Smokey the Bear Sutra

by Gary Snyder and Applewood Books

An impassioned poem with Buddhist imagery and messages of environmentalism, social justice, and enlightenment. Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Gary Snyder composed "Smokey the Bear Sutra" one spring night in 1969 at a Sierra Club conference. Smokey the Bear is not the U.S. Forest Service's Smokey Bear, the latter being a highly recognized advertising symbol protected by Federal law. Rather, the imagery of this Smokey comes from Buddhism; according...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1429096349
• ISBN13: 9781429096348
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.1"