, 2020

A Recluse Reading List

In a time of isolation, consider hanging with Buddhist hermits who wrote poetry.

By Leath Tonino

Apr 08, 2020

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

The Name(s) On My Birthday Cake

How an unusual name and a lifetime of spelling errors helped an author loosen his grip on his ego.

By Leath Tonino

May 31, 2019

Sleeping in an Old Friend’s Room

A series of poems responds to the works of past masters.

By Leath Tonino

Jun 06, 2018

Waking from a Crazy Dream

A series of poems responds to the works of past masters

By Leath Tonino

May 30, 2018

Ten Minutes Alone in Thickets

A series of poems responds to the works of past masters.

By Leath Tonino

May 23, 2018

What’s There to Do?

A series of poems responds to the works of past masters.

By Leath Tonino

May 16, 2018

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The new airport is part of the prime minister’s efforts to promote the country’s Buddhist heritage and encourage tourism. Plus, Myanmar’s military releases, then rearrests, prisoners, and 84000 announces a new app. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

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Oct 23, 2021

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Stepping Back onto the Silk Road

An ambitious retrospective lets us view China’s ancient network of Buddhist caves at Dunhuang through the lenses of pioneering photographers James and Lucy Lo.

By Julia Hirsch

Fall 2021

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When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism

Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

Norman Fischer

Oct 2021

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Leath Tonino

Trike Daily Society & Environment

The Issa Wilderness

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Sit, Wait, Find

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Poems of Walking and Sitting

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

A Recluse Reading List

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

The Name(s) On My Birthday Cake

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Sleeping in an Old Friend’s Room

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Waking from a Crazy Dream

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Ten Minutes Alone in Thickets

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

What’s There to Do?